DEBESH Chattopadhyay

Shey

Shey is a dramatisation of Rabindranath Tagore’s story of same name consisting fourteen episodes. Shey is presented as a human being who is simultaneously a fictional character, a teller/performer as well as a listener. Though the narration is akin to a children’s tale it is different turn for the grand-father who is not interested to recount something commonplace and so the story begins not with “once upon a time there was a king” but with: “there is a man…”. This “man” is Shey. He is nameless, almost faceless, for he can be any of us. Shey

Shey

Shey is a dramatisation of Rabindranath Tagore’s story of same name consisting fourteen episodes. Shey is presented as a human being who is simultaneously a fictional character, a teller/performer as well as a listener. Though the narration is akin to a children’s tale it is different turn for the grand-father who is not interested to recount something commonplace and so the story begins not with “once upon a time there was a king” but with: “there is a man…”. This “man” is Shey. He is nameless, almost faceless, for he can be any of us. Shey is not restricted to a fictional character exclusively and nor does the grand-father always remain Shey’s creator. If the narration is not of Shey’s liking he has the liberty to suggest alterations and even re-enact in them as he fancies. Unlike the king/prince of conventional tales, informs our narrator, Shey is subject to all the emotions and instincts that a real man is likely to have and hence can also voluntarily terminate his role if the need be.

Within these protean strategies we have narrations/enactments that range from Shey’s prospective marriage to his transmigration of soul though not necessarily presented always in a chronological manner. Shey ends as it had begun, abruptly. And we don’t grumble for so does life, too.

Credits

Story- Rabindranath Tagore

Set Design- Sanchayan Ghosh

Music Director- Abhijit Acharya

Violin- Raja Mukherjee

Rhythm Player- Deeptesh Mukherjee

Masks- Sudip Gupta

Light- Sudip Sanyal

Choreography and Costume- Kastury Chattopadhyay

Dramatisation and Direction- Debesh Chattopadhyay

Cast

Tathagata Chowdhury

Gautam Sarkar

Ambarish Sarkar

Apurba Saha

Sanjay Pramanik

Arup Bhattacharya

Pritam Saha

Sagar Sengupta

Aroop Maji

Saikat Hajra

Shey

Tathagata Chowdhury

Gautam Sarkar

Ambarish Sarkar

Apurba Saha

Sanjay Pramanik

Arup Bhattacharya

Pritam Saha

Sagar Sengupta

Aroop Maji

Saikat Hajra

Amirul Alam

Pinaki Ganguly

Gambhira Bhattacharya

Susmita Bhattacharya

Debolina Giri

Sanjukta Ghosh

Mousumi Chakrabarty

Priyanka Mukherjee

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