BLANK VERSE

Blank Verse, though younger in age and experience, feels that the present Youth is by and large trapped in a paradoxical situation as he finds himself increasingly engulfed by the dark forces of Obscurantism, Disintegration and Violence. Pathetically true, he is somehow confused without idealism, traumatized with terror, and listless about his responsibility. On the one hand, he is being continuously misled to understand his own Origin, thanks to the open sky mass culture ; he is being robbed off his own creative passion by the overwhelming panic of terrorism. On the other, scientific and technological openings are challenging him to take up the cudgel and a creative leap into the 21st century. In more specific cultural terms, the Youth is confronted with the choice between re-discovery of his tradition and identity in the modern context and a passive surrender to this present socio-political milieu. , , In this circumstance, it is our pious task to help the Youth believe in themselves, to help them analyze and understand the world around and its changeability, to help them achieve some creative passion, to help them reach some awareness about our age old Culture, Art & Philosophy, to bring back their confidence that they can really control their own lives and are capable of changing their environment, to help them become the AGENTS OF THE FUTURE. , , Blank Verse is working regularly with children & elders, coming from various lifestyles, for a couple of years. Then the dream of practicing Theatre has cropped up. Our first production, FURRUT, based on a story by Upendra Kishore Roychowdhury, premiered in the Odeon 06 by Hutchison Telecom Ltd., the play has taken part in Jasnebachpan, 2006 by the T. I. E. Company of National School of Drama, Banga Sanskriti Utsav by the Presidency College Alumni Association, Mumbai, Nandikar s National Theatre Festival 06, Natyamela 06 of the Govt. of West Bengal and also in the every major theatre festival in West Bengal. Everywhere the play stole the show and collected an immense audience support. , , The second play, Kanaichand Palowan allows us to form a new kind of theatre on the square of proscenium. Running regularly at Kolkata successfully, the play has also partaken in Jasnebachpan, 2008, by the T. I. E. Company of National School of Drama, New Delhi, and various children theatre fests around the state. , , Bhootum Bhagaban, the third play basically emphasizes on the power of truth and belief. The play has been premiered in Jasnebachpan, 2009, by the T. I. E. Company of National School of Drama, New Delhi and also locally at Kolkata in Odeon 09, organized by Vodafone Essar East Limited. The play also has partaken in Visva Bharati Theatre Festival, Shantiniketan in last spring and collected rare applause. , , The play, Aal Izz Well is on the issue of Juvenile Offence, where we are trying to find our responsibility of being elder and importance of being earnest. We are trying hard to communicate the pangs and agony of Children of some obscure darkness. The play has also partaken in Jashnebachpan2010.