Pabitra Rabha

In a bold maneuver, the BJP introduced 16 fresh candidates for Assam's assembly elections, mixing experience with youthful energy by including six seasoned party veterans and ten dynamic newcomers. The strategic move, which saw 21 sitting MLAs being replaced, paid off handsomely as every first-time contender emerged victorious, cementing a resounding 82-seat win for the NDA.

As counting trends solidify, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is set to lead the BJP to a third consecutive term, marking a significant setback for the Congress and a fragmented opposition. The BJP-led alliance's dominance is evident as key opposition players struggle to translate their campaigns into electoral victories, signaling a familiar outcome for the state's political landscape.

The BJP has fielded 16 first-time candidates among its 89 nominees for the upcoming assembly elections, balancing new faces with seasoned party loyalists. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma highlighted the strategic selection of candidates based on long-standing grassroots performance and organizational loyalty, promoting youth and dedicated party workers.

They are often taunted and given names that mock their short stature.To give them due respect, a dramatist has formed a troupe composed of dwarves.

Pabitra Rabha, the 36-year-old director of Kino Kao, the play of dwarfs and by dwarfs, talks about his tryst with the short people of Assam.

Not long ago, some of them worked in circuses as clowns or were busy doing odd jobs. Most important, all of them were busy trying to avoid curious stares from strangers. Now, they assembled under a roof, rehearse and stage plays across the country.

Actor Chinmay Mandlekar is going down to the memory lane these days.

Bollywood singer from the state Zubeen Garg left his fans shell-shocked when he brandished a ‘handgun’ at a music show here on Sunday evening. Later, the organizers explained that the singer used a toy handgun to ‘send the message of peace’ in the northeast

The city witnessed five spectacular plays as part of a National Theatre Festival held at Rabindra Mandap recently. The festival, known as Purva Ranga, presented plays in Odia, Hindi, Asamese and Bengali languages.

The play performed by first year diploma students of theatre repertory Rangayana at its premises on Sunday had no script.The play 'Haan' was not a drama in the strict sense.

After the colossal success of ‘Mission China’ (2017), Zubeen Garg is ready to climb higher with his new and third directorial venture- ‘Kanchanjangha’. Times Music is glad to announce that the company has acquired all music rights for the film.

Bollywood singer from the state Zubeen Garg left his fans shell-shocked when he brandished a ‘handgun’ at a music show here on Sunday evening.

Using theatre as an educational tool is not unheard of in the country, and continuing this tradition is actor and director Pabitra Rabha, an alumnus of NSD and a key player in the contemporary theatre scene in Assam.

When Pabitra Rabha, a young man from the small town Tangla in the BTC's Udalguri area, passed out of the prestigious National School of Drama (NSD) in 2003, he looked all set to anchor deep in the acting-industry. He has since then acted in a number of Bollywood movies and directed many successful plays.

In a major boost for Assamese cinema, Arup Manna's 'Adhyay' will be screened in the world panorama section of the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Connoisseurs of music and theatre can relish the mélange of art forms at Sampada Parshe scheduled for next week.

Usually dominated by a few celebrated directors, actors and themes, Indian theatre is now embracing a fresh chapter by integrating marginalised sections of society in radical ways.