Ideated and conceptualized by noted elocutionist and India’s only audio actor to be a part of BBC Radio 3 Play Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee and bolstered by pHREEDOM EVER, India’s only Solo Art Festival “MONOLOGUES” has stepped in its sixth year of offering a panorama of cherry picked solo performances by stalwarts and young performers of the country.
The two day long of 6th edition of Monologues 2018 ended with huge fanfare. Chaiti Ghosh, the founder of pHREEDOM4EVER, artistic director Sujoy Prosad Chatterjee along with noted vocalist Monomoy Bhattacharya, percussionist Gaurab Chatterjee, and renowned danseuse and social activist Alokananda Roy were present at Abanindranath Tagore Gallery to commemorate the solo art festival.
The closing session witnessed the soulful performance by the soloist Monomoy Bhattacharya, Percussionist Gaurab Chatter (Gabu) enthralled the audience by his mesmerizing performance. Dance maestro Alokananda Roy and her pupils marked the evening by their rendition.
MONOLOGUES have stepped in its sixth year of offering a panorama of cherry picked Solo perforniances by stalwarts and young performers of the country. Over the years, the festival presented some stellar performances by a galaxy of artists from across the country and their association made MONOLOGUES a name in the cultural panorama of the nation. We take pride to have staged performances by Mahabanoo Modi Kotwal, Chapal Bhaduri, Mita Vashisht, Usha Ganguly, Lushin Dubey, Rudra Prasad Sengupta, Anindya Chattopadhyay, Rupankar Bagchi, Debshankar Haidar to name a few in various capacities and formats and enlightened the craft loving citizens. Since last year, a new segment started as a part of the festival The Solo Room Achiever Awards where the young and upcoming talents are recognized for their performance and contribution towards art and culture.
The crowning off day on 3rd February, 2018 shall see a floodgate of performances by the likes of Monomoy Bhattacharya, Gaurab (Gabu) Chatterjee, Saptarshi Moulick and the legendary Alokananda Roy with an assimilation of various artistic explorations.
MONOLOGUES have also given a rock solid platform to upcoming talents to cement their artistic propositions. From 2016 onward, The Solo Room Achiever Awards has been initiated as a part of pHREEDOM4 EVER MONOLOGUES where young and talented Artists from various formats of performing art are being recognized to acknowledge fresh talents. This time, The Solo Room Achiever Awards and the recipients are Anujoy Chatterjee, Birsa Dasgupta, Sahana Dutta and Jayati Chakraborty for their contribution in different fields of art and culture.
Photograph by-Koyel Paul
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