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Krishnendu Adhikari

Krishnendu Adhikari (Bengali: কৃষ্ণেন্দু অধিকারী; born: 2 January 1982) is an Indian actor, director and producer who primarily works in Bengali theatre and the Bengali Film Industry. In 2016, he co-founded the Kolkata-based Behala Project Prometheus in 2016.

Krishnendu Adhikari
Born
Krishnendu Adhikari

(1982-01-02) 2 January 1982 (age 42)
Tamluk, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Occupation(s)Actor, Director, Producer in Theatre and Film
Years active2012–present
Notable work
  • Ags'uddhi,
  • Code Red,
  • Mrityusangbad,
  • Niruddesh/Adrift,
  • Tope - The Bait,
  • Jara Jege Thake,
  • Indur O Manus,
  • The Senapatis

Biography

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Born in Tamluk, West Bengal, Adhikari is the youngest of three siblings. He completed his Bachelor's degree in English literature from Midnapore College, West Bengal.[when?] In 2012, Adhikari began his career as an actor and photographer with the Rang Roop theatre group in Kolkata, India.[1] Over the next five years, he trained as an actor. Adhikari also learned the Tamil martial art Kalaripayattu under Arka Mukhopadhyay.[2][relevant? – discuss]

In 2016, Adhikari participated in the Bharat Rang Mahotsav theatre festival in Delhi, India, as actor and production manager in Rajar Mrityu (Bengali: রাজার মৃত্যু; directed by Sudipto Chatterjee)[3] and Raajrokto (Bengali: রাজরক্ত, directed by Debasish Dutta).[4] In the same year, Adhikari acted in two Bengali productions: Ags'uddhi (Bengali: আগশুদ্ধি; adapted from the Arthur Miller play The Crucible; directed by Sudipto Chatterjee) and Indur O Manush (Bengali: ইঁদুর ও মানুষ; adapted from the John Steinbeck novel Of Mice and Men; directed by Debasis Biswas).[5] Adhikari's portrayal of Chhotu Mandi (Bengali: ছোটু মান্ডি), the lead character in Ags'uddhi, received critical acclaim.[6] In 2018, Adhikari headlined a theatrical production titled Mrityusangbad (Bengali: মৃত্যুসংবাদ; a play by Mohit Chattopadhyay, directed by Partha Sarathi Raha).[7][8] Following his participation in the "Stranger", Adhikari and his team travelled to Mysore, India, with Mrityusangbad as part of the 20th Bharat Rang Mahotsav festival in 2019.[9]

In 2016, Adhikari co-founded Behala Project Prometheus with Indudipa Sinha. In 2017, they premiered Code Red - a theatre and dance presentation, adapted from Rabindranath Tagore's poem Sishutirtha (Bengali: শিশুতীর্থ ), directed by Sinha. Adhikari served as ensemble member, production manager, and assistant director to this critically hailed production,[10] which travelled nationally as part of the 8th Theatre Olympics in Bhopal, India (2018)[11] and the fifth C.G.K. Rashtriya Rangothsava in Bengaluru, India (2018).[12]

Adhikari had his directorial debut at the Short and Sweet theatre festival in Kolkata in 2015 with a ten-minute play titled One Two Three.[13]

In 2016, Adhikari acted in the Bengali film Tope - The Bait, directed by Buddhadeb Dasgupta,[14] which travelled to the Toronto International Film Festival, the 60th BFI London Film Festival, and the 21st Busan International Film Festival.[15] In 2017, Adhikari made his debut in the commercial Bengali Film Industry as a supporting character in Birsa Dasgupta's One.[16] Adhikari has also featured in independent Bengali short films, including Niruddesh/Adrift (Bengali: নিরুদ্দেশ; directed by Saptarshi Bhattacharya) and Banshi (Bengali: বাঁশি; directed by Kaushik Sengupta).[17] In 2018, Niruddesh/Adrift, with Adikari in the lead, was selected and screened as part of the Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival in Hyderabad, India,[18] the India Shorts Competition organised by the 9th Jagran Film Festival in Delhi, India,[19] and an international screening organised by The Tannenbusch House in Bonn, Germany.[20][21] In 2019, Niruddesh/Adrift was selected to be screened as part of the Second South Asian Short Film Festival in Kolkata, India.[22]

Adhikari, along with Behala Project Prometheus, premiered a Bengali theatre production in 2018 titled Jara Jege Thake (Bengali: যারা জেগে থাকে), with allegorical references to the present political climate in West Bengal and India.[23]

In 2019, Adhikari starred in the first installment of a Bengali web series titled The Senapatis as sub-inspector G. R. Neogi on the Indian web entertainment platform Addatimes.[24][25]

