Chapal Rani, The Last Queen of Bengal, the saga of a life, an identity and a gender subsumed by art, is a 500-plus page book on Chapal Bhaduri, a top-paid actor and a product of the earlier and truer era of jatra or Bengali open-air folk theatre.
Sandip Roy, writer, podcaster and columnist chose to tell the 87-year-old jatra performer's story to Vaihayasi Pande Daniel/Rediff.
