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The Actor

Author: Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan, Tapan Panda

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Binod is a young theatre artist who works for Dasabhuja Theatrical Company. He is well educated and had an ardent desire to become a lecturer in a college but fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don’t always like. On his visit to Puri, he looks at Lord Jagannath, Sudarshan Chakra, and the flag on it and envisages staging the play ‘Neela Saila’ for Bali Yatra Play competition based on Surendra Mohanty’s novel ‘NeelaSaila’ on history, myth, and legends. It was difficult to find a playwright who can dramatize the novel. An old playwright Dhira babu gives his consent to write but he falls sick. Finally, Binod takes the responsibility to write the play and to give the direction. He overcomes the hurdles in staging the play ‘NeelaSaila’ and it wins the first prize in the competition. The agony of a theatre artist and a playwright is well outlined in the story.

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About the Author

Bibhuti Bhusan Pradhan (April 3, 1957 – August 24, 2016) was a powerful Odia short story writer whose untimely death left a vacuum in Odia story-telling. His published books are Jatra (2012), Daha (2012), Dheu (2012), Hacking (2016), Ardhasatya (2016), Nata (2018) and Galpa samagra (2018). He received Odisha Sahitya Academy award in 2013 for the novel Dheu.

Dr. Tapan K Panda is a well-known management academic and creative writer. He has published more than 20 books on various disciplines of management. His literary work in English includes Naxalite & Other Stories (short story collection); As the Years Go By (anthology of poems); Kabita Pari Kichhi Kicchi & Lal Swapna (Odia poetry collection). He has translated many Odia short stories into English and published in leading magazines of India. His translation work includes Don’t Wash Your Wound with Blood (Selected poems of Rumi), The Infidel, The Arch of Fire, The Actor and From 1907… Autobiography of Queen Ratnaprava Devi.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Black Eagle Books
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ 12 July 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 260 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1645601986
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1645601982
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 331 g
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 13.97 x 1.5 x 21.59 cm
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ India
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