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{{Short description|Bengali theater group from Kolkata}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}
{{ infobox theatre group
| name = Swapnasandhani
| image = Swapnasandhani Bengali theatre group logo.jpg
| imagesize = 150px
| caption = Swapnasandhani group logo
| ArtisticDirector = [[Kaushik Sen]]
| formed = 29 May 1992<ref name="wordpress1">{{cite web|title=Article on Swapnasandhani|url=http://banglatheatre.wordpress.com/2010/10/25/swapnasandhani/}}</ref>
| location = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
| disbanded =
| members = [[Kaushik Sen]], [[Chitra Sen]], Reshmi Sen, Ditipriya Sarkar
, Rabindranath Jana, [[Riddhi Sen]], Monalisa Pal, [[Surangana Bandyopadhyay]]
| notable =
| homepage =
| genre =
}}

'''Swapnasandhani''' ([[Bengali language|Bengali]]: {{audio|Bn-স্বপ্নসন্ধানী.oga|''Shopnoshondhānī''}}) is a Bengali theater group from [[Kolkata]]. The group was founded on 29 May 1992.<ref name="wordpress1"/> Swapnasandhani has been marked by the acting and direction of [[Kaushik Sen]].

==Performance==
From 2006, Swapnasandhani began performing on a regular basis at the [[Sujata Sadan]] every Saturday. This eliminated their need to wait in queue for free slots at the major theatres like the [[Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata|Academy of Fine Arts]], [[Madhusudan Mancha]] etc.

==Major productions==



Since the establishment of the team in 1992, Swapnasandhani has staged 30 full-length plays and 14 short ones.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kaushik Sen Interview|url=http://calcuttatube.com/koushik-sen-on-bengali-theatre-swapnasandhani/147376/}}</ref> Some of those are:
*Prothom Partha (1996)
*Tiktiki
*Jodubongsho
*Akhipallab
*Prachya
*Ajke Aamar Chhuti
*Bhalo Rakshosher Golpo (2005)
*Banku Babur Bandhu (2006)
*Daakghar (2006)
*Malyaban (2006)
*Suprobhat (2006)
*Dakghor (2007)
*Hargoj (2008) based on a work of [[Bangladesh]]i writer Selim Al-Deen
*Bhoy (2009)
*Darjiparar Marjinara (2009) written by [[Bratya Basu]], travels through the squalid rooms and alleys of Calcutta’s biggest red-light district Sonagachhi.<ref name="Way of all flesh">{{cite news|title=Way of all flesh|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090528/jsp/entertainment/story_11027408.jsp|publisher=Way of all flesh|accessdate=14 May 2012|location=Calcutta, India|first=Mohua|last=Das|date=28 May 2009}}</ref>
*Birpurush (2010)
*Macbeth (2012) Bengali theatre based on [[William Shakespeare]]'s play [[Macbeth]].<ref name="‘Performance speaks louder than star power’">{{cite news|title=Performance speaks louder than star power|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-12/news-interviews/31330352_1_bangladeshi-swapnasandhani-bengal|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104031253/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-04-12/news-interviews/31330352_1_bangladeshi-swapnasandhani-bengal|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2013|accessdate=11 May 2012|newspaper=[[The Times of India]]|date=12 April 2012}}</ref>
*Thana Theke Aschi (2013)
*Karkatkrantir Desh (2014)
*Nirbhaya (2016)
*Ashwatthama (2017)
*Taraye Taraye (2018)
*Ekla Chawlo Reh (2019)
*Ardhek Manush (2020)

==Celebrity appearance==
*Bengali film and television actress [[Roopa Ganguly]] has acted with Swapnasandhani in the theatre ''Suprabhat'', which was based on a novel of [[Jibanananda Das]].<ref name="A rolling repertory Stage On & Off">{{cite news|title=A rolling repertory Stage On & Off|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1061104/asp/calcutta/story_6958118.asp|date=4 November 2006 | location=Calcutta, India|work=The Telegraph}}</ref>
*Actress [[Arpita Pal]] acted in the theatre "Notir Pujo", which has been successful.<ref name="‘Performance speaks louder than star power’"/>
*Television stars Debdut Ghosh and [[Rajatava Dutta]] have acted in "Shei Sumouli"<ref name="‘Performance speaks louder than star power’"/>
*Actor [[Kanchan Mullick]] has acted in theatre ''Darjiparar Marjinara'', written by [[Bratya Basu]].<ref name="Thursday , May 28, 2009">{{cite news|title=Thursday , May 28, 2009|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090528/jsp/entertainment/story_11027408.jsp|accessdate=11 May 2012|newspaper=Telegraph|date=28 May 2009|location=Calcutta, India|first=Mohua|last=Das}}</ref>
*Veteran Theatre actors Debshankar Halder , Ashoke Mukhopadhyay and Surajit Bandopadhyay acted in 2019's new play Ekla Chawlo Reh.

==Key people==
*[[Chitra Sen]]
*[[Kaushik Sen]]
*Reshmi Sen<ref name="calcuttatube1">{{cite web|title=Interview of Kaushik Sen|url=http://calcuttatube.com/koushik-sen-on-bengali-theatre-swapnasandhani/147376/}}</ref>
*Ditipriya Sarkar<ref name="calcuttatube1"/>
*Rabindranath Jana
*[[Riddhi Sen]]
*Monalisa Pal
*[[Surangana Bandyopadhyay]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Bengali Theatre}}

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[[Category:Bengali culture]]
[[Category:Theatre companies in India]]
[[Category:Organisations based in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Bengali theatre groups]]
[[Category:1992 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Arts organizations established in 1992]]

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