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Review: Oka Anokha Roopkatha Chalk Circle, Lamakaan, Hyderabad, India
A powerful multilingual adaptation of Brecht's classic The Caucasian Chalk Circle, that brings contemporary today's social and political realities to the stage. What happens when Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle is transported from post-war Europe to contemporary India? Oka Anokha Roopkatha Chalk Circle, adapted and directed by Swapan Mondal, offers an inventive answer. The play opens with Hemanta Mukhopadhyay’s famous Bengali patriotic song, Maa Go Bhabna Keno, a stirring

Kanta Biswas
Aug 30, 20223 min read
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