Chaiti basks in the glory of Rakta Karabi's success

Known for her natural acting abilities and good looks, Chaiti Ghoshal is always experimenting, be it with her acting or with her directions. Always ready to push boundaries and move out of her comfort zone, the Bengali actor is now reaping the benefits of her hard labour.

- ASHOK CHATTERJEE

The success of her directorial debut, Rakta Karabi (Red Oleander) is an example. She says it is the blessings of her audience, who are thronging the auditoriums.

Offbeat Theater is offering an acting workshop, In Search of The Actor, this month. Designed by Chaiti Ghoshal and her son, Amartya, this workshop is for beginners, intermediates and professionals who want to re-orient themselves.

Going back to the days when she first started acting on stage, Chaiti said, "I have been doing it since I was 15 or 16 years old, when I was cast by the legendary Tripti Mitra. I played Nandini in Rakta Karabi, which was appreciated by the legends, Santosh Kumar Ghosh and Tripti Mitra. I must have been in Class IX then. I was very young and group theatre was undergoing a transition. It was a lot more rigid from what it is now."