Joanna M. Sherman, Artistic Director ■
Michael J. McGuigan, Managing Director
Bond Street Theatre
2 Bond Street, New York, NY 10012 USA • 212-254-4614, fax 212-460-9378 •
www.bondst.org •
info@bondst.org


Secretary
Bandel Arohee
Bikramnagor, Bandel Station Road
Dist: Hooghly, West Bengal, India 712103
Dear Colleagues:
It is a great pleasure to submit our recommendation for Bandel Arohee and their outstanding Director, Ranjan Roy. Our experience working with this professional theatre company has been tremendously enriching, and anysupport you can give their request will result in a project of real value to the community.We were introduced to Ranjan Roy and Bandel Arohee through Amitava Bhattacharya of Banglanatak in Kolkata.During 2007-08, Bond Street Theatre conducted an arts exchange project across India with support from the USEmbassy, aimed at collaborating with local artists and reaching underserved communities. Over the two years, wehad the pleasure to work with Ranjan and his professional troupe of actors and observe their creative theatre
artistry, their workshops for young aspiring actors in the Bandel community, and their outreach to the least servedchildren and populations in the area.
We have been very impressed by Ranjan’s sincerity and dedication to the theatre craft and the professionalattitude and skills of his company as they manifest on the stage and in working with the community in Bandel.Ranjan and his team were our collaborators on a performance project with twenty Patachitra painters from the area which culminated in performances in Bandel and Midnapore. During that time, we also enjoyed an exchange of theatre techniques and teaching skills with Bandel Arohee actors, as well as workshops for localBandel youth and children. Ranjan and his team members arranged this project with professionalism and care,
including all performances, lodging and transportation needs. Ranjan also accompanied us on the follow-upevaluation visit to the Patachitra villages to assess the impact of the performance project.
In all these projects, our work was a combination of professional development and exchange between thecollaborating artists and creative outreach to rural and underserved communities. Our company still appreciatesthe experience and learning which has come from our association with Ranjan Roy and Bandel Arohee.

Bond Street Theatre is a professional theatre company founded in 1979 and based in New York City. Our mission is to create performances, collaborations and exchanges with artists and arts organizations around the world for the purpose of sharing culture and creating mutual understanding. We created a version of Romeo and Juliet with
Theatre Tsvete of Sofia, Bulgaria, which toured throughout Kosovo, Serbia and Bosnia, and since 2002, have been collaborating with Exile Theatre of Kabul, Afghanistan. The resulting co-production, Beyond the Mirror, was performed in Afghanistan (2003), New York and Tokyo (2005), and California (2009).
Working with Bandel Arohee has added tremendously to our wealth of experiences. Ranjan’s expertise as a community leader and theatre practitioner was invaluable to the success of our projects. Bandel Arohee is well qualified to implement and complete any project they design. We believe their work is most worthy of your support.

Warm regards,

Joanna M. Sherman
Michael McGuigan
Artistic Director Managing Director

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Originally a theatre performing group known for its ubiquity and sincerity,Bandel arohee explores a vast area ranging from the birth places of folk-traditions and folklores to the houses of sophisticated ideas and urban culture. For this extensive tour requiring not less than twenty days for the period of almost every month, a vehicle like Tata Sumo is used, the two sides, back and roof of which are available for your product advertisement.
Tariff of advertisement is negotiable.

Please contact : Rajan Roy
9433055891
2631-5730
bandel.arohee@gmail.com

THEATRE & AROHEE: News about theatre journis of arohee

It was 15th August 1987. 9 friends gather at Bandel Saheb-Para railway colony. SATYAKI Bhattacherjee,RANJAN Roy,DEBASISH Banerjee,DOLA Mitra,NITISH Lahiri,MANU Chakroborty,PINKU Pal,BABLU Das, MITA Banerjee. (Founder Members )
Dola suggested the name “BANDEL AROHEE”
ENORMOUSLY It WAS ACCEPTED.
SATYAKI WAS OUR FOUNDER SECRETARY,RANJAN ACCEPTED AS DIRECTOR.
BANDEL AROHEEBIKRAMNAGOR , BANDEL STATION ROAD , HOOGHLY , WEST BENGAL , INDIAPin-712103
Registered No- S /70286(Govt. of West Bengal) Year 92-93e-mail :-bandel.arohee@gmail.com
THEATRE JOURNIES of AROHEE

1987 “ MANUSER JANYA” Printed
Script :- Aloke Nath Chattopadhyay
Direction :- Ranjan Roy
Back Stage : Members of Arohee
No of shows :- 45Actor/Actress:- Ranjan,Satyaki,Nitish,Debasish,Pinku,Manu,Bablu,Dola,Mita,Susmita
1st Stage 24th Dec 1987 1989 “

