| AT A GLANCE | THE PLAY | CAST AND CREDITS |
| SRC, 4.30pm, Thur, 14 Jan Bengali, 130 minutes Director: Sanjib Ray Playwright: Nirup Mitra (Based on Herman Hess’ Siddhartha) |
The play tells the story of Siddhartha, the son of a Brahmin who goes on a journey to discover Truth. Along the way he meets the Buddha and accepts his teachings, but also realizes that if he wants to attain moksha, he will have to do so on his own. Driven by the desire to know life minutely, Siddhartha meets an array of people - an old religious mendicant, a beautiful prostitute, a businessman and a gambler – each of whom teaches him a valuable lesson about life, materiality and spirituality. However, his biggest teacher and facilitator in the search for truth is a boatman whose entire life revolves around the river. It is through and from him that Siddhartha realizes the ultimate truth that like the river, both Life and Time are unending and eternal, and inhabit a space where nothing is lost and from where everything comes back. | Commentator (Male): Sujit Basu Commentator (Female): Sharmila Basu Siddhartha’s Mother: Sutapa Das Siddhartha’s Father: Sukumar Paul Siddhartha (Young): Saurav Chattopadhyay Gobinda: Kalpalal Majumdar Siddhartha (Older): Murari Mukhopadhyay Buddha: Amar Nath Upadhyay Boatman: Goutam Sadhukhan Pedestrian/Chetan: Ranadip Nandy Guard /Messenger: Uttam Banik Palanquin Bearers: Pranab Kar, Debasish Naskar Kamala: Dipanwita Sarkar Komolangi: Minakshi Mukhopadhyay Kamaswami: Bilwadal Chattopadhyay Siddhartha’s Son: Sujan Basu Light Design: Joy Sen Set Making: Madan/Tinku Background Music: Anindya Nandy Costume: Sutapa Das Make-up: Tapan Chakraborty Artwork: Nilava Chattopadhyay Light Operation: Biswanath Mandal Music Scoring: Diganta Mukhopadhyay Set: Debasish Naskar Publicity: Tarun Kangilal Requisition: Nalini Mondal Videography: Uttam Datta Subtitle: Sutapa Das Set, Music, Design, Overall Planning & Direction: Sanjib Ray |