Byaram Biram
Byaram Biram
Synopsis
From the earliest days of creation, mother - nature has nurtured humans, ensured their growth, recovery and survival and finally allowed them to age and degenerate. Ancient medical science therefore kept faith on nature. Modern medical science however has largely tampered with nature. consequently, mankind continues to suffer from more virulent attacks of old as well as new disease.
As man rejoice his triumph over nature, she decides to settle scores in this unequal battle and who wins is anybody's guess. Whether progress of medical sciences can actually improve the quality of human health is rather debatable issue.
In his quest to resolve all related confusion a commoner like Golokpati (himself a chronic dyspeptic and the lone member of his family) visits the renowned gastroenterologist, Dr Palodhi. To his surprise, he discovers another chronic patient in his doctor. At this juncture, a third person appears on stage.
Who is that!- leaves a question on his identity, for everyone. Some obvious truths of life and secrets of healthy existence are unfolded through pun, humour and pure comedy. We are all familiar with such truths in the way that - " they are known faces but do we really know them?"
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Cast & Credits
| Cast: JAYANTA MITRA, GOPA NANDY, MADHUMITA SENGUPTA, PRITHA BANERJEE, KALIPADA GHOSH, ARUN BAKSI, RAHUL SENGUPTA, SUBHASISH MUKHERJEE, APURBA SAHA, DIPALI ADAK, VASWATI CHAKRABORTY, ANURADHA CHOWDHURY, SAJAL KANTI BAGCHI, GITA SARKAR, DEBASISH BASU, SUCHISMITA HALDER, SUSMITA PAN, DIBYADUT ROYCHOWDHURY, SAMPA BHATTACHARYA, SANJIB ROY PRADHAN, AVI BALA, RAKESH PAUL |
| STORY : Bhagirath Misra |
| Play: Jayanta Mitra |
| Direction: Sima Mukhopadhyay |
| stage idea: Debasis Deb |
| Stage Making: Raj drama set supply |
| Light Design: Badal Das |
| Music Design: Anubhab Mukherjee |
| Music projection: Soumen Dutta |
| Costume: Debasis Roychoudhury. |
| REQUISITION: Soma Sinha |
| Acknowledgement: Debasis Deb, Ranjan sarkar, Nachiketa |
| Lettering: Debasis Deb |
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Director’s Note
A few months back, an acquaintance of mine was admitted in a well-known city hospital. The teen-aged boy was bed-ridden with jaundice and was under inter-venous drip for a fortnight. He became a guineapig in the name of medical treatment. The bills kept searching as reports of all kinds of investigation piled up. Alarmed by the ever-increasing number of tests and their reports, the confused mother one day asked with hesitation, It's more than two weeks now." "What do you feel, doctor? "A difficult question, really. Medicines are at war with the disease. Who knows who'll win. Let's see," the doctor replied jokingly.
After a week of the "let's see" phase, the disgusted parents had their son released at their own risk. Many more events followed but that's another story. The boy has finally recovered. Not a lone case for urban citizens. Public health is now a great profit-making business. Food, health and education, the basic needs are now mainly catered to by businessmen. Quite a few of them don't mind doing away with scruples.
A kerosene dealer in South Calcutta gradually prospered and became owner of a local petrol-pump. Soon he expanded his family business of confectionaries into a fast-food centre. At present he has invested profusely in a public school, the only one in our locality. All his ventures have brought him exemplary success. A nursing home or polyclinic may well be in the offing.
Profit generating business activities are certainly to be encouraged but should that be at the cost of human life and values? The question haunted me ever since I lost my mother as a helpless victim of medical misguidance. Meanwhile, I came across a short story by Bhagirath Mishra. All our ideas congregated around the question of human life and dwindling values. Jayanta Mitra our member, dramatized the story. With some editing, set, lights, music and actor, here we are with our new play "BYARAM BIMAR" adopted from we are with our new play.