CALCUTTA, MARCH 31: Come April 2 and Trinamool Congress MP from Calcutta and former Union Minister Ajit Panja will have a difficult role to play. This time on stage, as Ramakrishna Paramhansa in a play, Noti Binodini.And the depiction will have to be politically correct too since stalwarts of the Calcutta film and stage world have done this role before. Recently, actor Mithun Chakraborty did this role in a film called Swami Vivekananda and won a national award.The play is being staged at Kalamandir auditorium in central Calcutta by the Calcutta High Court Cultural and Philanthropic Society of which Panja is a member. The Society comprises practising lawyers of the Calcutta High Court.Panja is staging a comeback in the world of theatre after a gap of 13 years. He played the role of Shuja in a play called Shahjahan in 1986. ``My preoccupation with law and politics does not permit me to act in plays,'' he told this reporter. ``But when they offered me this role, I accepted it. Iknow it's a tough job but I am sure I will do it in a convincing way''.People who were present for the dress rehearsal at Kalamandir will vouch for this. ``He is doing it with such elan that we are surprised,'' Subroto Mukherjee, another actor, told this reporter. ``I am sure people will love it''.And the barrister-cum-politician, who has a roaring practice in the High Court, has been trying hard. ``For the past one month every day I have earmarked about 2-3 hours for the rehearsal,'' Panja said.He is enjoying every bit of the role. ``You know the whole world is a stage,'' he quotes the Bard. ``We are playing the roles assigned to us by the Almighty. This is just one of them''.
