Aikyatan

Aikyatan is a progressive drama group based in Guwahati in Assam founded by Pabitra Kumar Deka in 1976. It has produced many memorable plays like Janani, Surjastak, Panchatantra (opera), Sinhasan Khali, Hewers of Coal, Upahar, Night of 16 January, Dolls House, etc.

Logo of Aikyatan

Still of the play "Rising of the Moon" staged in 2016

The group was most prominent in the 1970s and 1980s. Since 2015, it has been revived once again with the production of plays like Apekhyat, Rising of the Moon, etc.

Major Plays

• 1976 --- Dhanani - Written by Ratan Ghosh, direction by Ratna Oza
• 1977 --- Jukti Tarko - Written by Albert Camus, direction by Dulal Roy
• 1978 --- Janani - Written by Arati Das Boiragi, direction by Govind Gupta
• 1978 --- Surjastak - Written by C R Das, direction by Govind Gupta
• 1979 --- Sinhashan Khali - Written by Sushil Singha, direction by Krishnamurti Hazarika
• 1980 --- Panchatantra - Direction by Garima Hazarika
• 1981 --- Hewers of Coal - Written by Joe Corrie, direction by Sanjeev Hazarika
• 1989 --- Night of January 16 - Written by Ayand Rand, direction by Sanjeev Hazarika
• 1990 --- Potola Ghar (Dolls House) - Written by Henrik Ibsen, direction by Sanjeev Hazarika
• 2015 --- Apekhyat - Written by Rupert Brooke, direction by Pankaj Kalita
• 2016 --- Jonakar Rati (Rising of the Moon) - Written by Lady Gregory, direction by Prodyut Kumar Deka

References

• Prantik Deka. "Aikyatan's Play 'Apekhyat' Successfully Staged - Magical Assam". magicalassam.com. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
• "Krisnamurty Hazarika No More". kothasobi.com. Retrieved 2016-02-04.
• http://www.assamtimes.org/node/16660/,

External links

• Pabitra Kumar Deka
• Prodyut Kumar Deka