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'''''Birpurush''''' is a 2010 [[Bengali language|Bengali]] drama<ref name="Birpurush play BiT">{{cite web|title=Birpurush play|url=http://www.buzzintown.com/kolkata/event/id--270045.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502005216/http://www.buzzintown.com/kolkata/event/id--270045.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 May 2014|access-date=22 August 2012}}</ref> staged by [[Kolkata]] based theatre group [[Swapnasandhani]] and directed by [[Kaushik Sen]].<ref name="I'm self critical: Kaushik Sen">{{cite news|title=I'm self critical: Kaushik Sen|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-02/news-interviews/28274202_1_kaushik-sen-intellectuals-characters|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103084914/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-06-02/news-interviews/28274202_1_kaushik-sen-intellectuals-characters|url-status=dead|archive-date=3 January 2013|access-date=22 August 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=2 Jun 2010}}</ref><ref name="The real drama within the outer frame">{{cite news|title=The real drama within the outer frame|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100731/jsp/opinion/story_12749754.jsp|access-date=22 August 2012|newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta|date= 31 July 2010}}</ref><br />
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== Plot ==<br />
The drama is inspired by [[Rabindranath Tagore]]'s poem [[Birpurush (poem)|Birpurush]], it was not a children's play (though it was misinterpreted like that). The play had some amount of violence in it. The story was based on contemporary social and political condition of [[West Bengal]].<ref name="I'm self critical: Kaushik Sen" /> A wounded soldier and a Maoist get trapped in a forest and there they both claim to be ''Birpurush'' (brave man).<ref name="In search of a hero">{{cite news|title=In search of a hero|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100523/jsp/calcutta/story_12478788.jsp|newspaper=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|date= 23 May 2010}}</ref> There were some characters like 'Kishen Kanhaiya', 'Buddhadesh' and 'Monmohinidesh' which mocked real life personalities. In this play Kaushik Sen acted as himself and it is a self-critical character.<ref name="I'm self critical: Kaushik Sen" /><br />
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== Credits ==<br />
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=== Cast ===<br />
* [[Kanchan Mullick]]<br />
* [[Riddhi Sen]]<br />
* [[Kaushik Sen]]<br />
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=== Crew ===<br />
* '''Direction''': [[Kaushik Sen]]<br />
* '''Production''': [[Swapnasandhani]]<br />
* '''Inspired by''': [[Birpurush (poem)|Birpurush]] of [[Rabindranath Tagore]]<br />
* '''Script''': Sumitro Bandyopadhyay<ref name="In search of a hero" /><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Bohurupee]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100731/jsp/opinion/story_12749754.jsp Birpurush Telegraph (Calcutta) review]<br />
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