1989HATYAKARI” Printed
Script :- Baidya Nath Mukhopadhyay
Direction :- Ranjan Roy
Back Stage :- Light : Vanu Some, Stage : Pinku Pal
No of shows :- 51Actor/Actress :- Ranjan,Satyaki,Karali,Dola,Kakoli
1st Stage 15TH Aug 1989



1990“ KRISHNPAKSHYA” Script
Script :- Bijoy Bhattacherjyay
Direction :- Ranjan Roy
Back Stage :- Light : Vanu Some, Stage : Ranjan Roy, Costume : Satyaki Bhattacherjee
No of shows :- 93
Actor/Actress :- Ranjan,Satyaki,Bablu, Debasish, Aloke, Ashim, Dhiman, Bipin, Sova,Kakoli
1st Stage 23rd Dec 1990

1991 “BABYADHAN” Printed
Script :- Nikhil Ranjan Das
Direction :- Ranjan Roy
Back Stage :- Light : Gopal Das, Stage : Ranjan Roy,
No of shows :-35
Actor/Actress :- Ranjan,Satyaki,Dalu,Dhiman,samir, Aloke, Bapi, Swapan, Sanku, Sova.
1st Stage 15TH Aug 1991

1992 “ NASTANEER’’Script
Script :- Amitava Chakraborty
Direction :- Ranjan Roy
Back Stage :- Light : Vanu Some, Stage : Sucharu Das, Music : Suvendu Chatterjee
No of shows :- 223
Actor/Actress :- Ranjan,Satyaki,Biswanath,Debasish, Aloke, Subrata, Samir, Bapi, Swapan, Mondira,Susmita,Sova
1st Stage 15th Aug 1992

1993 " SABAGAR " Script
Script :- Amitava Chakraborty
Direction :- Ranjan Roy
Back Stage :- Light : Vanu Some, Stage : Ranjan Roy, Music : Suvendu Chatterjee
No of shows :- 85
Actor /Actress :- Ranjan,Satyaki, , Subrata, , Mondira.
1st Stage 12th Nov 1993



1995 “KHUKUR SAKAL’’ Script
Script :- Amitava Chakraborty
Direction :- Ranjan Roy
Back Stage :- Light : Vanu Some, Stage : Ranjan Roy, Music : Suvendu Chatterjee
No of shows :-253
Actor/Actress :- Ranjan,Satyaki,Biswanath,Debasish, Aloke, Subrata, Samir, Bapi, Swapan, Mondira,Susmita
1st Stage 14th Aug 1995

1997 “ ANIMANDYABYA’’ Script
Script :- Amitava Chakraborty
Direction :- Ranjan Roy
Back Stage :- Light : Vanu Some, Music : Suvendu Chatterjee
No of shows :- 27Actor/Actress :- Ranjan,Satyaki,Biswanath,Debasish, Aloke, Subrata, Samir,Dalu,Kamal,Sanku,Ranjit Mondira,Susmita,
1st Stage 15th Aug 1997

1999 "PATABHUMI" ScriptScript :- Amitav ChakrabortyDirection :- Ranjan RoyBack Stage :- Light : Vanu Some, Stage : Ranjan Roy, Music : Suvendu Chatterjee
No of shows :- 61
Actor/Actress :- Ranjan,Satyaki,Biswanath,Sanjay, Subrata,Ranjit,Mondira,Susmita,
1st Stage 23rd Nov 1999

2000 “ CHENRA-CANVAS’’ Script
Script :- Goutom Chakraborty
Direction :- Ranjan Roy
Back Stage :- Light : Vanu Some, Stage : Debasish Chowdhuri, Music : Nagen Dutta
Music Play : Suvendu Chatterjee
No of shows :-326
Actor/Actress :- Ranjan,Satyaki,Biswanath, Aloke, Subrata, Samir,Ranjit, Kamal,Samiran, Subir, Amit, Aloke(2), Mondira,Susmita
1st Stage 23rd Dec 2000
BEST PRODUCTION OF YEAR--- AWARDED BY PASCHIMBANGA NATYA AKADEMI


2002 “ANYA DESH ANYA SAMOY’’Script
Script :- Amitava Chakraborty
Direction :- Ranjan Roy
Back Stage :- Light : M.Bapi, Stage : Ranjan Roy, Music : Suvendu Chatterjee
No of shows :- 31
Actor/Actress :- Ranjan,Satyaki,Subir, Aloke, Subrata, Samir,Samiran, Kakoli,Susmita,
1st Stage 17th July 2002

