review amitava entered theatre house full audibly expectant play ended crowd visibly appreciative ecstatic quite achievement satisfaction group people presented banaprastha edison valley playhouse play generally produced full house helps create environment connectivity performers audience perception full house ambience helps create encourage players selection adequately equipped arena small size reflects producers sensibility importance interaction players viewers economic prudence time play returning bengali doctor expectation spend retirement people found family situation native city left decades days cheap airlines tickets cheaper communication cost unaware acting aback person purchased place residence intervening years play apparently seemingly statement make hint half-understood intellectualism bengalis proudly flaunt veers sentimentalism play intended attempts convey message message clear times telling laudable acquire virus provided saintly romantic afflicted virus brings question character suranjana appeared scenes quasi-erotic introduction hint potential virus transmission middle play intent unclear stemmed flow building narrative time setting story clear doctor expert aids treatment uttered word anti-retroviral drug fight clear disease societal stigma pre-david inventor cocktail regimen pre-bill gates initiative long time ignorance virus universal time ignorance apathy virus typical calcutta india fact life advanced societies subject india step rest world wrong issue depict primitiveness heartlessness people appears subtext story india treating disease area accessibility treatment role father brother sudipta bhawmik superb times overwhelming proved quite effective stage setting wife keka sirkar natural mother swept turn events mature fragile demeanor brought pathos story high-heeled shoes circumstance incongruous distracting gargi mukherjee actor billing lengthiest resume role suranjana quite woman afflicted speaking breath breath shrill interpretation character undefined lily majumdar nabanita quite urbane do-gooder person appeared uncomfortable character flubbing lines times confusing counseling counciling faults dialogue unwieldy haranguing making difficult deliver stage shubhodev older brother impressive part play stagecraft lighting sound professional circumstances stage discipline players excellent credit director indranil mukherjee fine stage actor role alakendu attention small details noticeable handling denouement final resolution intricacies plot rushed uncharacteristically melodramatic ethos story play engrossing enjoyable amitava views expressed article solely author 