Je Janlagulor Akash Chilo by Rahul Arunodoy Baner

When

Sun, 13 September 2026

Where

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Price

Price TBA

In remembrance of our beloved Rahul Arunodoy Banerjee, Aparajito presents his play Je Janlagulor Akash Chilo for opening the festival. The play has been featured in the 42nd National Theatre Festival (2025) and is a 21st Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) nominee. Chronicles the lives of four Xennial friends in Kolkata from 1998 to 2025, focusing on nostalgia, ideological shifts, and politics. Adapted from stories by the late Rahul Arunoday Banerjee, Thakurpukur-based Ichheymoto’s Je Janlagulor Akash Chhilo charts the lives of four Xennial friends – Buban (Buddhadev Das), Tubai (Pratik Dutta), Tatin (Krishnendu Saha), and Soma (Turna Das). In Bijoygarh colony, they navigate life’s highs and lows as one, steeped in late ’90s romance: Shah Rukh Khan ballads, dreamy slow-motion, the