User:Naksha Gobardanga/sandbox

INTRODUCTION
Gobardanga Naksha (Established on 1st May, 1981), over the years, has grown into a nationally Theatre Organisation.

Besides producing nearly Sixty five (65) plays and performing them all over India, Naksha has been engaged in other things as well, e.g. Theatre Research & Promotional activities, organizing Theatre Festivals, Seminars, Theatre with Youths, Teachers, Guardians, Theatre Workshops with Calcutta Port Trust and very specially Theatre by / for Children.

PRODUCED PLAYS
Dakghar, Tin Paysar Pala, Kharir Gondi, Sundar, Jadi Aar Ekbar, Ekhono, Lebedeff, Ghorar Dimer Gappo, Kabaoa, Akhono Andhokar, Atha Siksha Bichitra, Babuder Dal Kukure, Prosenium, Moumanchi Tantra, Bhietnam, Beti, Ja Tara Pareni, Bipannaya Bhadu, Probhat Phirein Aso, Budhir Joy, Swapner Rang, Ankhi-Padma, Bhuttantrer Deshe, Jion Pala, Shani, Atmaja, Mahanagar, Kono Grihabadhu, Swapna Swadesh, Rajar Ashukh, Range Bayenge Rabi, Buro Angla, Suva, Bilasibala, Cheleta, Ichhapuran, Ghare Baire, Nasaboti Rajkonya, Binodini: A Woman A Human, Tirandaj Damon, Ujane, Tholi Burir Gappo, Jhiler Par, Explosive, Gobarganesh, Baba Bageswarer Ghora, Path-e, Lat’s Go... Flight for Root, Hulo, The Butterfly, Paromparjo, Kipte Buro, Chor, Akti Osompurno Projojona, Poribartan, Danpithe Chele, Mayer Aador, Poribesh Bondhu, Onyojanmo, Nodi & Muchiram Gur. Otit Noy, Khichuri, Puntoburir Ghar, Bulan, Yes and Pandemic.

NAKSHA-CATALYZED PRODUCTIONS
Near about 150 workshops based Children’s plays by School Students (Primary to Higher Secondary), Slum Children, Child Labour, Deaf & Dumb Children, Adibasi Children, Blind Children.

In West Bengal
Kolaghat Utsab at Mednapore. Invited by Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre.

At Sundarban Fair - Invited by Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre.

At Kolkata Theatre Festival 2015 & 2016 - Invited by Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre.

At Kolkata Theatre Festival - Gobardanga Chapter 2018 - Invited by Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre.

Natya Mela 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2016 & 2017 organised by Pashchimbanga Natya Academy (Dept. of I & C A, Govt. of West Bengal).

Safdar Hashmi’s Birthday Centenary Festival - organised by Dept. of Drama.

Rabindra Bharati University 2003, 2008 & 2010.

At Nandikar District Theatre Festival 2000.

Kolkata - Doordarshan recorded KHARIR GANDI on 13/07/2001 and telecasted on 5th. and 8th. October 2003 and BINODINI: A WOMAN A HUMAN recorded on 10/11/2016.

We participate in AVINOY AVINOY by Kolkata Doordarshan (DD Bangla) through our two short play (Chor & Akti Osompurno Projojona) and wing the BEST GROUP OF THE DAY on 22nd November & 15th March 2018 at their own studio.

At Purbasree, Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Salt Lake (Monthly Theatre). Kharir Gondi, Atmaja, Lebedeff, Jiyon Pala, Mahanagar, Ghorar Dimer Gappo, Swapna Swadesh, Bilasibala, Binodini: A Woman A Human & Baba Bageswarer Ghora  respectively from 2004 till today.

Lebedeff staged on Divisional Theatre Festival (Presidency) organised by Pashchimabanga Natya Academy (Dept. of I & C A, Govt. of West Bengal), Natya Mela 2011.

OUT OF STATE
Natya Samagam at Namchi, Sikkim Invited by Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi – 2017

National Children Theatre Festival at Begushari, Bihar – 2015.

Purbanchal Natya Samaroho at Ranchi (Jharkhand). Invited by Dept. Of Culture, Govt. Of Jharkhand and Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre.

Prestigious Theater Festivals at Mumbai, Delhi, Kanpur, Silchor, Dibrugarh, Agartala, Dhanbad, Bokaro, Vadodara, Faridabad, Gorgaon.

PERFORMANCE ABROAD
Nandimukh International Theatre Festival, Chottogram, Bangladesh – 2015.

Bibartan International Theatre Festival, Jessor, Bangladesh – 2015.

Theatre Circle, Munshiganj, Bangladesh – 2018.
Banachora Nattya Gosthi, Jela Silpokala academy, Chandpur, Bangladesh-2018

Amor Ekushe Natyomela, Darshana, Bangladesh-2019

International Monodrama Festivel 2019, Dania, Dhaka, Bangladesh-2019.

