Thespians hail renaming Kolkata’s Star Theatre after Binodini Dasi as historic, but futile
The long-lasting century-old Star Theatre, standing tall and ornate on the crossing of Aurobindo Sarani and Bidhan Sarani in North Kolkata as a monolith of Bengal’s historic theatre traditions, now carries a special identify plaque — ‘Binodini Theatre’. A couple of days after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s December 30 announcement to rename Star…