KOLKATA: After being house for 61 years, thespian Manoj Mitra’s theatre staff Sundaram was evicted from 57 Jatin Das Road below court docket orders on Thursday.
Broken sofas, trunks, a harmonium, termite-infected units and a wheelchair were some of the many props that lay at the road out of doors the home till Friday afternoon. Mitra, then again, claimed not to even know that there was an eviction case being fought towards his staff since 2012. Matters took a turn for the more serious when on Friday night some 25 “theatres fans” broke the lock and claimed repossession.
Photo of props lying out of doors on Friday afternoon
In 1957, Mitra had began this staff at the side of Partha Pratim Chowdhury. The staff has staged greater than 70 productions including “Jaa Nei Bharote”, “Sajano Bagan”, “Galpo Hekim Saheb”, “Alokanandar Putra Kanya” and “Chayar Prasad”. In 1986, Mitra got the Sangeet Natak Akademi award for writing “Sajona Bagan”. This eviction got here as a large blow to Mitra, who insisted that per thirty days hire of Rs 1300 was paid to the hire regulate office till 2018. “We weren't given any summon from the court docket. Suddenly, this eviction happened. Then I find all our treasured assets destroyed and thrown at the streets. Never has any town theatre staff confronted such humiliation,” the thespian claimed. Sundaram participants alleged that many valuables including DVDs of track, paperwork, books donated by way of actor Kali Banerjee and a valid device, had long gone missing.
Gopa Basu and Kakali Basu from the house owners' family
Dr Saptarshi Basu, son of co-owner Sanjay Kumar Basu, accused Mitra of manipulating the reality. “We have lost all respect for Mitra. He misused his power. Prohibitory orders below Section 144 had been issued for 60 days in entrance of our premises. How can other folks compile here as a group and defy court docket orders this way? This is contempt of court docket,” he alleged.
However, actor Dipak Das of Sundaram, who was a part of brigade that saved the props inside of, smelt a bigger “conspiracy” in the back of this eviction. “Veteran theatre workers including Meghnad Bhattacharya and Bibhas Chakraborty have extended their fortify to us. After that they had left, we theatre fans protested in entrance of the home and put the props inside of,” Das mentioned. What if defying court docket orders lands them in trouble? “We will face the results,” Das mentioned.
The Basus claimed that the issues with this theatre staff started seven years in the past. “My husband, Asit Kumar Basu, had asked Manoj-babu to vacate the property since our members of the family had increased and we would have liked more space. But we were verbally abused. My husband died a month after this nasty altercation,” Gopa Basu mentioned.
The termite-infected partitions of probably the most rooms that was rented to Sundaram
The Basus alleged that each and every time they requested Sundaram to vacate, they were asked to transport court docket. “For 8 years, we fought the case. How can any person feign lack of expertise now?” the Basus questioned claiming that that they had no hand in destroying the props. “We hadn’t even entered the two rooms till Thursday. The evacuation was done by way of the court docket within the presence of legal professionals. The rooms are in a horrible situation. The staff never took care of the room. The partitions are termite-infected and that’s destructive our whole assets. The situation of the props recommend that this was their dumping backyard and not anything else,” mentioned Kakali Basu.
Meanwhile, some staff participants alleged that the house owners had “forged paperwork” to either permit land sharks to expand the property or start their very own theatre staff. To this, the Basus mentioned: “We have no real interest in forming theatre teams. We want area for our family. Besides, what we do with our assets is our choice.”
Meanwhile, a senior officer from Rabindra Sarovar police station mentioned, “On Thursday night time, we gained a grievance from Sundaram regarding the eviction. Our officers visited where and found that the court docket orders had been adopted. Since this is a civil matter, we didn’t interfere. On Friday, representatives of the home owner had come to whinge concerning the repossession. We have asked for a written grievance.”
The repossession by way of 'theatre fans'
Broken sofas, trunks, a harmonium, termite-infected units and a wheelchair were some of the many props that lay at the road out of doors the home till Friday afternoon. Mitra, then again, claimed not to even know that there was an eviction case being fought towards his staff since 2012. Matters took a turn for the more serious when on Friday night some 25 “theatres fans” broke the lock and claimed repossession.
Photo of props lying out of doors on Friday afternoon
In 1957, Mitra had began this staff at the side of Partha Pratim Chowdhury. The staff has staged greater than 70 productions including “Jaa Nei Bharote”, “Sajano Bagan”, “Galpo Hekim Saheb”, “Alokanandar Putra Kanya” and “Chayar Prasad”. In 1986, Mitra got the Sangeet Natak Akademi award for writing “Sajona Bagan”. This eviction got here as a large blow to Mitra, who insisted that per thirty days hire of Rs 1300 was paid to the hire regulate office till 2018. “We weren't given any summon from the court docket. Suddenly, this eviction happened. Then I find all our treasured assets destroyed and thrown at the streets. Never has any town theatre staff confronted such humiliation,” the thespian claimed. Sundaram participants alleged that many valuables including DVDs of track, paperwork, books donated by way of actor Kali Banerjee and a valid device, had long gone missing.
Gopa Basu and Kakali Basu from the house owners' family
Dr Saptarshi Basu, son of co-owner Sanjay Kumar Basu, accused Mitra of manipulating the reality. “We have lost all respect for Mitra. He misused his power. Prohibitory orders below Section 144 had been issued for 60 days in entrance of our premises. How can other folks compile here as a group and defy court docket orders this way? This is contempt of court docket,” he alleged.
However, actor Dipak Das of Sundaram, who was a part of brigade that saved the props inside of, smelt a bigger “conspiracy” in the back of this eviction. “Veteran theatre workers including Meghnad Bhattacharya and Bibhas Chakraborty have extended their fortify to us. After that they had left, we theatre fans protested in entrance of the home and put the props inside of,” Das mentioned. What if defying court docket orders lands them in trouble? “We will face the results,” Das mentioned.
The Basus claimed that the issues with this theatre staff started seven years in the past. “My husband, Asit Kumar Basu, had asked Manoj-babu to vacate the property since our members of the family had increased and we would have liked more space. But we were verbally abused. My husband died a month after this nasty altercation,” Gopa Basu mentioned.
The termite-infected partitions of probably the most rooms that was rented to Sundaram
The Basus alleged that each and every time they requested Sundaram to vacate, they were asked to transport court docket. “For 8 years, we fought the case. How can any person feign lack of expertise now?” the Basus questioned claiming that that they had no hand in destroying the props. “We hadn’t even entered the two rooms till Thursday. The evacuation was done by way of the court docket within the presence of legal professionals. The rooms are in a horrible situation. The staff never took care of the room. The partitions are termite-infected and that’s destructive our whole assets. The situation of the props recommend that this was their dumping backyard and not anything else,” mentioned Kakali Basu.
Meanwhile, some staff participants alleged that the house owners had “forged paperwork” to either permit land sharks to expand the property or start their very own theatre staff. To this, the Basus mentioned: “We have no real interest in forming theatre teams. We want area for our family. Besides, what we do with our assets is our choice.”
Meanwhile, a senior officer from Rabindra Sarovar police station mentioned, “On Thursday night time, we gained a grievance from Sundaram regarding the eviction. Our officers visited where and found that the court docket orders had been adopted. Since this is a civil matter, we didn’t interfere. On Friday, representatives of the home owner had come to whinge concerning the repossession. We have asked for a written grievance.”
The repossession by way of 'theatre fans'
Kolkata: Controversy over eviction of Manoj Mitra's Sundaram from rehearsal pad
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