Rape, Regret, Retribution
Rape, Regret, and Retribution (R3) portrays a horrific event that involves the lives of two ordinary Indian families of different social strata. The portrayal and ramification of a life-changing event is at the heart of this play that unfolds in the main character’s dream. The main character , Jiten, living a life of conflicted self-interests and lack of tradition, leaves his wife, Karuna, and family in a small village in West Bengal to move to the big city, Calcutta, where he lives as he pleases. Not long thereafter, he becomes the center of a horrible crime, the rape and death of a young girl, Meena, destroying two families, the Banerjee and Mehta families, who come from completely different social strata. Jiten’s ordeal thereafter and death sentence culminate the play, until he awakes from his slumber.
Cast & Crew:
Banerjee Family:
| Jiten | Michael Dwan |
| Karuna | Malini Varadarajan |
| Satya | Kishanlal Chakraborty |
| Jogmaya | Vasundhra Ganju |
| Mehta Family: | |
Meena & the girl | Meghna Singhal |
| Dhiraj | Indranil Sarkar |
| Hema | Jignasha Makwana |
| Ashok Singh | Gagan Mahan |
| Prison Guard | Harun Razith |
| Voice For | Tejbir Singh |
| Voice Against | Ajay Jain |
| President & Judge | Abjishek Nagrath |
Producer | Usha Govindarajulu |
| Stage Manager | Pallavi Gupta |
| Costumes & Stage Design | Radhika Barua Sarkar |
| Music | Ashish Gupta & Gagan Mahan |
| Lights | Alok Asoor & Sebastien Das |
| Volunteers | Sivashankar, Radhika Rao, Arpitha Shetty |
| Marketing & Publicity | NetSAP |
| Playwright and Direction | Subrata Das |