2004 “JATINBABU-SUNCHEN’’Script
Script :- Amitav Chakraborty
Direction :- Ranjan RoyBack Stage :- Light : M.Bapi/ Manas Bhattacherjee, Stage : Ranjan Roy, Music : Nagen Dutta
Music Play :Suvendu Chatterjee
No of shows :- 138
Actor/Actress :- Ranjan,Satyaki,Biswanath,Debasish, Samiran,Ranjit, Subir, Mondira,Soma,Srabanee,Ishita.
1st Stage 23rd Dec 2004

2006“SHIBTHAKURER-APANDESHE’’
Script :- Amal Roy
Direction :- Ranjan Roy
Back Stage :- Light : Manas Bhattacherjee, Stage : Bishwa Nath Nath
No of shows 23Actor/Actress :- Ranjan,Satyaki,Biswanath,Samiran,Somnath, Shyamal, Raja ,Sanku,Ranjit
1st Stage 15th Aug 2006

2007 “AJ-JOTSNA RATE’’ Script
Script :- Amitava Chakraborty
Direction :- Ranjan Roy
Back Stage :- Light : Manas Bhattacherjee, Stage : Ranjan Roy, Music : Suvendu Chatterjee
Actor/Actress :- Ranjan, Satyaki,Samiran, Aloke, Susmita, Mandira, Ria.
OPENING SHOW:-Organised by Anna Theatre , Kolkata, ‘NATYA SAPNA KALPA”
31ST DESEMBER 2007 At Rabindrasadan,kolkata

2008 “JAMUNADASIR-GHAR-KANNA’’ Script
Script :- Amitava Chakraborty
Direction :- Ranjan Roy
Back Stage :- Light : M.Sanu, Stage : Biswanath Nath, Music : Nagen Dutta
Music Play :Suvendu Chatterjee
Actor/Actress :- Ranjan,Satyaki, Samiran, Alole,Pinku,Ranjit,Mondira,Susmita
OPENING SHOW:- 27TH MARCH 2008 At Rabindrabhavan,Chinsuraha.WORLD DRAMA DAY 2008


2008 “HALUDRANGER-T-SHIRT” Script
Script :-Amitava Chakraborty
Direction :- Ranjan Roy
Back Stage :- Light : M.Sanu, Stage : Biswanath Nath, Music : Nagen Dutta
Music Play :Suvendu Chatterjee
Actor/Actress :- Ranjan, Biswanath, Samiran, Aloke,Nitish,Debjani,Ritwick, Sandipan.
OPENING SHOW:- 12TH APRIL 2008 At TARUN SANGHA,RAINA,BURDWAMAN.PATHA NATOK DIBAS 2008

2009 D.L.Roy`s CHANDRA GUPTA (1st full length of Arohee)
OPENING SHOW:- 18TH December 2009 At Santipur Rangapit Utsab, Santipur
CREDIT
DRAMA : D.L.ROY
STAGE & ORNAMENTS : BISWANATH NATH
STAGE PEPARATION : SWAPAN CHAKRABORTY & PINKU PAL
DRESS : MONDIRA SOME, ALOK GHOSH
LIGHT : M: BAPI,M:PARTHA & M: SANU
BACK GROUND MUSIC : NAGEN DUTTA
MUSIC PLAY : SUVENDU CHATTERJEE
MAKE UP : PARTHA SARATHI
STAGE MANAGER : BIJAN SOME
FOLDER : RANAJIT PAL
PRODUCTION ASSTT. : SAMIRAN SAMADDER
EDITING & DIRECTION : RANJAN ROY

CAST

SEKENDAR SAHA : SHIBENDU GUHA BISWAS
SELUCAS : SARIT DEY
ANTIGONS : SWAPAN CHAKRABORTY
CHANDRAGUPTA : SUDIPTYA DUTTA
CHANAKYA : RANJAN ROY
KATYANYA : SATYAKI BHATTACHARYYA
NANDA : GOPAL MUKHERJEE
BACHAL : PINKU PAL
CHANDRAKETU : ALOKE GHOSH
BHIKHARI : RANJAN CHAKRABORTY
PARISHAD & SAINIK : RANJIT NEOGHI
SWAPAN CHAKRABORTY
RITWIK CHATTERJEE
SANDIPAN MUKHERJEE
SAMIRAN SAMADDER
RAJA ROY
HELEN : ANITA DUTTA
MURA : MONDIRA SOME
CHYA : SUSMITA BHATTACHARYYA
ATREYEE : OISHIKA BANERJEE

Election Drama

25 minuts short street drama
written by
Shibsarma
" PARIBARTANER PANCHALI"
Directed by Samiran Samaddar
used to perform everyday
for election campaign
infavour of
Ccomunist Party of India (M)

