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Du Shomoy: Synopsis

Buddhadeb Bhattacharyas DuShomoy (The Bad Times) deals with the bitter truth prevalent even in todays societythe communal tension between Hindus and Muslims. Against the backdrop of a small town in Bihar, DuShomoy is thestory of Kabeer, a young, brave and idealistic columnist who respects his retired college principal, Shyamadas Mukherjee (Mastermoshai) and is in love with his daughter, Kanika. As a devoted disciple of Shyamadas, Kabeer does not hesitate to fulfill his teachers request to meet him even in the midst of communal disorder. On his way to his teachers place Kabeer encounters a deadly situation where innocent people are mercilessly pursued, tortured and killed by the opposing communal group. Shyamadas and his daughter are fully aware that their own lives could be at stake in the fiery situation where their Hindu neighbors, even remotely acquainted with any Muslim are inhumanly treated. Still, Mastermoshai and Kanika provide shelter to Kabeer in their own household. The father and daughter, unlike Durga (Shyamadas wife) possess immense moral courage and their affection for Kabeer rise above all petty, mundane concerns. Kabeer realizes that his presence poses a potential threat to the Hindu family and he

leaves them without their knowledge. Deeply concerned for Kabeer, both Shyamadas and Kanika frantically look for him. Kanika finally finds Kabeer and expresses her unconditional love for hima love that is ready to conquer all barriers of religion and communalism. It is a love that gives her a resilience of spirit in the face of even the most lethal danger and raging violence. Kabeer is also deeply in love with Kanika, but he is torn between his love and the stark reality of the times. And thwarting this gruesome reality is simply a mazean intriguing paradox. For, the hard truth is that, Kabeer and Kanika will have to lose each other forever either by consciously drifting apart or by suffering separation at the hands of an inhuman civilization. The final message comes when Kabeer and Kanika join hands and emerge as symbolic manifestations of the triumph of human love overpowering mean impulses such as, antagonism between different communities. The comic relief in Buddhadeb Bhattacharyas play is provided by the scenes where the administrative officials converse and reveal the insensitive and corrupt political fabric informing the world of DuShomoy.

The play teases us with a fundamental irony underlying the human civilization: the more we call ourselves modern and civilized, the less we tend to be

one with the rest of humanity. Communal disharmony only infects us with anger and crueltyprecisely the elements that take us back to the primitive, savage ages of mankind!

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Scenes

Location: Bihar.Time: The present day.

Scene 1: .A rail station: Time: Night

v A Hindu leader tries to maneuver his own plans against the Muslims during a riot near a railway station

v Attack against passengers of a train after it stops at the station

v Kabeer, traveling in that train escapes death and meets his namesakean old, dying victim of the riot

Scene 2: House of Mastermoshai: Time: Night

v Mastermoshai and Kanika converse over the riotous situation

v Somu (Kanikaa maternal uncle) and Kanika converse over the phone

v Durga (Kanikas mother), Kanika and Mastermoshai all discuss the torture their innocent neighbor underwent during the riot

v Kabeer visits Mastermoshai and describes how he survived the fatal attack at the station

v Kanika and Kabeer share casual conversation while enjoying each others company

Scene 3: Office of District Magistrate: Time: Day

v District Magistrate enquires a police official about the attack at the rail station over the phone

v District Magistrate and the officer from the Food Department discuss the pathetic situation of both scarcity of hospitals for the numerous injured and lack of co-operation from the police department

v Common people (both Hindus and Muslims) throng in to report the deadly situation of the riot

v Neeshtha, the advocate of National Human Rights Commission debate with the District Magistrate over the political nature of the communal riot

Scene 4: House of Mastermoshai:Time: Day

v Kanika and Somu conversev Somu and Durga express

disapproval of Kabeer being sheltered in Mastermoshais house

v Mastermoshai refuses to give in to Durgas arguments against providing refuge to Kabeer

v Kanika denies Kabeers presence in their house to a curious person calling and threatening her

v Kabeer overhears how Kanika tries to save him and sneaks out of Mastermoshais residence

Scene 5: Office of District Magistrate: Time: Day

v The District Magistrate and a political leader accuse each other of failing their respective responsibilities of bringing the riot under control

v District Magistrate questions both the Food and Police departments about the corruption in the political system so inefficient to curb the spreading violence

v District Magistrate is prevented by higher authorities from taking action against corrupt people, such as the promoter

v Mastermoshai reports to the District Magistrate of Kabeer missing from his house

Scene 6: Rail Station:Time: Night:

v Kanika finds Kabeer v Kanika wants to take

Kabeer back to her home and is ready to break all shackles to unite with Kabeer

v Kabeer tries to explain to Konica that he loves her but they cannot avoid facing the cruel reality and choose the path of separation in order to save their lives.

v Symbolic union of Kanika and Kabeer: love triumphs over all hatred

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Our Team

Rehman Mehbubor

Sumit Sengupta

Mousumi Chakrabarti

Chiranjib Sur

Madhumita Gupta

Sultana M. Nahar

(Shiuli)

