Montu O Marx
A Bengali theatrical production by Ichheymoto
Venue: KCC Amphitheatre
Date: 28 November 2026
KCC presents Montu O Marx, a Bengali production by Ichheymoto, written by Dhrubajyoti Chakraborty, featuring Saurav Palodhi. Karl Marx finds himself in a Bengali neighbourhood, face to face with Montu, a working-class man who knows the realities of labour and inequality from everyday life. As the two begin to talk, Marx’s philosophy meets Montu’s experience, raising the question of what these ideas mean beyond the pages of a book, and who carries them forward.
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As part of AMI Arts Festival 2026, Kolkata Centre for Creativity presents Montu O Marx, a Bengali production by Ichheymoto, written by Dhrubajyoti Chakraborty.
The play imagines Karl Marx arriving in a Bengali neighbourhood and meeting Montu, a working-class man whose everyday life gives Marx’s ideas an immediate context. Their conversation brings questions of labour, inequality and class out of theory and into the realities of ordinary life.As Montu begins to recognise his own experiences in Marx’s ideas, the encounter also raises a larger question: what do these ideas mean today, and who carries them forward?
Montu O Marx approaches Marx through the life of an ordinary Bengali man, allowing philosophy and lived experience to meet on stage with humour, curiosity and a distinctly local perspective.
About the Group
Ichheymoto is a Kolkata-based theatre collective founded in 2014 by Saurav Palodhi and a group of young theatre practitioners. Its work engages with contemporary social and political realities through theatre. The collective began its journey with Buddhijibi and has since developed productions including Nataktar Naam Ki?, Kirtankhola, Ghum Nei and Je Janlagulor Akash Chilo. Nataktar Naam Ki? was selected for Bharat Rang Mahotsav in 2016 and the 8th Theatre Olympics in 2018.
