Basi Khabar

Modern Indian Plays by Badal Sircar

Badal Sarkar has written more than fifty plays of which Ebong Indrajit, Basi Khabar, and Saari Raat are well known literary pieces. Though his early comedies were popular, it was his angst-ridden Ebong Indrajit (And Indrajit) that became a landmark play in Indian theatre. Today, his rise as a prominent playwright in the 1960s is seen as the coming of age of modern Indian playwriting in Bengali. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1972, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1968 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, the highest honor in the performing arts by Govt. of India, in 1997. | Click Here...