Kaushik Mazumdar Partha Pratim Das

Sourav Chakrabarti

Mohsin Khan Susmita Mazumdar Tanushree Dutta

Sandip Mazumder

Leena Ukil

DuShomoy By Buddhadeb Bhattacharya

Produced by Onnyo Theater Inc., Ohio

ProductionDirection Rehman Mehbubor

Light Kaushik Mazumdar, Leena Ukil

Sound Kaushik Mazumdar,Rehman Mehbubor, Sandip Mazumder

Set Design and Construction

Sourav Chakrabarti

Make-up Tanushree DuttaPlaybill Cover Art Sourav ChakrabartiEditorial Support Srirupa Mazumder

CastShyamadas Rehman Mehbubor

Slum Dweller / Durga Madhumita GuptaKanika Moushumi Chakrabarti

Kabir Sumit SenguptaMama / Criminal / Slum

Dweller / Follower of the Political Leader

Chiranjib Sur

Nishtha Sultana Nahar (Shiuli)Old Kabir / Food Officer Sourav Chakrabarti

District Magistrate Kaushik MazumdarSuperintendent of Police Partha Pratim DasRail Police / Inspector /

Political LeaderMohsin Khan

News Reader on TV Susmita MazumdarRecorded Voice Ashwin Srivastav,

Moulipriya Pal

Whos who in the play

Rehman Mehbubor

Rehman enjoys drama, cinema and performing arts. He believes, A performer can sneak in peoples mind, squeeze out feelings, break it apart, transform and give it back in pieces. Now thats intense, certainly fun and completely legal. He is DuShomoys director. He also performs the role of Shyamadas (Mastermasai).

Sumit Sengupta

Sumit took interests and participated in Bengali and English Drama as a student in IIT Kharagpur. "Green at heart and soul", he is an avid environmentalist. Sumit acts as "Kabir" in DuShomoy.

Mousumi Chakrabarti

Mousumi had once been involved in an Office Recreation Club Drama Shesher Shedin. Her primary training has been in Rabindrasangeet from a very young age. Her present role in DuShomoy is as Konika, a common girl, whom she has seen very closely dreaming of a perfect world amidst the harmony of cross cultural richness of Berhampore, Murshidabad, her home town.

Madhumita Gupta

Madhumita is from Santiniketan and is a Rabindra Sangeet singer. She is a debutant actress, playing the role of Durga in the play. She is also playing the role of Hindusthani slum dweller.

Chiranjib Sur

Chiranjib is a passionate photographer specializing in both digital and analog media. He is debuting in the role of Mama in the play. He is also playing the role of Hulligan, Muslim slum dweller and follower of the political leader.

Sultana M Nahar

Sultana started her acting career with Theater (Bangladesh) and is well regarded for her contribution. She is a member of Columbus Arts Council and

founder of Adity Performers, who graduated on Bharat Natyam and teaches dance. Sultana is an acclaimed artist and has performed in International festivals, Asian festivals, First Night of Columbus, among other cultural events in Columbus, Ohio. She appeared on WSYX - TV (ABC in 2005) and WOSU (820 AM) Public Radio for her performances in Columbus. Sultana acts as Nishtha inDuShomoy.

Partha Pratim Das

Partha is another migratory bird in Columbus. His primary interest is painting. He was an active participant of community drama in his locality in West Bengal. He is performing as SP in this show.

Kaushik Mazumdar

Kaushik was associated with performing Arts since 1982. His primary interest is in Recitation and Audio Drama (Sruti Natok). Kaushik received training from Partho Ghosh, famous recitation artist from Kolkata. In this play, Kaushik acts in the role of DM and one of the criminals.

Mohsin Khan

Mohsin Khan has always been a dedicated theater activist who participated in few Bengali dramas staged in Columbus. Although he had very little time to nurture his passion for acting seriously he is committed to practicing it more. He is a fearless performer who likes to try different roles. He acts as Rail Police,Police Inspector and Political Leader in "DuShomoy".

Sourav Chakrabarti

Sourav has been involved in a community drama in Kolkata when he was 8 years old. Apart from this, he has performed as a singer in a couple of Tagore Dance Dramas in Kolkata. He has received extensive training in singing (Rabindrasangeet) and Painting (Water color) from professional artists in Kolkata. His passionate pursuit of fine arts is evident in his assiduous artistry in the set of the play, and in designing the costume, and other props for DuShomoy. Besides set design, Sourav also performs as Old Kabir and Food Officer

Susmita Mazumdar

Susmita is behind the curtain volunteer for Onnyo Theater. Though she is not directly performing in the play, she will appear on the TV as a news reader.

Sandip Mazumder

Sandip's first acting experience was in Parobash as a freshman undergraduate student at IIT Kharagpur in 1987. He played the role of Dadu. At IIT Kharagpur, he acted in many other plays and was the governor of the Technology Drama Society (TDS, Bengali) in his final year. At heart, he is more of a musician than an actor, and plays two different instruments (guitar and piano). In DuShomoy, Sandip has the responsibility of managing the background music. Sandip also assisted the director of the play with his creative ideas and concepts.

Tanushree Dutta

Tanushree is a poet and a well known face in the US cultural arena. Since her school days, she is performing on stage and local Bengali community is always benefited from her experience. She is the makeup artist for DuShomoy.

Leena Ukil

Leena is a soon to be Ph.D in Genetics student from The Ohio State University. Her primary interests lie in singing, painting and photography. However, she quiet enjoys experimenting with lights and this is her second attempt at being creative by managing lights for the play.

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