Dance-Drama Avisare Basantasena

Dance-Drama “Avisare Basantasena” is based on Mṛicchakatika (Sanskrit: Mṛcchakaṭikam मृच्छकटिकम्), also spelled Mṛcchakaṭikā, Mrchchhakatika, Mricchakatika, or Mrichchhakatika (The Little Clay Cart) is a ten-act Sanskrit drama attributed to Śūdraka, an ancient playwright who is possibly from the 5th century CE, and who is identified by the prologue as a Kshatriya king as well as a devotee of Shiva who lived for above 110 years. The play is set in the ancient city of Ujjayini during the reign of the King Pālaka, near the end of the Pradyota dynasty that made up the first quarter of the fifth century BCE. [Wikipedia].

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Concept, Choreography and Direction by Smt. Ranita Dutta. The other characters are as follows:

• Basantasena – Smt. Ranita Dutta
• Basantasena’s mother- Smt. Priyanka Das
• Charudatta – Shri Sujit Karmakar
• Sakara – Shri Diptangshu Pal
• Rohasena – Shri Samodorshi Mitra
• Dhuta – Smt. Ankita Roychowdhury
• King Palaka – Smt. Manisha Dutta
• Monk – Smt. Rusha Das
• Aryaka – Shri Rahul Das