Barricade | |
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Written by | Utpal Dutt |
Characters | An engineer, an author, an artist and a journalist |
Original language | Bengali |
Setting | 1933–1937 |
Barricade (1975) [1] is Bengali drama written and directed by Utpal Dutt. The drama is set into a revolution time or war time when people's army are fighting against the state army. [2]
Between 1933 and 1937 Germany saw the rise of Adolf Hitler. This drama is set into that time when Hitler is rising to power. [3] [4] The whole drama is a conversation between different intellectuals and bourgeoisies of the society like an engineer, an author, an artist and a journalist. While the battle is going on in the town, these people just can not stay neutral and have to join any one side. [2]