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VOCAL CLASSIC MUSICDHRUPAD
TAPPAKHYAL
WESTERN ROMANTIC /CLASSIC MUSIC
THUMRIPATRIOTIC GENRE
2006 Cactus (1992) rockfirst Band to tourin United States
MU
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HT
CLU
BS
&M
US
ICS
CH
OO
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Insomnia (2002) rock -bilingual repertoire-live music for theatre
SHYAMA SANGEETdevotional songs dedicated to the Hindu goddess Shyama or Kali
devotional in theme & content only male singingadoption of medieval Persian musiclove themes | improvising & expressive style
semiclassical vocal form with romantic nature
RABINDRA SANGEETKIRTON & BAULS
Moheener Ghoraguli (1976) folk/rock
Ektara/Dotara typical one /two string instrument
SItartypical one /two string instrument
Lalon Phakir (1774-1890)300 BC<Natya Shastra>first theoretical treatiseon music and dance
Ramprasad Sen(1720-1781) Rasikchandra Ray (1820-1893) Kamlakanta Bhattacharya (1772-1821) Ramchandra Datta (1861-1899)
Miyan Tansen (1506-86)
Shori Mian (1742 - 1792) Gauhar Jaan (1873–1930)
Aminuddin Dagar (1923-2000)
intense emotional religious music
NAZRUL SANGEET Krosswindz (1990) pop/folk Bhoomi (1999)urban folk
1969 Woodstock Festival Ravi Shankar (1920)
1972 <Amar Shonar Bangla> Bangladesh national anthemRabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
Rikterskale (1999)heavy metal
famous for lyrical beauty in compositions
rich contribution to Shayma Shangeetincorporation ofrevolutionary notions, spiritual themes
Pankaj Mullick (1905-78)
Manabendra Mukhopadhyay (1949)Anup Ghoshal (1943)
Debabrata Biswas (1911-80)Kanika Bandyopadhyay (1924-2000)
BANGLA BANDSSwagatalakshmi Dasgupta (1968)
origin in folk songs of Punjab camel ridersrolling pace based on fast, subtle, knotty construction
PA
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983 <Ashta Sahasrika>
first illustrated paintings
1854 First Bengali Art School at Bowazars(->Government School of Art)
1876 First Litho PressCalcutta Art Studio ->Printing Art
1896 Recognition of Indian art by Government School of Artnew director E.B.Havell (1861-1934)
break with western academic art -> Mughal & Japanese art references
arts & crafts hindu god and goddesses illustration art in strong colors ->mass appeal and mass appreciation
highlighting of indian events in own pictorial languagein outbreaking and satirizing of painting & social norms
Islamic influence>imaginary/phantasmagoric works
CANAVAS ART OF KALIGHAT 1933Young Artists' Union and 'Art Rebel Centre'influenced by Gaugin/ Van Gogh and neo-realism
1954 National Gallery of Modern Art
1945-53 Calcutta Grouppolitical motivated western influenced art
1945-53 Calcutta Grouppolitical motivated western influenced art
MUGHAL SCHOOL OF ART
OLD BENGAL SCHOOL OF ART
EUROPEAN ACADEMIC ART
COMPANY ART
NEO-BENGAL SCHOOL OF ART
minature paintings | simple lifestyle illustrations of rural Bengal
fusion of Mughal / European Academic art
Abanindranath Tagore(1871-1951) Mukul Chandra Dey (1895-1989) Gagnendranath Tagore (1867-1938)
Tilly Kettle William Hozes George Lamburt | Samuel Scott Ozius Humphrey Thomas & William Daniel John Zofanny
Jamini Roy (1887-1972) Nandalal Bose (1883-1966)
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) Gopal Ghosh (1913-1980) Zainul Abedin (1914-1976)
KG Subbhramainayan (1933) Ganesh Pyne (1937) Shuvaprasanna (1947) Prakash Karmakar (1933) Sunil Das (1939) Devajyoti Ray (1974)
PARSEE SCHOOL OF ART
MODERN ART ADAPTION
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1919<Billwamangal> first Bengali feature film
1931<Dena Paona>first Bengali talkie filmP.Atarthi (1890-1964)
1935<Devdas>Pramatesh Barua(1903-51)>phenomenon in industry
1955-60<Apu trilogy >Satyajit Ray (1921-92)>focus on individual
1960<Meghe Dhaka Tara>Ritwik Ghatak (1925-76)>forces beneath surfaces
1969<Bhuvan Shome> Mrinal Sen (1923)>overtly political propaganda
1987<Antarjali Yatra> Gautam Ghose (1950)>drawing attention todeplorable social and political circumstances
