Poshu Khamar

Poshu Khamar (first staged in 2006) is a political Bengali drama produced by the theatre group Pancham Baidik and directed by Arpita Ghosh.

[1][2][3] Inspired by George Orwell's Animal Farm the drama was a satire and criticised the communist regime of West Bengal.

Armed local police force with the directive of the additional district magistrate went there to stop the staging of the drama.

They cited the violation of the code of conduct ahead of the upcoming election as the reason to stop the staging of the drama.

Theatre personality Bibhas Chakraborty told–[2] "During the Singur and Nandigram episode, many plays that criticised the state government's decision, were stopped from being staged.