CHANDRAGUPTA

D.LROY`S

CHANDRAGUPTA

SISIRMANCHA , 9TH APRIL 09, 6PM

ABOUT DIRECTOR

Born in 1963 to a family that had a great penchant for music both vocal and instrumental, Ranjan Roy’s passion for stage-acting had developed in his mind in his very childhood. His inherent thirst for performing on stage could not be satiated even through his regular participation at the school and local functions. His being of a state government employee or allegiance to a few local theatrical organizations one after another could not appease him anyway and he was still looking for something more significant suited to his zeal for culture and creativity. At this juncture, ”Bandel Arohee” came into being in 1987. The dyadic role of a director and an actor threw a new challenge at him which he readily accepted although he did not have any mentor ever to guide or advice him. He had only his working experience and knowledge gathered from literatre on theatre being a voracious reader thereof to rely upon. One-act play, street-drama, full-length drama, children’s drama embellish the success-story of “Bandel Arohee” so far, numerically standing at twenty-nine altogether at the last count. Recognitions have come in proportion to his contributions. Awards for the best actor and the best director on many occasions apart, the Theatre Academy of West Bengal have awarded him for the play titled “Chhenra Canvas”. His another laudable work lies in organizing workshops on theatre for school children deliberated over by the professionals from the Bond Street Theatre, u.s.a. and the Exile Theatre, Afganisthan severally for twenty days altogether. His versatility earned him 26 slots on the Alpha Bangla Channel of television to present his maiden short-screen directorial venture in 2002. Besides, a few documentaries and advertisement works add to his enviable achievements.
On 31st December , 2007 came a historic moment . On an invitation of “Annya Theatre “ made to Mr. Royand a few selected other directors to participate in the “Natya Swapna Kalpo”, he presented “Aaj jyotsna rate”-based on a story of Moti Nandy. once again , the audience applauded highly.
D.L Roy’s “Chandragupta “ is his latest contribution as a director which, which eventually is a maiden fulllength drama presented by “Bandel Arohee”. Apart from direction , Mr. Roy will also be seen playing the role of “Chanakya” here.

ABOUT AROHEE

It dates back to 15th Auguest, 1987. With every Indian reveling in pompous celebrations of our Independence Day, an obscure housing estate at Sahebpara Railway Colony in Bandel, Hooghly was not to have experienced any act of difference unless “ AROHEE “ came into being on very day on a little corridor in an apartment.
That was our beginning, the beginning of a journey that had to specific objective of accomplish at the onset. Only the passion of a group of few like minded contemporary youth gave birth to “ AROHEE” an abode of culture in and around Bandel-Hooghly as well as in certain other parts of West Bengal had inspired us and set aground ready for
“AROHEE” to take off. Subsequently, many extra ordinary talents have joined and enriched us. Great sacrifices of many benevolent souls have obliged and glorified us
“AROHEE” since birth, has contained itself basically in the one act play culture. Alongside,it has also successfully organized a number of street-dramas, seminers,workshops,children’s theatre, festivals etc.The success story of ‘AROHEE’ so far goes : One-act play 17, Street Drama 7, Children’s Play 3.
“AROHEE’ treads on any stage set anywhere in India, any time and on any occasion regardless of whether it is in Kolkata or in an obscure and remote village.
D.L Roy’s CHANDRAGUPTA is the maiden full-length drama presented by the “AROHEE”.

Theatre journy of Arohee

Dated 29nd December, 2008
Arohee invited in the SOHAN Natyamela at BIJAN MONCHA to perform HALUD RANGHER T SHIRT. The drama was highly appreciated by spectator, specially by journalist Satya Bhaduri ,& Anish Ghosh of SOHAN. We meet journalist of Kalantar Patrika.

Dated 2nd January 2009
We move with our team of HALUD RANGHER T SHIRT towords NONA THEATRE , KAKDEEP. It was a one act drama competition. We stay there at night. Next day morning we return through a bus started at 3.30am.

Dated 4th January 2009
Mollar theatre organization of Mahishadal,Purba Medinapur, invited us for HALUD RANGHER T SHIRT at their theatre festival for this year. Every one had enjoyed with our performance.

Dated 11th January 2009
Our children theatre production “JATRA” will be performed at the floor of local SRINIKETAN BHAVAN at the eve of Seminar of Ganatrantic Lekhok Silpi Sangha at 1pm. 15 children will be participated. It is our 3rd no of shows in a row.
In the evening Arohee`s one act production “Jamunadasir Gharkanna” will be staged at Uttarpara.

Dated 12th January 2009
HALUD RANGHER T SHIRT has invitation at Nabadwip. Nabadwip Shikhsha Mandir celebrate their 75th anniversary. Arohee proud for invitation .