1992 Honorary Academy Awardfor Lifetime Achievement Satyajit Ray (1921-92)
1995- Kolkata Film Festival
1911<Delhi Durbar> first documentary movieHiralal Sen (1866 – 1917)
1902 bioscope picture show in Maidan ParkJ.F.Madan(1856–1923)
Bimal Roy (1909-66)dDebaki Bose (1898-1971)d/a Dhiren Ganguly (1893-1978)dDadasaheb Phalke (1870-1944)dChhabi Biswas (1900-62)d/aBikash Roy (1916-87)a
Kanan Devi (1916-92)a
Aparna Sen (1945)dSandip Ray (1954)dRanjit Mallick (1944)d Utpal Dutt (1929-93)a/dSaumitra Chatterjee (1935)dUttam Kumar (1926-1980)a/dSuchitra Sen (1931)aSupriya Chaudhury(1935)a
HINDI FILM
BENGALI FILM
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1921<Bilat Ferat> >background music & normative in theatralic style
development of a more elite & artistically cinema
Studios of Tollygunj<Tollywood>
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Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824-73)-introduction of sonnets and blank verse to Bangla literature
KOLKATA OH Stahlst [ber alle N'chte treibst lebst die geyeiten des stroms und erschaffstdich stetig von neuem Unergr[ndlich deine Vielfalt beaubern Glany und erbebend deine leiden und schatten
1870's <Alphabet Reform>Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar(1820-1891)
1828 <Brahma Sabha>Indian socio-religious reform movementRam Mohan Roy (1774-1833)Dwarkanath Tagore (1794-1846)
1942Anti-Fascist-Writer' & Artist's Association-short stories with focus on contemporary life
Subhash Mukhopadhyay (1919-2003)Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926-47)Buddhadeva Bose (1908-74)
Shakti Chattopadhyay (1933-95)Malay Roychoudhury(1939)Samir Roychoudhury (1933)
LITE
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INTRODUCTION MODERNITYMIDDLE BENGALI
SANSKRIT
PALI OLD BENGALI
1960'sHungry Generation-flouting social taboos and degenerations
1998 <Kaurab Online> poetry webzineAryanil Mukherjee (1964)
Subodh Sarkar (1958) Srijato Bandopadhyay (1975) Mallika Sengupta (1960)
1953<Krittibas> poetry magazine-experimental plattform
1882<Anandamath>famous nationalistic novelB.C Chattopadhyay (1838-94)
1860<Nil Darpan> (The Mirror of Indigo)Dinabandhu Mitra (1830-73)secular literature
1854<Kulin Kulsarbasva >Ramnarayan Tarkaratna (1822-86)plays
1879<Shukra Bhraman> (Travels to Jupiter) Jagadananda Roy(1869-1933)
1913 poems book <Gitanjoli>Nobel Price in literature Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) lifes of ordinary people
1901<Devdas> S. C.Chatterjee (1876-1938)novella
1778 Grammar of the Bengali languageby N.B.Halhed
NEW BENGALI1921<Bidrohi> (The Rebel) K.I.Nazrul (1899-1976)preaching revolution through poetic works /introduction of islamic ghazals into Bengali
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (1838-94)literary magazine <Bangodarshan>Bengali literature improving campaign
1958 <Writers Workshop> literary publisher with orientation to Indian writing in English
Vikram Seth (1952) Raj Kamal Jha (1966) Bharati Mukherjee (1940) Amitav Ghosh (1956)
INDIAN-ENGLISH ENGLISH
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1795 <The Disguise> First play in BengaliGerasim Lebedev(1749 – 1817)
1883 Star Theatre
1835<Vidyasundar >traditional bengali love storiy
Girish Chandra Ghosh(1844-1912)-novel adaptions for stage-introduction of flamboyant style
1893 Minerva Theatre
BENGALI HOMETHEATRE
JATRA
SANSKRIT PLAYS
1965-92Feluda detective stories for childrenSatyajit Ray (1921-92)
1965 <Shakespeare wallah> play-movie transcription Merchant Ivory Productions
1753 <Play House> First theatre in Kolkata
1848 First Othello nigger
1813 Chowringhee Theatre > Indian admittance
1944<Nabanna>(New Crop) IPTA (Indian People's Theatre Assoc.)-> ordinary people and language | street performance
Badal Sarkar (1925)Bhattacharya Bijan (1906-1978)
Sunil Dutt (1930-2005)
Manoj Mitra (1953)
1947 Little Theatre Group-bilingual theatre Utpal Dutt(1929-93)
