Founded in 2014 by bunch of young individuals led by Saurav Palodhi, it was not an easy decision for them to start a theatre group and make it survive in a time when a major shift had already begun with the advent of social media and other platforms which started changing the way people around the world communicate and voice their opinion.
It was their strong conviction that theatre is a tool that can help them to socio-politically connect to the masses led to their first ever completely autogenous production “Buddhijibi” written and directed by Saurav Palodhi on 10th May 2014 at the Academy of fine Arts, Kolkata. The appearance of famous actor Mir Afsar Ali in the play ensured that the first push was strong enough for the newborn group to sail through the unpredictable waves of time in future.
Though the journey was not smooth since then, still the team grew and the theatre group became a way of life for the Team Ichheymoto and numerous productions were staged subsequently in the following years. Till now, the group has staged 32 plays. Some of the notable productions of the group are – ‘Unsent Letters’ written by Smaranjit Chakraborty and acted by famous actor and theatre practitioner Turna Das, “Nataktar Naam Ki?” written by Anurag Roy Chowdhury and acted by Saurav Palodhi himself , famous actors Turna Das and Neel Mukherjee and other team members which brought the group critical acclamation from the theatre fraternity and the play got selected in Bharat Rang Mahotsav,2016 organized by Nation School of Drama, New Delhi, and also selected in 8th Theatre Olympics, 2018.
“Ebong O”, “Stone Titkiri, “C/O EKLATI”, “Prolaper Moto”, “Captain Hurrah”, “Mantu o Marx”, “STONE 3”, “BIRANGANA KABYA” are some of the lot that Team Ichheymoto has staged over the last 7 years. Their one of the latest productions “Ghum Nei” originally written by Utpal Dutt has attained a special place in the viewer’s heart. It was the love of our viewers for this play which helped us bag 4 Awards in a national platform like Mahindra Excellence in Theatre Awards (META) in 2019. Even during Covid-19 pandemic, we didn’t stop living theatre. Our newest production “KITTANKHOLA” is successfully running since last 1 year. “KITTANKHOLA” written by SELIM AL DEEN and adapted by Pritam Roy, Directed by Saurav Palodhi , which brought the group critical acclamation from the theatre fraternity and the play got selected in Bharat Rang Mahotsav,2024 organized by Nation School of Drama, New Delhi, and also selected in BAHUROOPI NATIONAL THEATRE FESTIVAL (RANGAYANA, MYSORE), 2024.
