The Actor (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781645601982)

Binod is a young theatre artist who works for Dasabhuja Theatrical Company. He is well educated and had an ardent desire to become a lecturer in a college but fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like. On his visit to Puri, he looks at Lord Jagannath, Sudarshan Chakra, and the flag on it and envisages staging the play 'Neela Saila' for Bali Yatra Play competition based on Surendra Mohanty's novel 'NeelaSaila' on history, myth, and legends. It was difficult to find a playwright who can dramatize the novel. An old playwright Dhira babu gives his consent to write but he falls sick. Finally, Binod takes the responsibility to write the play and to give the direction. He overcomes the hurdles in staging the play 'NeelaSaila' and it wins the first prize in the competition. The agony of a theatre artist and a playwright is well outlined in the story.