Rabisarani

Nabanna, the Bengali language drama, written by Bijan Bhattacharya and staged by Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) under the direction of Sombhu Mitra. The drama is about Bengal famine of 1943 in which more than 2 million people died of starvation, malnutrition and disease. The main character of this play is Pradhan Samaddar, a peasant of Bengal. The play presents the intensity of famine through the starvation of Pradhan Samaddar's family. Samaddar's family face a range of disasters during the food crisis. This play changes the face of Bengali litarature after death of Tagore.