Protibimbo Theatre, Kumilla, Bangladesh-2019

Shaistaganj Theatre, Habiganj,Bangladesh-2019

Chairman Theatre Festival 2019, Savar, Dhaka,Bangladesh-2019

3rd Akshaykumar Maitra Theatre Festival 2019, Rajshahi, Bangladesh-2019

Jatiya Kabi Kaji Nazrul Islam University, Trishal, Mymensingh, Bangladesh-2019

Bohurupi Natya Samproday, Mymensingh, Bangladesh-2019

Within Naksha
In House Theatre Training for Children (below 16 years) & Young (above 16 years) 20 heads each group.

Project T.G.P (Theatre Genre for Pupil) for Children.

Six Week Residential Intensive Theatre Workshop collaboration with N.S.D, New Delhi.

T.I.E (Theatre in Education) for Children & Teacher collaboration with Nandikar, Kolkata.

Creative Workshop.

7 Days Theatre Workshop [Vocal Acting, Physical Acting & Psychological Acting].

Workshop on Theatre Techniques [Designs & Scenography, Theatre Music And Light Design].

A Workshop on Basic Theory & Practical of Acting & Direction.

3 years Certificate course in Theatre arts from-2019.

Beyond Naksha
Theatre Workshop with Kolkata Port Trust ,Bengal Fine Arts Collage, Thakunagar Mime Academy, Imon Mime Centre, Bardhaman Angikar, Bardhaman Blind Academy, Dr. Shailendranath Mukherjee Deaf & Dumb School, Habra Deaf & Dumb School, Hridaypur Nabosopan, Haldia Refinery Employees Club, Udayan Panchthupi; Mursidabad, Belghria Angan, Najat Nabarang, Kolkata Choke, Rabindarnagar Indrayudh; Kolkata, Bolero Dance Group; Madhyamgram, Duttapukur Dristi Natya Sanastha, Habra Nandonik, Burdwan Inside Out, Burdwan Kushilob, Chandannagar Yuger Yatri and so many Theatre Groups & Schools.

Organize different types of Seminar like…
The Tradition of Tagore’s Drama Production; The Crisis and Prospect of Rural Theatre; Brecht; Regular Theatre in Rural Area; Regular Theatre-Expectation, Gain & Future; Theatre Workers’ Commitment; Marketing of Theatre, Globalization: Content and Form of Theatre; In Search of Theatre Music; Theatre: In My Dream; Theatre and Expansion of Technology; Folk Art Culture: Problems & Prospects; Theatre & Folk Art; Organization & Theatre; Women’s Right-Social Justice; In Search of Children Theatre; Usages of Regional Resources in Contemporary Indian Theatre; Contemporary Indian Theatre; Contemporary Bangladesh Theatre; Interface of Present Indian Theatre; Theatre: Present & Future.

Glorious Presents…
Kumar Roy, Satya Bandyopadhyay, Tapas Sen, Pdt. Dipak Chowdhary, Arun Mukhopadhyay, Niranjan Goswami, Swatilekha Sengupta,Usha Ganguly, Chandan Sen, https://www.facebook.com/probirg, Dr. Dhrubachandra Das, Sarit Bandyopadhyay, Ranjan Gangopadhyay, Dr. R. K. Sammader, Dr. Pratha Raha, Santunu Bose, Suvendu Maity, Dr. Tarun Pradhan, Ranta Mitra, Sukanta Roy, Goutam Ghosh, Goutam Halder,Kaushik Sen,Suman Mukhopadhyay, Bratya Basu,Rudraprasad Sengupta, Nripendra Saha, Anup Kumar Matilal, Suresh Bhardwaj, K. S. Rajendran, Soumitra Basu, Bivash Chakraborty, Dr. Sudhir Chakraborty, Debesh Chattopadhyayy, Alokprasad Chattopadhyay, Samrat Mukhopadhyay, Shib Mukhopadhyay, Pradip bhattacharya-Banchha Elo Phire, Pinaki Guha, Siddharta Chakraborty, Subhasis Gangopadhyay, Dr. Nirmal Bandyopadhyay, Soumen Roychowdhury, Ranajit Chakraborty, Bijoy Bhattacharyay, Palak Chakraborty, Satya Bhaduri, Anish Ghosh, Amitava Bhattacharyay, Parimal Tribedi, Prakash Bhattacharyay, Bivash Ray Chowdhury, Debashis Majumder, Balwant Thakur, Baharul Islam, Subodh Pattinik, Bhagarati, Abanti Chakraborty, Indranil Sukla, Ansuman Bhowmick, Sukracharjya Rabha, Ashis Goswami, Debasish Dutta, Chandradasan, Kamal Saha, Manish Mitra, Atul Pethe, Adrija Dasgupta, Daniel A. Kelin, Mamunur Rashid (Bangladesh), Mannan Heera (Bangladesh), Fayez Zahir (Bangladesh), (Bangladesh), Avijit Sengupta ( bangladesh), Arpita Ghosh, Anup Hazarika, Sudip Sanyal,Usha Ganguly,Anirban Bhattacharya, Lucky Gupta, Tery John Converse (U.S.A), Arpita Ghosh, Mr. Avi Chakraborty, Mr. Sovendu Ganguly Soven, Mr. Satyabrata Rout, Mr. Anirudhya Kumar Dhar Santanu (Bangladesh), Ms. Mainak Sengupta, Mrs. Debasish Ray, Mrs. Sujata Priyambada, Mrs. Soma Das, Mr. Sanjoy Chattopadhyay, Mr. Jeetendra Singh, Mr. Sudip Gupta, Mr. Partha Gupta, Mr. Abhishek Goswami, khorshedul Alam (Bangladesh), Sisir Rahanman (Bangladesh), Roshni Prosad Mishra, Niranjan Bhuiya, Neeral Kunder, Kallol Bhattacharta, Dipankar Sen etc.

