Star Theatre named after Nati Binodini: Decision to honour first celebrated Bengali stage actress
Telegraph | 31 December 2024
Star Theatre in Hatibagan will be renamed Binodini Theatre after Binodini Dasi, the first celebrated actress of Bengali theatre who quit acting in her early 20s but had earned enormous popularity by then, chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced on Monday.
“Binodini wanted a new theatre for her company. The Star Theatre was set up in 1883 with contribution from one of Binodini’s admirers, Gurmukh Rai. The company was, however, ousted from there in 1887. In 1888, they set up Star Theatre at Hatibagan, but Binodini quit acting by then. She never performed at what we see as Star Theatre today,” said Lal.