Anjan Dutt to take Raghupati to the UK

Anjan Dutt is gearing up to take his latest stage production Raghupati to the UK in May. On May 2, the play will be staged at

Ditton Park

Academy in Slough, London and on May 3, at Capstone Theatre in

Liverpool

. Based on Rabindranath Tagore’s seminal work, Bisarjan, the play is directed by Anjan, who plays Raghupati. Suprobhat plays Joysingha,

Loknath Das

is seen as Gobindyo

Manikya

and

Rukmini Sarkar

, a newcomer and NSD graduate, plays the character, Aparna. It was premiered in December in Kolkata.

“Many people in the UK see me as a musician. But I am essentially a theatre person. I am really happy to take my play to the UK this year,” the director said.

Talking about the play, Anjan said, “This play stands against violence and religious dogma. I am analysing it through my worldview. I have taken eight scenes from the main conflict moments in the final version of Tagore’s play and just changed the language. I have incorporated my bits, especially the monologues. I wanted to tell today’s story.”