FELICITATION
Rudraprasad Sengupta, Swatilekha Sengupta.Bibhash Chakraborty,Suresh Bhardwaj, Niranjan Goswami, Suresh Dutta,K.S.Rajendran-,Baharul Islam (actor),Pradip Bhattacharya,Swapan Roy-,Debabrata das,Debashis Sarkar, shib mukhopadhyay-The artistic director of Natadha group,Badal Das,Tushar Dey,, Ranjan Gangopadhyay,Prabir Guha,Balwant Thakur,Ananda Lal & Suman Kumar.Hrishikesh Sulabh & Ajit Rai.

FESTIVALS
Inter School Theatre Festival, Lok Sanskriti Utsav, Monthly Theatre Festival, Cultural Festival, Theatre Mela, Shishu Kishore Natya Mela, Rang-Yatra: Bange-Bahirbange, Regular Theatre, National Theatre festival: Rang Yatra, Bange Range Bangladesh.

PUBLICATION
Rabir Kiran (Tagore Drama), A Collection of Speeches: Usages of Regional Resources In Contemporary Indian Theatre, C.D of performance & C.D Documentation on Tapas Sen as tittle ‘Tribute to Tapas Sen’.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Group Foundation Day Celebration: Panta Pabbon

Celebration of Children Day, World Environment Day, World Women Day, World Theatre Day, Swachh Bharat, Kobi Pronam, Rabindra Smaran, Bhatridwitiya, Raksha Bandhan, Matri Bhasha Dibash & Free Health Check-up Camp.

For the help of natural calamity’s victims.

For the help of caring cancer artists.

Computer training to minority community children.

Guru Pronam.

Chikitshya Tahobill for Theatre Artist.

DEBU SMARAK SAMMAN
To Barasat Satyabharati Bidyapith Rs… interest of 5000/- every year for Best Actor in its productions.

To an Artist in the field of Theatre Rs…interest of 50,000/- every year.

In 2012: Guru Pronam to Mr. Rudraprasad Sengupta.

In 2013: Guru Pronam to Mr. Suresh Dutta & Mr. Niranjan Goswami.

In 2014: Guru Pronam to Mr. Bibhas Chakraborty.

In 2015: Guru Pronam to Mr. Chandan Sen.

In 2016: Guru Pronam to Mr. Manoj Mitra.

In 2017: Guru Pronam to Mr. Probir Guha.

In 2018: Guru Pronam to Mr. Arun Mukhapadhyay.

In 2019: Guru Pronam to Mr. Pradip Bhattacharya.

AWARDS
2003:  Atmaja awarded By Paschimbanga Natya Academy, Dept. of I & C A, Govt. of West Bengal as BEST PRODUCTION.

2004: Uttam Mukhopadhyay Smarak Samman by Meghdoot Natya Sanastha, Kolkata  for Total Theatre Activities.

2005: Shyamal Sen Smriti Samman by Swapnasandhani, Kolkata.

2009: Bijon Bhattacharya Smriti Puroskar by Bengal Sharchi, Kolkata for Kharir Gondi.

2011: Badal Sarkar Memorial Honour by Natya Panjika, Kolkata for Bilashibala.

2012: Goutam Raychowdhury Memorial    Honour by Baharampur Ritwik, Mursidabad for Total Theatre Activities.

2018: 'Krishnanagar Sinchan Samman' by Krishnanagar Sinchan, Nadia, West Bengal for ‘Total Theatre Activity’.

2021: ‘Jibonkriti Samman’ to Mr. Ashish Das by Paschim Banga Natya Academy, West Bengal.

FUTURE AHEAD
Producing Ancient Indian Classical Plays, Chekhov, William Shakespeare, Ibsen...

Building a Creative Centre: ‘Gobardanga Sanskriti Kendra’ (Studio Theatre, Sound Recording Studio, Open Air Theatre, Library & Archive, Cafeteria, Guest House for artists). Performance space was all most completed and started on last 3rd October 2015. Extension work in going on.

Performing abroad.

Enlarging Theatre’s circles around us and with our Society.

Publishing Books 150 years ‘Theatre History of Gobardanga’ and Workshop based Children Plays including our 36 years experience about ‘In Search of Children Theatre’, C.D of Plays and Folk Elements.

Searching extra funds to pay our full time Theatre Artists & Infrastructure Development.