Jatra Shots – Tapashi Moon, Biswajit Mahji, et al

Another short jatra clip that I shot while in West Bengal as a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar in India in 2018-19. They’re handheld and shaky, originally intended for my personal reference, but they might be of entertainment or educational value to others.

The producer is the Sri Chaitanya Opera jatra company is based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The play is a contemporary social drama called Sangsar Ek Khelaghor (Family Game Room) written by Babli Bhattacharya and directed by Ruma Dasgupta. Other than incidental mood music, all songs in this particular play are from popular Tollywood and Bollywood films of the past 5-10 years. The location is rural Durgapur, West Bengal.

The rest are on my youtube channel on the “Jatra Shots” playlist.  Check ’em out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObJtRm3PhqM&list=PLyFebM15FeUg9lTE16ItBdw3rA7lq2MGP

Jatra Shots – The Amazing Atanu

The jatra lightboard operator has to use all four limbs to manage the complex lighting cues of modern jatra. At the next intermission after shooting this, I tapped him on the shoulder and said “Khub bhalo.” Very good. He nodded humbly and got to work setting up the next scene’s cues.

The Sri Chaitanya Opera is a jatra company based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The play is Karunamoyee Rani Rashmoni (Gracious Rani Rashmoni) written by Babli Bhattacharya. Directed by Ruma Dasgupta, lyrics by Ujal Biswas, music by Swapan Pakrasai. The location is the Kestopur neighborhood in Kolkata.

This is part of a collection of Jatra scenes I shot while a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar in India during 2018-19. They’re handheld and shaky, intended for my personal reference, but they might be of entertainment or educational value to others.

Check out the rest on my Youtube “Jatra Shots” playlist.

Jatra Shots – Subhayu Mukherjee, Tapashi Moon

I’ve posted a bunch of short but mindblowing jatra clips that I shot while in West Bengal as a Fulbright-Nehru Scholar in India in 2018-19. They’re handheld and shaky, originally intended for my personal reference, but they might be of entertainment or educational value to others. Here’s the first one.

The producer is the Sri Chaitanya Opera jatra company is based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The play is a contemporary social drama called Sangsar Ek Khelaghor (Family Game Room) written by Babli Bhattacharya and directed by Ruma Dasgupta. Other than incidental mood music, all songs in this particular play are from popular Tollywood and Bollywood films of the past 5-10 years. The location is rural Durgapur, West Bengal.

The rest are on my youtube channel on the “Jatra Shots” playlist.  Check ’em out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObJtRm3PhqM&list=PLyFebM15FeUg9lTE16ItBdw3rA7lq2MGP