Sabjanta

Mukhomukhi and Niva arts presented an exciting evening of mystery and comedy. Premiering at Tapan theatre the Soumitra Chatterjee directed Sabjanta is a wondrous presentation of wit and thrill. Poulami Basu excelled in her lead role as did Dwijen Bandyopadhyay as the audience are kept guessing in this comic whodunit. A fussy cleaner of an enterprise seemed to stumble upon a horrible murder and reports of a supposedly walking corpse who vanishes just as the police arrives. Infact the supposedly murdered man returns and makes her look completely like a fool. As she becomes the butt of ridicule, though she herself seemed least bothered, she persists in her narrative. Thus annoying the police continuously when she at last convinces them of a crime again at that moment several evidences disappear. It remains to be seen whether any crime actually happened and who is playing tricks on everybody. Slight fumbles in the part of Bandyopadhyay, which I am not sure it actually happened or not, the entire play has been wonderfully presented. Light was used correctly but a lack of background score was felt throughout. But Basu's acting remains pivotal that kept the audience glued to the seats till the lilting tunes of 'O My Darling' and the closing remarks of Dwijen announced completion only for that evening.