Bengal Polls: Theatre artist dropped from two projects for joining BJP, calls it cultural crisis ANI | Updated: Mar 12, 2021 18:29 IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 12 (ANI): Bengali theatre artist and director Kaushik Kar who has been allegedly dropped from two theatre projects after the actor joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) calls the action a cultural crisis in poll-bound West Bengal.
Speaking to ANI, Kar said, I, as an individual, have joined a particular party. I am a theater artist. Our friends with whom I worked in the past are believers of left ideology. They took the decision of dropping me without a consultation. The news circulated and I got to know it from other sources. It is definitely a cultural crisis.
Shocked : Bengali Actor Sacked From Play For Joining BJP Saurav Palodh had posted on his official Facebook account that the artiste, Kaushik Kar, was removed from the production for joining the BJP.
Updated: March 12, 2021 4:08 pm IST
Mr Palodhi said he stood by the decision as the play is fundamentally against BJP s ideology (File)
A theatre group in West Bengal, known for its productions on socio-economic themes, has dropped an artiste from a play after the actor joined the BJP.
Saurav Palodhi, whose Ghum Nei , an adaptation of the Utpal Dutt classic on the present political situation of the country through the prism of Left ideology, had posted on his official Facebook account that the artiste, Kaushik Kar, was removed from the production for joining the BJP.
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