History Nandan (Kolkata)

ex chief minister of west bengal buddhadeb bhattacharjee has long relation nandan. in 1980 laid foundation stone of theatre , long time nandan favourite haunt.

ex chief minister of west bengal buddhadeb bhattacharjee has long relation nandan. in 1980 laid foundation stone of theatre. after losing 1982 assembly election cossipore, did not come nandan till 1987, when changed constituency jadavpur , after winning election.

after becoming chief minister of west bengal in 2001, started visiting auditorium more frequently. till 1995 did not have own room here. got 300 sqft carpeted room on nandan s second floor. here used meet personalities sunil gangopadhyay, soumitra chatterjee etc. , proofread writings on manik bandopadhyay or jibanananda das.

after being defeated @ 2011 assembly elections of west bengal trinamool congress candidate manish gupta, bhattacharjee stopped coming here. according report published in telegraph in july 2011, 2 months after west bengal s assembly elections, bhattacharjee stopped visiting favourite evening spot.

arrest of artists during 2007 kolkata international film festival

on 11 november 2007 afternoon, actors, artists , writers of west bengal demonstrating @ protest in cathedral road against nandigram violence in @ least 14 people died. @ same time, kolkata international film festival going on in theatres on nandan. kolkata police , rapid action force personnel sent spot arrested 100 protesters including 20 women. list of people arrested on day included actor parambrata chatterjee, actress bidipta chakraborty etc. released after 5 hours after meeting between deputy commissioner (headquarters) vineet goyel , group of protesters led director aparna sen, gautam ghose , bengali poet sankha ghosh. later, actor parambrata chatterjee told not figure out reason of arrest— don’t know on grounds arrested. did not step nandan, nor did have arms , ammunition. sitting outside academy of fine arts, singing.