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Thursday, May 5, 2022

As Utpal Dutt's Play "Barricade" Completes 50 Years, a Look at How the Thespian Spoke Truth to Power by Ananda Lal

The immediate trigger for the play was political and topical. West Bengal, in 1971, was passing through extreme instability. Fifty years ago, Utpal Dutt's play Barricade stormed Kolkata. …

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