Paschim Banga Natya Akademi

Paschim Banga Natya Akademi
পশ্চিমবঙ্গ নাট্য আকাদেমি
Abbreviation	Natya Akademi (নাট্য আকাদেমি)
Formation	September 26, 1987 (1987-09-26)^[1]
Headquarters	Natya Bhaban, Kolkata
Location	West Bengal, India
Region served	West Bengal, Tripura
Official language	Bengali
Parent organisation	Department of Culture and Information Affairs, West Bengal Government

Paschim Banga Natya Akademi (Bengali: পশ্চিমবঙ্গ নাট্য আকাদেমি) is a learned society for drama and theatre in Paschimbanga (West Bengal). Established on 26 September 1987, it is a wing of the Department of Information and Cultural Affairs, Government of West Bengal. The aim of this society is to develop skill and expertise, to document and archive the theatre history of Bengal, to disseminate information and theoretical and historical understanding, and to promote and project significant creativity in the field.^[2]

The Natya Akademi conducts annual theatre festivals, seminars and public lectures and training workshops and publishes research works and other books on Bengali drama. It confers Dinabandhu Puraskar and Girish Puraskar, two most prestigious theatre awards in the state, for production playwriting, acting, direction, stagecraft and design and music.

The Natya Akademi owns a number of theatre halls including Academy of Fine Arts (Lady Ranu Mukherjee Mancha), Bijon Theatre, Girish Mancha, Jogesh Mime Akademi, Madhusudan Mancha, Mahajati Sadan, Muktangan Rangalaya, Rabindra Sadan, Sisir Mancha, Sujata Sadan, Tapan Theatre and University Institute Hall.^[3]

The Natya Akademi publishes Natya Akademi Patrika, an annual journal featuring academic essays and lectures, obituaries, play scripts, archival reprints, reports etc. It has also produced some classics like William Shakespeare’s Chaitali Rater Swapno (directed by Utpal Dutt), Girish Chandra Ghosh’s Balidan (directed by Ashoke Mukhopadhyay) and Rabindranath Tagore’s Chirakumar Sabha (directed by Bibhash Chakrabarty) etc.

Presidents
Manmath Roy, 1987–88 Debnarayan Gupta, 1889-2000 Gnanesh Mukhopadhyay, 2000-2006 Kumar Roy, 2000-

References

↑ Sharma, Shib, ed. (2008). Eknajare Paschim Banga Natya Akademir 25 Bochhor [25 Years of Paschim Banga Natya Akademi at a Glance] (in Bengali) (1st ed.). Kolkata: Paschim Banga Natya Akademi. p. 9.
↑ "About Paschimbanga Natya Akademi". PNA. 2007–2008. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
↑ "House Show, Paschimbanga Natya Akademi". PNA. 2007–2008. Retrieved 29 August 2011.

Bengali theatre

Bangladesh

Theatre groups	Abayab Nattyadal Anannya Nattya Goshthi Anushilan Natyadal Bahurupi Natya Sangstha Nattokendro Padatik Nattya Sangsad

Theatre personalities	Abdullah Al Mamun Aly Zaker Asaduzzaman Noor Mamunur Rashid Munir Chowdhury Nurul Momen Selim Al Deen Subhash Dutta

Dramas	Che'r Cycle

Theatre auditoriums	Guide House auditorium Mahila Samity auditorium

India

Theatre
groups

Theatre
personalities

Major personalities	Ajit Bandyopadhyay Amrita Lal Basu Arun Mukherjee Badal Sarkar Bijon Bhattacharya Bratya Basu Chandan Sen Chitra Sen Debesh Chattopadhyay Debshankar Haldar Gangapada Basu Girish Chandra Ghosh Goutam Halder Kumar Roy Kaushik Sen Khaled Choudhury Manoj Mitra Meghnad Bhattacharya Mohit Chattopadhyay Ramaprasad Banik Ritwik Ghatak Rudraprasad Sengupta Shaoli Mitra Sohini Sengupta Shobha Sen Sombhu Mitra Suman Mukhopadhyay Swatilekha Sengupta Tripti Mitra Utpal Dutt

Other personalities	Churni Ganguly George Baker Gerasim Lebedev Kaushik Ganguly Paran Bandopadhyay Rajatava Dutta Riddhi Sen Shekhar Chatterjee Sudipta Chakraborty Tanima Sen

Dramas

Learned societies

Paschim Banga Natya Akademi

Theatre
auditoriums

See also

Jatra

Bengali language

Written Bengali	Alphabet (Grammar Consonant clusters Romanization) Numerals Braille

Spoken Bengali	Phonology Vocabulary tôtsômô Dialects

Language Institutions	Bangla Academy PôshchimBônggô Bangla Akademi Bônggiyô Sahityô Pôrishôd Bishwô Sahityô Kendrô Pôshchim Bônggô Natyô Akademi

Literature	Folk literature Authors Poets

Literary Awards	Bangla Academy Literary Award Ekushey Padak Rabindra Puraskar Sahitya Akademi Award Bankim Puraskar Ananda Purashkar

Personalities	Rammohan Roy Kazi Nazrul Islam Rabindranath Tagore Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Nathaniel Brassey Halhed John Beames Suniti Kumar Chatterjee Sukumar Sen Asit Kumar Banerjee

Mega-events	Ekushey Book Fair Kolkata Book Fair

Cinema	Cinema of Bangladesh Cinema of West Bengal

Others	Bengali Language Movement (Bangladesh) Language Movement Day (Bangladesh) Shoheed Minar International Mother Language Day Bengali Language Movement in Assam Bengali Language Movement (Manbhum) Bengali Input methods in Computers States of India by Bengali speakers

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