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PERFORMING THE GODDESS: THE CHAPAL BHADURI STORY
Synopsis
At one time the star of Bengal’s stage, Chapal Bhaduri spent his life playing women in the village theatre. More recently, he has been performing the goddess of disease, Sitala Mata, who cures souls from both spiritual hauntings and ailments such as poxes and pustules.
Synopsis
At one time the star of Bengal’s stage, Chapal Bhaduri spent his life playing women in the village theatre. More recently, he has been performing the goddess of disease, Sitala Mata, who cures souls from both spiritual hauntings and ailments such as poxes and pustules.
Our take
What does it mean to be a woman when you weren’t born in the body of one? Tackling such a rich and thorny question, this intimate profile of performer Chapal Bhaduri dissects what it means to transform into a woman on stage, night after night.