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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Indian theatre group based in Kolkata}}<br />
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| name = Rangakarmee<br />
| image = Rangakarmee_logo.jpg<br />
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| caption = Rangakarmee theatre group logo<br />
| Founder = [[Usha Ganguly]]<br />
| Secretary = [[Anirudh Sarkar]]<br />
| formed = January, 1976<br />
| location = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| disbanded =<br />
| members = <br />
| notable = <br />
| homepage =<br />
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'''Rangakarmee – A Tradition, A Culture, A Movement''' is a noted [[India]]n theatre group, based in [[Kolkata]].<ref name="Rangakarmee turns 36 with a Tagore play">{{cite news|title=Rangakarmee turns 46 with a Tagore play|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120405/jsp/entertainment/story_15334833.jsp#.T-7mLuLJVVg|accessdate=30 June 2012|newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta|date=5 April 2012|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref> The theatre group was founded in January, 1976 by [[Usha Ganguly]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Reminiscing the guru |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-10/art-culture/28546066_1_rabindranath-tagore-theatre-personality-theatre-group |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103183626/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-02-10/art-culture/28546066_1_rabindranath-tagore-theatre-personality-theatre-group |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 January 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |date=10 February 2011 }}</ref> They spearhead [[Hindi theatre]] in Kolkata,<ref name="Rangakarmee profile">{{cite web|title=Rangakarmee profile|url=http://dramafest-smca.8k.com/rangakar.html|accessdate=30 June 2012}}</ref> they have also staged [[Bengali theatre|Bengali]] plays.<ref name="Rangakarmee Hindi or Bengali?">{{cite news|title=Rangakarmee Hindi or Bengali?|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1081123/jsp/calcutta/story_10148106.jsp|accessdate=30 June 2012|newspaper=Telegraph Calcutta|date=23 November 2008|location=Calcutta, India|first=Sebanti|last=Sarkar}}</ref> Rangakarmee, believes in Theatre with a Mission. Its primary aim is to create awareness about the rampant insensitivity and practice of injustice to which women and other weak sections of society often fall victim. To carry its message to the audience Rangakarmee, under the able guidance of Usha Ganguli, created a language of its own – a style of communication solely dependent on theatre, which can cross the barrier of languages spoken by different communities within India and abroad.<br />
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Presently Smt Tripty Mitra is the Creative Director , Hirakendu Ganguli is the President and Anirudh Sarkar is the Secretary.<br />
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==Productions==<br />
* ''Mahabhoj'' (The Great Feast) (1984)<br />
* ''Lok Katha'' (Folk Tale) (1987)<br />
* ''Holi'' (1989)<br />
*''Vama'' (1990)<br />
* ''Court Martial'' (1991)<br />
* ''Rudali'' (The Mourner) (1992)<br />
*''Khoj'' (1994)<br />
*''Beti Aayee'' (1996)<br />
*''Maiyyat'' (1997)<br />
* ''Himmat Mai'' ([[Mother Courage]]) (1998)<br />
*''Shyama’r Udal''<br />
* ''Shobhayatra'' (2000)<br />
* ''Kashinama'' (2003)<br />
* ''Chandalika''<br />
* ''Sarhad Par Manto''<br />
* ''Manasi'' (in Bengali) (2011) <ref>{{cite news |title=Drama: March 12 Hum Mukhtaran |url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110310/jsp/calcutta/story_13694069.jsp |newspaper=The Telegraph (Kolkata) |date=10 March 2011 |location=Calcutta, India}}</ref><br />
*Saptaparnee<br />
*Meghdutam<br />
*Atmaj<br />
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==Controversies==<br />
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*According to a news article published in [[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] on 19 August 2010, the members of the Rangakarmee theatre group complained that director and founder member [[Usha Ganguly]] was harassing them to transfer the group's property in her own name.<ref name="Rangakarmee members allege harassment by founder">{{cite news|title=Rangakarmee members allege harassment by founder|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=338585&catid=72&show=archive&year=2010&month=8&day=20&Itemid=66|accessdate=30 June 2012|newspaper=Statesman|date=19 August 2010}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[File:Rangakarmee Usha Ganguli Di.jpg|thumb]]<br />
*{{cite book |title=Theatres of independence: drama, theory, and urban performance in India since 1947 |author=Aparna Bhargava Dharwadker|year=2005 |publisher=University of Iowa Press|isbn=0-87745-961-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mLQaz-12Eo8C&dq=Rangakarmee&pg=PA425|page=116 |ref=Dh }}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{Official website|http://rangakarmee.110mb.com/group.htm}}<br />
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[[Category:Theatre companies in India]]<br />
[[Category:Culture of Kolkata]]<br />
[[Category:Hindi theatre]]<br />
[[Category:Organizations established in 1976]]<br />
[[Category:Bengali theatre groups]]</div>->Citation bot