1921<Alamgir>Kshiroda Prasad Vidya Vinode (1864-1927)mega success and new birth of Bengali theatre
1930'sManmath Roy (1899-1988)Bidhayak Bhattacharya (1907-86)->dramatization of popular novels
2005Theatre Formation Paribartak-development theatre
ENGLISH-THEATRE1873 Great National Theatre
1881 Tagore familiy establishes own performance space -elements of opera and Begali tradition-revolutionizing of stage and decor
INTRODUCTION OF REALISM COMMERCIAL
BENGALI THEATRE
175010001000 BC 15005000 1850 19001912 Dehli new capital of Britisch India 1971 India-Pakistan-War
1967 2nd famine 2001 <Kolakta>
1984 First Kolkata Underground line part
1690 Founding of Calcutta
1756 The Black Hole of Calcutta
Dutta, Krishna(2003)'Calcutta: A Cultural History',Interlink Pub.ishing Group | Mitter, Partha (2003)'Indian Art' (Oxford History of Art | www.catchcal.com | www.calcuttawb | www.indiayellowpages.com
1884 White Mutiny->Reestablishing old system
1757 Battle of Plassey
1857 Great Mutiny 1905-11 Division of BengalSWADESHI MOVEMENT NAXALITE MOVEMENT
1861 Indigo Revolt 1883 Ilbert Bill (Indian judges) 1943 Great famine
1947 Inpedendency of India
1950 2000
Sure we're going to need two national anthems. I better
start composing also one for Bangladesh.
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ART, CULTUREKolkata
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Regal Cinema
Park Show House Cinema
National Talkies Cinema
Crown CinemaJanata Cinema
Liluah CinemaParbati Cinema
Paradise CinemaRupam Cinema
Hind CinemaMetro CinemaJyoti CinemaNew CinemaNew Cinema
Chitrapuri Cinema
Kamal Talkies Cinema
P.Son Cinema
Khatoon Mahal CinemaPari Cinema
Krishna CinemaMoonlight CinemaAnandam Cinema
Chabighar Cinema
Prachi Cinema
Aruna Cinema
Bidhusree CinemaKhanna Cinema
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Regent Cinema
New Royal Cinema
Netro Cinema
Lila Cinema
Jaya Cinema
Shelly Cinema
Paradise Cinema
Inox City Centre
Bablu Cinema
Ananya Cinema
Jayashree Cinema
New Tarun Cinema
Bina Cinema
Jawahar Cinema
Darpana CinemaGanesh Cinema ComplexNaaz CinemaLiberty Cinema
Chaya Cinema
Auro Cinema
RadhasreeCinema
Mrinalini Cinema
Ashoke CinemaPiccadilly Cinema
Parijat Cinema
Bangabashi Cinema
Jogmaya CinemaSanti CinemaPuspasree CinemaNava Bharat CinemaNishat Cinema
Prabhat Cinema
Mayapuri Cinema
Alochaya Cinema
89 Cinemas
Santosh Cinema
Aloka Cinema
Aleya Cinema
Kalika Cinema
Rupayan Cinema
Menoka Cinema
Rupali Cinema
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Ashoka Cinema
Puspasree Cinema
Pradip Talkies Cinema
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Domus Art Gallery
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Charitable Arts Centre
Oreation Art Centre
Sreeji Art Gallery
Ganges Art Gallery
Chitres Gallery
Gandhara Art Gallery
Alternative Art GalleryChemould Art Gallery
Ambience Art Gallery
Kalpataru Art Centre
Auto GalleryMon Art Gallerie
Archie's Gallery
Banerjee Art Gallery
Gallery Lamere
Ashma Art Centre
Chitrabhanu Art Centre
Katayun Gallery
Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA)
The Address Art GalleryGallery 88
Chitrakoot Art Gallery
Art Age Gallery
Identity Gallery
Metropolitan Art GalleryTop Art GalleryAsutosh Museum of Indian Art
Top Art Gallery
Ajanta Art Gallery
Imran Gallery
Utsav Gallery
Ankus Gallery
Arichies Gallery
Modern Unique Art CentreNabin Art Centre
Sneh Gallery
European Art Gallery
Aakriti Art Gallery
Oxford Book Store Gallery
Bizalliance Gallery
Kolkata Information Centre
Genesis Art Gallery
Academy of Fine Arts
Saha Art Centre
New Roy Museum
Starline Art Centre
Dutta Art Gallery
Universal Art Gallery
Raj Art Gallery
Hindusthan Art Gallery
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Idiyas Art Gallery
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Anticlock Discotheque
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Prince of Nightclub
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Tantra DiscothequeSomeplace Else Discotheque
Starstruck Retro Nightclub
Sur Mandir Sangeet College?
