About LAXMIKANTA

Our new production is "LAXMIKANTA", written and directed by Sri Parimal Tribedi. It is a true story of an old man who has great influence on the writer director Sri ParimalTribedi and encourages him to escort his message to the present generation. The play questions the necessity of democracy and its true existence in India. Laxmikanta, the central figure of the play, makes an attempt to find an answer of the most controversial question regarding the necessity of democracy in India.

Laxmikanta, a village quack, can diagnose any disease only by feeling the nerve. He is the only help for the villagers. The old and experienced Laxmikanta dreams to invent a medicine which can cure all the diseases if taken once. One day he becomes successful in inventing such medicine and wishes to prescribe the medicine to all the diseased people. But he faces terrible hindrances from different counters. The intelligentsia arise the questions of Indian economy. Debates, controversies, arguments bring forth nothing but questions the necessity of democratic process which has now become the only medium to choose the leader and not to rear the people. There is an effort to suppress Laxmikanta's truthful voice either in form of political threat or allurement. In his life time fight, Laxmikanta develops his own philosophy and makes an attempt to pave the way for the next generation on whom the future of the country lies.

In the play Laxmikanta represents the voice of the people who have been trod, suppressed and underestimated for years. He sees the world with open eyes and feels that the society should be reformed to make it a better world where our successors will live peacefully and will have their own saying.

It's a full act play with Laxmikanta as its central figure. It has a pastoral setting. The play depicts the social follies and foibles. It mocks the master class and speaks for the underdogs. The play is an attempt to make the world a better place.

The Director and Playwright

Director, actor, play writer and founder of MaldaMalancha, Sri PARIMAL TRIBEDI is a well-known theatre personality in Bengali Theatre. For nearly forty years he has been practising theatre seriously. For the last twenty one years he is leading his present group MaldaMalancha in the mofussil district, Malda. In these years he has directed nearly fifty plays. He is also a renowned playwright. He has written many plays which have been staged and highly acclaimed. He has made his appearance in the theatre world as a director and actor at the age of thirteen years with his own script "NapiterChalaki". His keen interest in Jatra and Nataka led him to spend his whole life in theatre. He took theatre as his breath and despite of severe financial problem he has been continuing theatre successfully.

Some of the noted plays written by Mr. Tribedi are Laxmikanta, GambhiraGambhira, Laxmikanta, RanirGhaterBrittanta, BhaloManush, Ratan, Udas Puja, AsamayerBhabna, LotunJevan, Swasti, Lajja etc.

The highly acclaimed plays directed by Mr. Tribedi are Laxmikanta, GambhiraGambhira, RanirGhaterBrittanta, BhaloManush, Ratan, Udas Puja, AsamayerBhabna, LotunJevan, Swasti, Lajja, Bisarjan, Dena Paona, DukhiChamarerKuthar, Abato, BibarnoBismoy, JibonJapon, Bodh, Bishalyokaroni and many other.

LAXMIKANTA





Play Wright & Direction :ParimalTribedi



OFF STAGE

LIGHT :	PrashantaGhoshSet
DESIGN :	Chinmay Chakraborty
MUSIC :	Kaushik Sajjan
Choreigraphy :	Deb Kumar Paul
Costume :	Punam Tribedi & Saikat Sarkar
Make up :	Pradip Nandi / Pradyot Talukdar
Financial Assistance :	Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India

ON STAGE

CAST	CREDIT	CAST	CREDIT
Laxmikanta	Parimal Tribedi	Sattar	Hari Das
Maya	Banani Tribei	Son of Sattar	Rituraj Tribedi
Doly	Sima Chakraborty	Wife of Sattar	Punam Tribedi
Naren	Golak Sarkar	Abul	Saikat Sarkar
Dukhi	Dipti Mandal	Naresh	Pasenjit Barman
Amal	Souhardya Sarkar	Leader	Asim Chowdhury
Brindaban	Manoj Haldar	Kedar	Pasenjit Barman
Sudhir	Saikat Sarkar	Raja	Pasenjit Barman
Sadananda	Arkaprabha Chakraborty	Mantree	Debraj Tribedi
Dipu	Prabir Das	Kabiraj	Saikat Sarkar
Hitlu	Debraj Tribedi	Sepai	Jubaraj Tribedi
		Others	Dipti Ghosh, Sima Chakraborty, Punam Tribedi, Rabi Haldar
		Sabhasad	Prabir Das, Golak Sarkar, Arkaprabha Chakraborty, Manoj Haldar