Baan theatre
The most significant and a landmark development in the cultural life of Assam was the establishment of the Ban Stage (old) or Baan theatre, the first modern Assamese theatre hall at Tezpur in 1906. The Ban Stage gave a platform for development of the Socio-Cultural scene of Assam. The great cultural trio Rupkonwar Jyoti Prasad Agarwala, Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha and Nata Surya Phani Sarma blossomed here. Phani Sarma along with Bishnu Rabha directed the most successful Assamese movie Siraj.
The Ban Stage (old) was constructed on the same plot of land donated to the Oxomiya Bhaxa Unnati Xadhini Xobha and with the donation from the public. Jyoti Prasad wrote several successful dramas which were played in the Ban Stage. Padmanath Gohain Baruah, Dandinath Kalita, Phani Sarma also wrote a number of successful plays for staging them in the Ban Stage. The tradition of staging dramas at the Ban Stage continuous till today.
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References
Tezpur City Guide 2014. Guwahati: The Telegraph. 2014.