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Indian Music College
Northern School of Music
Tarang Music School
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Sangeeta Music School
Binapani Sangeet School
Geeta Bithika Dance & Music CentreMax Mueller BhavanSaurabh Music & Dance Academy
Swar Sangam Music & Dance Academy
Suratirtha Music & Dance School
Mayaprasadi Cultural CentreCalcutta School Of Music
Jnan ManchaGyan Mancha
Nadan Theatre
Mahayanak Uttam Mancha
Star TheatreNew Star Theatre
University Institute ManchaCalcutta University Centenary HallBidhan ManchaG.D. Birla Sabhagar?
Paschim Banga Natya AcademyRabindra Sadan
Ahindra Mancha
Bhowanipore Theatre CentreBirla Sabhaghar
Indian Puffer Theatre
Children's LittleTheatre
Sujata Sadan Auditorium
Madhusudan Mancha
Uttam ManchaJogesh Mime Academy
Tapan Theatre
Sarat Sadan Auditorium
Sarat Sadan C.C.
Sumanmime Theatre
Muktangan Rangalaya Theatre
Sukanta Mancha
Vidya MandirPidatik Theatre
Sisir Mancha
Gorky Sadan
Sarkarina Theatre
Sramik Mancha
Inox City Theatre
Eastern Zonal Cultural CentreRammohan Mancha
Netaji Subhash Mancha
Pratap Memorial HallMukta Mancha
Netaji Mancha
Mahajati Sadan Theatre
Rathindra Mancha
Provash Opera
Circarina TheatreSircarina Theatre
Rangana TheatreMinerva TheatreKashi Biswanath Mancha
Cornwalli Theatre
Girish ManchaBasudeb Mancha
Kala KunjKala Mandir
Circarina TheatreCircareena ManchaBijon TheatreBiswarupa Theatre
Indian Mime Theatre
Institute of Factual Theatre Arts
VOCAL CLASSIC MUSICDHRUPAD
TAPPAKHYAL
WESTERN ROMANTIC /CLASSIC MUSIC
THUMRIPATRIOTIC GENRE
2006 Cactus (1992) rockfirst Band to tourin United States
MU
SIC
NIG
HT
CLU
BS
&M
US
ICS
CH
OO
LS
Insomnia (2002) rock -bilingual repertoire-live music for theatre
SHYAMA SANGEETdevotional songs dedicated to the Hindu goddess Shyama or Kali
devotional in theme & content only male singingadoption of medieval Persian musiclove themes | improvising & expressive style
semiclassical vocal form with romantic nature
RABINDRA SANGEETKIRTON & BAULS
Moheener Ghoraguli (1976) folk/rock
Ektara/Dotara typical one /two string instrument
SItartypical one /two string instrument
Lalon Phakir (1774-1890)300 BC<Natya Shastra>first theoretical treatiseon music and dance
Ramprasad Sen(1720-1781) Rasikchandra Ray (1820-1893) Kamlakanta Bhattacharya (1772-1821) Ramchandra Datta (1861-1899)
Miyan Tansen (1506-86)
Shori Mian (1742 - 1792) Gauhar Jaan (1873–1930)
Aminuddin Dagar (1923-2000)
intense emotional religious music
NAZRUL SANGEET Krosswindz (1990) pop/folk Bhoomi (1999)urban folk
1969 Woodstock Festival Ravi Shankar (1920)
1972 <Amar Shonar Bangla> Bangladesh national anthemRabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
Rikterskale (1999)heavy metal
famous for lyrical beauty in compositions
rich contribution to Shayma Shangeetincorporation ofrevolutionary notions, spiritual themes
Pankaj Mullick (1905-78)
Manabendra Mukhopadhyay (1949)Anup Ghoshal (1943)
Debabrata Biswas (1911-80)Kanika Bandyopadhyay (1924-2000)
BANGLA BANDSSwagatalakshmi Dasgupta (1968)
origin in folk songs of Punjab camel ridersrolling pace based on fast, subtle, knotty construction
PA
INT
ING
983 <Ashta Sahasrika>
first illustrated paintings
1854 First Bengali Art School at Bowazars(->Government School of Art)
1876 First Litho PressCalcutta Art Studio ->Printing Art
1896 Recognition of Indian art by Government School of Artnew director E.B.Havell (1861-1934)
break with western academic art -> Mughal & Japanese art references
