Buli and Buban love each other, dream of beautiful world and live in the realm of poetry.

Buban's (Bibaswan) investigativ journalism infuriates the state and gets him killed. Buban's death is nothing new though. Just one more number added on to the multitude of reporters who dare to speak to power.

A relationship unfolds. As the play proceeds, Uma’s ideas of freedom gradually seep into the doctor’s mind. His strict and formal mask peels off. No one complains about Uma now. She has many friends. They all gather in the garden for nightlong party, listen to poems, some of them go out to watch the sunrise. The unshackled mind shines like the bright evening star.

The twilight hour will change to a dark night. Life may not allow a new sunrise but why deny the rays of hope? Thus the empty coffee cups, chocolate wraps, the broken umbrella, a torn button, the sound of the breeze, the smell of the rain, the sea waves, the moonshine and memories symbolize hope and hundreds of possibilities……

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Cast & Credits

Cast: Susmita Pan, Arya Jana, Sima Mukherjee / Mamata Bandyopadhyay
Playwright: Tomojit Roy
Editing & Direction: Sima Mukhopadhyay
stage idea & set making: Debabrata Ghosh
Light design: Badal Das
Music design: Sima Mukherjee
Music projection: Sanjoy Das
Photography: Ashim Pal

Director’s Note

The subject of Tamojit Roy’s play, Janmodin Mrityudin” is profoundly interesting. Is there a way out from this terrible maze of negativity that we are compelled to live in every moment of our life? The play “janmodin Mrityudin” is about a search for the way. It’s a big challenge to translate a script with on overpowering subject into a dynamic stage production. That’s true for the director as well as the actors. This play is an expression of truth without any establishment. The task of enacting the play is, therefore, difficult. We cannot shy away from truth.