Sunil Gangopadhyays’ ‘Praner Prahari’: Verse Drama Vs Prose Drama/ সুনীল গঙ্গোপাধ্যায়ের ‘প্রাণের প্রহরী’ : কাব্যনাটক বনাম গদ্যনাটক

Abstract

Sunil Gangopadhyay was one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He is a poet, playwright, author. He has proved himself in theatre and has achieved success. He has written many stories, poems and humorous works. Among the dramas written by him the notable drama is ‘Praner Prahari’. The play is divided into two parts, the prose and the poetry. The main character of the play, a father Rishi has fought to the death to save his child despite being a doctor by profession. He never gives up on death. He was terrified of losing every moment. Nevertheless, nature has not surrendered to the infallible law that is death. Although all the doctors did not approve of his efforts, he did not hesitate to apply ampoule injections to the child on his deathbed. Where the chance of recovery is half a percent, otherwise death is inevitable. Invisible Death has repeatedly warned the young sage, saying that the sage's defeat is inevitable. Still, he stuck to his task. He brought his son back from the dead, recovering in life. Sothe sage keeps on saying– ‘I am towards life. I'm always on life.’

         The dramatist has made various additions and deletions in the play ‘Praner Prahari’ by making it in two types. Although the main story is the same, compared to the poetic drama, the playwright has brought the sub-story and several characters in the prose drama in a new way, which has been formed in our main discussion. The question arises in my mind, why did the poet-dramatist or prose-dramatist go to write the name of ‘protector of life’? Or has the dramatist been able to correctly determine which of the two types of drama is the 'protector of life' and the 'protector of life’? I tried to find it in the article.