arts & crafts hindu god and goddesses illustration art in strong colors ->mass appeal and mass appreciation
highlighting of indian events in own pictorial languagein outbreaking and satirizing of painting & social norms
Islamic influence>imaginary/phantasmagoric works
CANAVAS ART OF KALIGHAT 1933Young Artists' Union and 'Art Rebel Centre'influenced by Gaugin/ Van Gogh and neo-realism
1954 National Gallery of Modern Art
1945-53 Calcutta Grouppolitical motivated western influenced art
1945-53 Calcutta Grouppolitical motivated western influenced art
MUGHAL SCHOOL OF ART
OLD BENGAL SCHOOL OF ART
EUROPEAN ACADEMIC ART
COMPANY ART
NEO-BENGAL SCHOOL OF ART
minature paintings | simple lifestyle illustrations of rural Bengal
fusion of Mughal / European Academic art
Abanindranath Tagore(1871-1951) Mukul Chandra Dey (1895-1989) Gagnendranath Tagore (1867-1938)
Tilly Kettle William Hozes George Lamburt | Samuel Scott Ozius Humphrey Thomas & William Daniel John Zofanny
Jamini Roy (1887-1972) Nandalal Bose (1883-1966)
Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) Gopal Ghosh (1913-1980) Zainul Abedin (1914-1976)
KG Subbhramainayan (1933) Ganesh Pyne (1937) Shuvaprasanna (1947) Prakash Karmakar (1933) Sunil Das (1939) Devajyoti Ray (1974)
PARSEE SCHOOL OF ART
MODERN ART ADAPTION
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1919<Billwamangal> first Bengali feature film
1931<Dena Paona>first Bengali talkie filmP.Atarthi (1890-1964)
1935<Devdas>Pramatesh Barua(1903-51)>phenomenon in industry
1955-60<Apu trilogy >Satyajit Ray (1921-92)>focus on individual
1960<Meghe Dhaka Tara>Ritwik Ghatak (1925-76)>forces beneath surfaces
1969<Bhuvan Shome> Mrinal Sen (1923)>overtly political propaganda
1987<Antarjali Yatra> Gautam Ghose (1950)>drawing attention todeplorable social and political circumstances
1992 Honorary Academy Awardfor Lifetime Achievement Satyajit Ray (1921-92)
1995- Kolkata Film Festival
1911<Delhi Durbar> first documentary movieHiralal Sen (1866 – 1917)
1902 bioscope picture show in Maidan ParkJ.F.Madan(1856–1923)
Bimal Roy (1909-66)dDebaki Bose (1898-1971)d/a Dhiren Ganguly (1893-1978)dDadasaheb Phalke (1870-1944)dChhabi Biswas (1900-62)d/aBikash Roy (1916-87)a
Kanan Devi (1916-92)a
Aparna Sen (1945)dSandip Ray (1954)dRanjit Mallick (1944)d Utpal Dutt (1929-93)a/dSaumitra Chatterjee (1935)dUttam Kumar (1926-1980)a/dSuchitra Sen (1931)aSupriya Chaudhury(1935)a
HINDI FILM
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1921<Bilat Ferat> >background music & normative in theatralic style
development of a more elite & artistically cinema
Studios of Tollygunj<Tollywood>
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Michael Madhusudan Dutt (1824-73)-introduction of sonnets and blank verse to Bangla literature
KOLKATA OH Stahlst [ber alle N'chte treibst lebst die geyeiten des stroms und erschaffstdich stetig von neuem Unergr[ndlich deine Vielfalt beaubern Glany und erbebend deine leiden und schatten
1870's <Alphabet Reform>Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar(1820-1891)
1828 <Brahma Sabha>Indian socio-religious reform movementRam Mohan Roy (1774-1833)Dwarkanath Tagore (1794-1846)
1942Anti-Fascist-Writer' & Artist's Association-short stories with focus on contemporary life
Subhash Mukhopadhyay (1919-2003)Sukanta Bhattacharya (1926-47)Buddhadeva Bose (1908-74)
Shakti Chattopadhyay (1933-95)Malay Roychoudhury(1939)Samir Roychoudhury (1933)
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INTRODUCTION MODERNITYMIDDLE BENGALI
