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	'''''Poshu Khamar''''' (first staged in 2006) is a political [[Bengalis\|Bengali]] drama produced by the theatre group [[Pancham Baidik]] and directed by [[Arpita Ghosh]]. The drama was Bengali adaptation of [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Animal Farm]]''. Political administration attempted to ban the staging of this drama because of its political sensitivity and the [[2011 West Bengal ~~state assembly~~ election\|upcoming election]].<ref name="Show will go on">{{cite news\|title=Show will go on\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/show-will-go-on/429105/\|access-date=23 December 2012\|newspaper=Business Standard\|date=Mar 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Buddha condemns decision to stop Poshu Khamar">{{cite news\|title=Buddha condemns decision to stop Poshu Khamar\|url=http://thestatesman.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=362607&catid=73\|access-date=23 December 2012\|newspaper=The Statesman}}</ref><ref name="Bratya's Poshu Khamar is now state's tool to promote culture">{{cite news\|title=Bratya’s Poshu Khamar is now state’s tool to promote culture\|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=371518&catid=42\|access-date=23 December 2012\|newspaper=The Statesman}}</ref>		'''''Poshu Khamar''''' (first staged in 2006) is a political [[Bengalis\|Bengali]] drama produced by the theatre group [[Pancham Baidik]] and directed by [[Arpita Ghosh]]. The drama was Bengali adaptation of [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Animal Farm]]''. Political administration attempted to ban the staging of this drama because of its political sensitivity and the [[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election\|upcoming election]].<ref name="Show will go on">{{cite news\|title=Show will go on\|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/show-will-go-on/429105/\|access-date=23 December 2012\|newspaper=Business Standard\|date=Mar 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Buddha condemns decision to stop Poshu Khamar">{{cite news\|title=Buddha condemns decision to stop Poshu Khamar\|url=http://thestatesman.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=362607&catid=73\|access-date=23 December 2012\|newspaper=The Statesman}}</ref><ref name="Bratya's Poshu Khamar is now state's tool to promote culture">{{cite news\|title=Bratya’s Poshu Khamar is now state’s tool to promote culture\|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=371518&catid=42\|access-date=23 December 2012\|newspaper=The Statesman}}</ref>

	== Plot ==		== Plot ==
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	Inspired by [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Animal Farm]]'' the drama was a satire and criticised the communist regime of [[West Bengal]].		Inspired by [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Animal Farm]]'' the drama was a satire and criticised the communist regime of [[West Bengal]].

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'''''Poshu Khamar''''' (first staged in 2006) is a political [[Bengalis|Bengali]] drama produced by the theatre group [[Pancham Baidik]] and directed by [[Arpita Ghosh]]. The drama was Bengali adaptation of [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Animal Farm]]''. Political administration attempted to ban the staging of this drama because of its political sensitivity and the [[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|upcoming election]].<ref name="Show will go on">{{cite news|title=Show will go on|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/show-will-go-on/429105/|access-date=23 December 2012|newspaper=Business Standard|date=Mar 20, 2011}}</ref><ref name="Buddha condemns decision to stop Poshu Khamar">{{cite news|title=Buddha condemns decision to stop Poshu Khamar|url=http://thestatesman.co.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=362607&catid=73|access-date=23 December 2012|newspaper=The Statesman}}</ref><ref name="Bratya's Poshu Khamar is now state's tool to promote culture">{{cite news|title=Bratya’s Poshu Khamar is now state’s tool to promote culture|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=371518&catid=42|access-date=23 December 2012|newspaper=The Statesman}}</ref>

== Plot ==
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Inspired by [[George Orwell]]'s ''[[Animal Farm]]'' the drama was a satire and criticised the communist regime of [[West Bengal]].

== Cast ==
* Debatosh Ghosh
* Saoli Mitra
* Arpita Ghosh
* Debkamal Mondal
* Swapan Adhya
* Palash Das
* Pallab Banerjee
* Tushar Roy

== Controversy ==
Because of the political nature of the drama and the satirical comments targeting the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], which was the ruling party of West Bengal at that moment, the staging of the play was attempted to be banned by state authority. On March 14, 2011 the drama was scheduled to be staged Bansberia in the Hooghly district. The show was to start at 6 pm but the theatre group received an order from district administration where they were asked to cancel the show. Armed local police force with the directive of the additional district magistrate went there to stop the staging of the drama. They cited the violation of the code of conduct ahead of the upcoming election as the reason to stop the staging of the drama.<ref name="Show will go on" /><ref name="Buddha condemns decision to stop Poshu Khamar" /><ref name="They Insist Your Show Must Be Cancelled!">{{cite web|title=They Insist Your Show Must Be Cancelled!|url=http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article728.html|work=Mainstream Weekly|access-date=23 December 2012}}</ref>

This action of political administration was criticised by state's intellectuals, theatre artistes and students' organisation. Theatre artistes, students gathered in front of the Academy of Fine Arts and showed their protest. Theatre personality [[Bibhas Chakraborty]] told–<ref name="Buddha condemns decision to stop Poshu Khamar" /> "During the Singur and Nandigram episode, many plays that criticised the state government's decision, were stopped from being staged. Despite repeated requests, the chief minister did not initiate any step at that time"

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160317005304/http://www.panchamvaidic.org/productions2.html Information on ''Poshu Khamar'' in Pancham Baidik's official website]

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