Nov 07 2024 to Nov 07 2024 7:30 p.m.

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Price: Rs 400 Book/Buy

Where

Courtyard Koota

Ground floor, Good Earth Tarana Good Earth Malhar, near Rajarajeswari medical college Kambipura, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560074

Event Description

A Bengali play by Birati Samuho Performers Collective
 

Behula, the much-celebrated epitome of ideal wife from the medieval Bengali epic “Manasa Mangal Kavya” seemed to be an extremely devoted woman to fulfill every expectation from her of the patriarchal society. She is described as a very youthful, fair, doe-eyed, woman with accentuated breasts and hips who is expert to appease her ‘man’. However, careful reading of the saga unveils a prehistory of ‘Behula’ where she was a concubine at the court of paradise who was sent as an ‘undercover’ to the mortal life to help convincing devotees of Lord Shiva to worship the snake-goddess Manasa.

“Bhasaili Re” has been churned out of the ‘tug of war’ between the claims of the Mangal Kavya and our disbelief to those. In this theater performance the creators tried to present some of their thoughts about the agency and purpose of life of female people, having Behula as their carrier of the conversation. The play is performed by 1 actor on stage and 4-5 live musicians, with minimal setting. It is highly adaptable to any kind of space, although the ideal setting might require some lights.

About Samuho

We are a queer and women-centric performing collective of people from all genders consisted of storytellers, theatre makers, performers, actors, writers, scholars, painters and musicians, based in Kolkata. Through our art, we aim to counter the narratives of normative that discriminate against people and address the history of exclusion and marginalisation. We strive to reach out to the culturally and economically marginalized sections of the society who have commonly been left out from the mainstream narratives of history.

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