Brojoburor Sabuj Baksho is a story for children by Satyajit Ray. Brojoburo is an old man who is rarely seen but always talked about in suburbs where he lives. Children are beckoned by him and they are curious about Brojoburo with caution, but grown- ups are hardly at peace with Brojoburo.
Some have seen skeletons lurking by his window while have "actually heard" blood curdling noises from his house at dead of night. Young and old alike "know" that Brojoburo owns a mysterious green box which is filled with instruments of the occult? Adults suspect he is upto malice through Black Magic.
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Cast: Debojit Bandopadhyay, Arun Kumar Baksi, Kalipada Ghosh, Abhijit Sinha, Jayanta Mitra, Sajal Kanti Bagchi, Debasish Roychowdhury, Rohit Sengupta, Ritwik Sinha, Dipali Adak, Gita Sarkar, Anuradha Chowdhury, Gopa Nandy, Pritha Banerjee, Suchismita Halder, Madhumita Sengupta, Nibedita Guchhait |
Story: Satyajit Ray |
Rhymes: Sukumar Roy |
Play & Direction: Sima Mukhopadhyay |
Set Design: Kanchan Dasgupta |
Set Making: Raj Drama Set Suppliers |
Light: Sudip Sanyal |
Music & voice: Joy Sarkar |
Music projection: Sanjoy Das |
Voice: Joy Sarkar, Arko Mukherjee, Jayanta Mitra, Shreya Das, Ankita Mitra, Gopa Nandy |
Costume: Pritha Banerjee |
Mask making: Joy Prakash Nath |
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When a boy is ill with jaundice and other fractures his big toe, they are convinced that all this is Brojo Buro's handiwork. And these are bankers, teachers, businessmen and social activists - so called intelligentsia of the town.
But who is Brojo Buro? Is he a lonly old man whose eccentricities have fostered all kinds of rumors? Or is he working with a more serious purpose?
Defying the fears of their elders two school going boys venture to crack the mystery. What they unearth raises profound questions about how adults perceive the world. "Brojo Buror Sabuj Baksho" contains answers to many of these questions.