Avi Chakraborty is a theatre director, runs a group
theatre named Ashoknagar Natyamukh and the editor of Natyamukh
Natyapatra. He has staged Rabindranath Tagore’s Muktodhara and Kanya
Tor, Abanindranath Tagore’s Siladitya, Manik Bandopadhay’s stories,
Rabishaknar Bal, Nabarun Bhattacharyya, and quite a number of Bratya Basu’s
plays. He has been awarded junior fellowship award by Ministry of Culture
(2014-15). His awards and recognitions include Protikriti Natya Samman
(2011), Udichi Natya Samman (2012) Charjapad Charukala Samman (2013), Howrah
Bratyajan Natyasamman (2016), Balurghat Natyakarmi Natyasamman (2017) Ramaprasad Banik Memorial award (2018)
and Bishnu Basu Memorial award (2018) He
has written two plays. His journal has also received recognition.