Debray, the king of Bijayanagar, defeated Kalingaraj Gajapati Bhanudev in the war. In the result, Bidyunmala, the elder princess of Kalinga was to marry Debray. But in this political agreement, Bidyunmala felt herself as a pawn. She had to travel to Bijayanagar with her sister Manikankana. Along the way, they rescued a homeless man from the water. His name is Arjun Barma. While reaching Vijaynagar, a sudden storm hit the bride’s ships, and the princess fell into the water. Arjun saved her. On reaching Bijayanagar, the princess first came under the evil eye of Debray’s brother, Kampandev. He doesn’t just want a princess but to be a King. For this purpose, Kampandev attempts to kill his brother. At this time Arjun saved King Debray by killing Kampandev. Arjun earned King’s trust. But at the same time, Bidyunmala started to fall for Arjun. Arjun loves Bijayanagar and the king, perhaps even the princess. But for Arjun, the king’s faith was of great value. The princess’s sister Manikankana loves Debray. The King adores her too. But the king could not accept anyone other than Bidyunmala. There is a political agreement with Kalingaraj Gajapati Bhanudev. As a result, the king is now imprisoned in this agreement. Bidyunmala has also been holding her emotions. Arjun is also holding his emotion. Manikankana has also been stopped her feelings to flow. What’s the way out of that? What’s more important than politics? Is it possible for Bidyunmala to convey her love to Arjun Barma? Can Manikankana get her sister’s future husband Raja Debray? The story of love and politics unfolds at the bank of Tungabhadra.

Director

Sunny Chatterjee (1992) works as a theatre practitioner. His grandfather Tapas Chatterjee performed in several plays. Later his father Sibabrata Chatterjee created a theatre group ‘Nandanik, Burdwan’ now ‘Tollygunge Nandanik Theatre Group’. He directed and performed in many plays. So from the childhood he is attached with this art form. Then He completed Masters in Bengali literature from Presidency University. From 2018 he started directing. Some popular plays of his ‘Sokunir Pasha’, ‘Mohua Sundari’, ‘chena Ochena’, ‘Dheuer Dighi’, ‘Telescope’, ‘Mahatma’, ‘Aladdin’, Tungabhadrar Tire’. He wrote a play ‘Dibyadristi’. Now a days he is attached in some popular theatre of Kolkata as scenographer and creative director ‘Einstine’s Dreams’, ‘Aswakhurer Dhulo’, ‘Hriday-katha’, ‘Briddhasya Bharya’.

Director’s Note

A theatre is nothing but a dream. We read script and visualize the picture in stage. Dream starts. In this progress our dream changes its pictures and becomes deeper day by day. Multiple actor-actresses-technicians spend their brains for a good amount of days to build up and create a theatrical performance. And it’s a game to make you happy, sad, angry, romantic etc. To make you emotional we are to push our emotions to various aspects. We love it and hope you too love this art form. Here we portrait the reality in an artistic manner. You are in a real world, watching everything in a three dimensional view point. In theatre you will get a different dimension from an artistic point of view.

Writer

Manab Bandyopadhyay (Burdwan, 1976) a teacher, music composer & singer, dramatist and writer. He has an music album of 50 songs, and his own creation of songs is more than 200. Best of his performances are “Amar Sahor”, “Hajar Bachorer Bangla Gaan”, “Biography on Stage: Dwijendralal, Atulprasad, Rajanikanta, Jyotirindranath. He performed in 17 episodes of “Bangasanskriti Sekal Ekal” in “Duradarshan”. Now days he is attached in many projects in several tv and ott channels and stage productions. ‘Tungabhadrar Tire’ is one of his recent popular projects where he wrote the script and wrote and created music and sung the songs. 

Group

Nandanik started its journey from 5 Jan, 2002 as Nandanik, Burdwan. It was an unregistered ameture theatre group at that time. Performed play ‘Bisaryan’, ‘Daakghar’ from Rabindranath Tagore, ‘Jaysingha’ a reconstructed version of ‘Bisarjan’, ‘Nana Ronger Din’ by Ajitesh Bandyopadhyay, ‘Tetul Gach’ by Manoj Mitra, ‘Ek Daily Passengerer Karun Kahini’ by Ajitesh Bandyopadhyay, ‘Gopal Ati Subodh Balok’ by Jahar Dasgupta under the direction of Sibabrata Chattopadhyay. Then from 2018 New productions are directed by Sunny Chatterjee. It produced ‘Sokunir Pasha’ by Rudraprasad Chakraborty , ‘Mohua Sundari’ by Dwija Ishan, ‘Chena Ochena’ a reconstruction of Bidhayak Bhattacharya’s ‘Tahar Namti Ranjana’ , ‘Dheuyer Dighi’ by Sunny Chatterjee. After 11 May, 2024 it is a registered team in Kolkata. Now the Name is Tollygunge Nandanik Theatre Group. It produced  ‘Aladdin’ written and directed by Sunny Chatterjee and ‘Tungabhadrar Tire’ story from Saradindu Bandyopadhyay, Dramatized by Manab Bandyopadhyay and Directed by Sunny Chatterjee.