Plays

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  • "... O Onyanya Kuyasha" (Bengali: ... ও অন্যান্য কুয়াশা) [Lead performer], premiered in 2022
  • Anandamath (Bengali: আনন্দমঠ) [Lead performer], premiered in 2018
  • Jara Jege Thake (Bengali: যারা জেগে থাকে) [Lead performer and producer with Behala Project Prometheus, premiered in 2018
  • Mrityusangbad (Bengali: মৃত্যুসংবাদ) [Lead performer], premiered in 2018
  • Ekti Shohoj Khuner Golpo (Bengali: একটি সহজ খুনের গল্প) [Lead performer and producer with Behala Project Prometheus, premiered in 2017[26]
  • Code Red [Ensemble/lead performer, production manager, and assistant director with Behala Project Prometheus, premiered in 2017
  • Indur O Manush (Bengali: ইঁদুর ও মানুষ) [Performer], premiered in 2016[27]
  • Ags'uddhi (Bengali: আগশুদ্ধি) [Lead performer], premiered in 2016
  • Ordhek Jeebon (Bengali: অর্ধেক জীবন) [Lead performer and producer with Behala Project Prometheus, premiered in 2016
  • Page Four/4 [Lead performer], premiered in 2016
  • Rajar Mrityu (Bengali: রাজার মৃত্যু) [Performer and production manager], premiered in 2015
  • A Good Deed for Mr. Stinky [Lead performer], premiered in 2015[28]
  • One Two Three [Director], premiered in 2015
  • Raajrokto (Bengali: রাজরক্ত) [Lead performer], premiered in 2014

Filmography

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  • Mon Matal (Bengali: মন মাতাল; Bangali feature film),[Performer], Expected Release 2023
  • Chhipkali (Hindi:Hindi feature film)[Performer], Expected Release 2023
  • Goyenda Junior (Bengali: গোয়েন্দা জুনিয়ার; Bengali feature film) [Performer], premiered in 2019[29]
  • Banshi (Bengali: বাঁশি; Bengali short film) [Performer], premiered in 2018
  • Niruddesh/Adrift (Bengali: নিরুদ্দেশ; Bengali short film) [Lead performer], premiered in 2018
  • One (Bengali feature film) [Performer], premiered in 2017
  • Tope (film) - The Bait (Bengali feature film) [Performer], premiered in 2016

TV and Web Series

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  • The Senapatis - Volume 2 (Bengali web series)
  • The Senapatis - Volume 1 (Bengali web series) [Performer], premiered in 2019

References

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  1. ^ "Decoding the Red: A Session with Indudipa Sinha and Krishnendu Adhikari". Kolkata Movie Database. 3 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Project Prometheus: People". Project Prometheus. Archived from the original on 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  3. ^ "NSD's 18th Bharat Rang Mahotsav promises the best of theatre under one umbrella". India Today. 6 February 2016. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  4. ^ "Schedule of 18th Bharat Rang Mahotsav, 2016" (PDF).
  5. ^ "Indur o Manush: Crafted with care, faithful to source text – Kaahon". www.kaahon.com. Archived from the original on 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  6. ^ "Return to darkness". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-09-15.[dead link]
  7. ^ "Mrityusangbad - Bengali Play Event". 2018-06-22. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  8. ^ "Mrityusangbad Review on Kolkata Canvas". Kolkata Canvas. Archived from the original on 2018-11-15.
  9. ^ "Mrityusangbad - 20th Bharat Rang Mahotsav 2019". 20th Bharat Rang Mahotsav. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  10. ^ "Code Red: An artistic document of our times – Kaahon". www.kaahon.com. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  11. ^ Pioneer, The. "'Code Red' staged at Bharat Bhawan". The Pioneer. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  12. ^ "Three plays by women directors at Rashtriya Rangothsava". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  13. ^ "Short+Sweet Theatre Kolkata | Short + Sweet". shortandsweet.org. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  14. ^ The Bait, retrieved 2018-09-16
  15. ^ "Paoli-starrer Tope to premiere in Toronto, selected for London, Busan". The Times of India. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  16. ^ One, retrieved 2018-09-16
  17. ^ "Sutanuti Shorts". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  18. ^ "Short and Documentary – Hyderabad Bengali Film Festival". hbff.in. Archived from the original on 2018-09-01. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  19. ^ "Jagran Film Festival: Films from International and Indian shorts competition screened". mid-day. 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
  20. ^ "Short Film-screening By Saptarshi Bhattacharya". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  21. ^ "Selection News of Niruddesh the Film". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2018-09-20.
  22. ^ "Second South Asian Short Film Festival - Screening Schedule". South Asian Short Film Festival. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  23. ^ "Bengali Play Event - Jara Jege Thake". Kaahon. 2018-10-12.
  24. ^ "Addatimes - The Senapatis Vol 1". Addatimes. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  25. ^ "The Senapatis Vol 1". IMDb. Retrieved 3 February 2019.
  26. ^ "10 minutes of magic at Short+Sweet, with t2". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2018-09-16.[dead link]
  27. ^ ThemeMascot. "Indur O Manush Play - 8th Theatre Olympics 2018 in India - Official Website". 8ththeatreolympics.nsd.gov.in. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  28. ^ "Short+Sweet Theatre Kolkata | Short + Sweet". shortandsweet.org. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  29. ^ "Goyenda Junior Movie Review {3.0/5}: Critic Review of Goyenda Junior by Times of India". m.timesofindia.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2021. Retrieved 2019-10-17.
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