Sundaram (theatre group)

Sundaram

Formation	1957
Type	Theatre group
Location	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Artistic director(s)	Manoj Mitra

Sundaram is a Bengali theatre group, established in 1957. They have staged more than 40 productions like Fingerprint, Char Dewalergolpo, Parabas, Sajano Bagan, and Alokanandar Putra Kanya.^[1]

Bengali stage and film director Partha Pratim Chowdhury started the group. It was later carried on by writer and actor Manoj Mitra.^[2] The group was founded in 1994. Sundaram celebrated its 61st birthday on August 15, 2018, when it had performed over 700 shows globally.^[3]

Productions

• Alokanandar Putra Kanya
• Finger-Print
• Galpo Hekim Saheb
• Ja Nei Bharatey.^[4]
• Kancha
• Mesh-O-Rakshash
• Mrityur Chokhe Jal.
• Parabas
• Sajano Bagan
• Shovajatra

Awards

• Alokanandar Putra Kanya won Siromani Purashkar presented by Asian Paints. Lead actress of this play also was awarded the Best Actress Award by the West Bengal State Natya Academy in the year 1990.^[1]
• Galpo Hekim Saheb also won Siromani Purashkar from Asian Paints in 1995.

References

1. "Subdaram profile". Retrieved 30 June 2012.
2. "At play with a pack of cards". Telegraph Calcutta. Calcutta, India. 3 August 2008. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 30 June 2012.
3. "Three plays to be staged to mark Sundaram's birthday". The Times of India. 14 August 2018. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
4. "Ja Nei Bharatey schedule". Telegraph, Calcutta. Calcutta, India. 11 May 2010. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2012.