Modern Kolkata Youth in Mohit Chattopadhyay’s Plays.

ABSTRACT

Mohit Chattopadhyay is a dramatist with difference. His plays (1963) starts with the sufferings of youth in post 2nd world war days. With the changing milieu his plays are also changing. He is afraid and conscious in 1990‟s economic – social – political situation. The market economy, consumerism are engulfing our youth. He jeers it and tries to caution us in his plays. He also wants to cultivate self confidence in the young people. He starts his journey with the suffering of so - called aberrant youth. The playwright is also conscious about honest, conscientious youth whom the society wants to see. He continuously cautions us about socio - economic - political situation which have emerges to destroy humanism.