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1960'sHungry Generation-flouting social taboos and degenerations
1998 <Kaurab Online> poetry webzineAryanil Mukherjee (1964)
Subodh Sarkar (1958) Srijato Bandopadhyay (1975) Mallika Sengupta (1960)
1953<Krittibas> poetry magazine-experimental plattform
1882<Anandamath>famous nationalistic novelB.C Chattopadhyay (1838-94)
1860<Nil Darpan> (The Mirror of Indigo)Dinabandhu Mitra (1830-73)secular literature
1854<Kulin Kulsarbasva >Ramnarayan Tarkaratna (1822-86)plays
1879<Shukra Bhraman> (Travels to Jupiter) Jagadananda Roy(1869-1933)
1913 poems book <Gitanjoli>Nobel Price in literature Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) lifes of ordinary people
1901<Devdas> S. C.Chatterjee (1876-1938)novella
1778 Grammar of the Bengali languageby N.B.Halhed
NEW BENGALI1921<Bidrohi> (The Rebel) K.I.Nazrul (1899-1976)preaching revolution through poetic works /introduction of islamic ghazals into Bengali
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (1838-94)literary magazine <Bangodarshan>Bengali literature improving campaign
1958 <Writers Workshop> literary publisher with orientation to Indian writing in English
Vikram Seth (1952) Raj Kamal Jha (1966) Bharati Mukherjee (1940) Amitav Ghosh (1956)
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1795 <The Disguise> First play in BengaliGerasim Lebedev(1749 – 1817)
1883 Star Theatre
1835<Vidyasundar >traditional bengali love storiy
Girish Chandra Ghosh(1844-1912)-novel adaptions for stage-introduction of flamboyant style
1893 Minerva Theatre
BENGALI HOMETHEATRE
JATRA
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1965-92Feluda detective stories for childrenSatyajit Ray (1921-92)
1965 <Shakespeare wallah> play-movie transcription Merchant Ivory Productions
1753 <Play House> First theatre in Kolkata
1848 First Othello nigger
1813 Chowringhee Theatre > Indian admittance
1944<Nabanna>(New Crop) IPTA (Indian People's Theatre Assoc.)-> ordinary people and language | street performance
Badal Sarkar (1925)Bhattacharya Bijan (1906-1978)
Sunil Dutt (1930-2005)
Manoj Mitra (1953)
1947 Little Theatre Group-bilingual theatre Utpal Dutt(1929-93)
1921<Alamgir>Kshiroda Prasad Vidya Vinode (1864-1927)mega success and new birth of Bengali theatre
1930'sManmath Roy (1899-1988)Bidhayak Bhattacharya (1907-86)->dramatization of popular novels
2005Theatre Formation Paribartak-development theatre
ENGLISH-THEATRE1873 Great National Theatre
1881 Tagore familiy establishes own performance space -elements of opera and Begali tradition-revolutionizing of stage and decor
INTRODUCTION OF REALISM COMMERCIAL
BENGALI THEATRE
175010001000 BC 15005000 1850 19001912 Dehli new capital of Britisch India 1971 India-Pakistan-War
1967 2nd famine 2001 <Kolakta>
1984 First Kolkata Underground line part
1690 Founding of Calcutta
1756 The Black Hole of Calcutta
Dutta, Krishna(2003)'Calcutta: A Cultural History',Interlink Pub.ishing Group | Mitter, Partha (2003)'Indian Art' (Oxford History of Art | www.catchcal.com | www.calcuttawb | www.indiayellowpages.com
1884 White Mutiny->Reestablishing old system
1757 Battle of Plassey
1857 Great Mutiny 1905-11 Division of BengalSWADESHI MOVEMENT NAXALITE MOVEMENT
1861 Indigo Revolt 1883 Ilbert Bill (Indian judges) 1943 Great famine
1947 Inpedendency of India
1950 2000
Sure we're going to need two national anthems. I better
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