Debobrata Banerjee Writer and Director [ Theatre ] Which is the last best play you saw? Motley's GADHA AUR GADDHA by Naseeruddin Shah. Your favourite playwright Rabindranath Tagore. Your favourite play-character A narrator in a play. A play you would like to see filmed. Why? ECHHE KORE. It is our own production. I would like to see this production filmed become it tells the story of a young boy vis-�-vis society. It will appeal to a large audience if it is turned into a film. That is my dream. A novel/short story you would like to see on stage? Why? Hallal Jhanda is a short-story written by Nabarun Bhattacharya. It is a story about contemporary society and world politics. The most hilarious play you have seen KRISNA VS KANAIYA by Paresh Rawal. A play, which is over-hyped SUNNYA TABU SUNNYA NOI by Suman Mukhapadhya. An important play (but ignored) CHAU MATHA. A play character you would like to ''dialogue'' with I would like to dialogue with Rupam of our production ECHHE KORE ' ''Theatre kore ami chartola bari banate parbona kintu eka chala ghore Ekaki nirjone kande to parbo.'' A passage from an important play that you can recite Live two types of people in the world, ''Information has or has not'' from WINKLE TWINKLE, directed by Bengali director Bratya Basu. A classical play that you should have read BISARJON written by Rabindranath Tagore. A play that changed your perception about the theatre TOY (the play we are going to stage at Thespo 17) has changed my perception about the theatre. Have you read any interesting books/articles concerning the theatre? Why did you find them interesting? �Kake Bole Natya Kola� was the topic of a seminar conducted by the late veteran Bengali director and writer Sombhu Mitra, after the publication of the book. I feel that before you become an artist or a theatre person you have to read this and you know the first step to take for theatre. Can you think of a foreign production that you found remarkable? Why? Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company�s TWELFTH NIGHT. The piece was interactive and I felt like I was at a theatre carnival. Your favourite director/actor/music or set designer Director 'Suman Mukhapadhya; Actor 'Debshankar Halder; Music 'Subhadeep Guha, and Set Designer ' Hiran Mitra. A significant Indian production that you may have witnessed UKTA DHARA written by Rabibdranath Tagore and directed by Debashis Roy. Life in the theatre without the humble batata-wada or the cutting chai� or can you recall the best gastronomic experience you�ve had in the precincts of the theatre to date? When we were making TOY, we forget everything from food and sleep to rest or leisure. 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