Loko Natyadal (Siddeshwari) stages Sonai Madhab
DL desk
Popular theatre troupe Loko Natyadal (Siddeshwari) staged their much-acclaimed play Sonai Madhab at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Segun Bagicha in the capital yesterday.
Directed by Liaqaut Ali Lucky, the production is based on a story from Mymensingh Geetika, a collection of traditional ballads. Music of the production was done by Mostafa Anwar Swapan. Sonai Madhab weaves a tale of romantic tragedy between Sonai and Madhab, the leading characters in the play. The play is a dramatic depiction that weaves woes, agonies and dilemmas of women in a traditional narrative way.
The audience enjoyed the tragic love story presented in the play following the traditional padabali jatra.
The cast of the play includes Roksana Akter Rupsa, Zahidul Kabir Liton, Liakaut Ali Lucky, Rahima Khatun Nila, Mamun Hossain, among others.
To note, the troupe brought the drama on stage in 1993, while the female characters of the drama were played by male artistes but in the new form, the female characters have been played by female artistes.
After remaking in a new form, the troupe staged the drama on December 18 last year at the Studio Theatre Hall of BSA only for the invited guests. Then, the play participated at a theatre festival in Kolkata titled Ganga Jamuna Natya Utsab organised by Kolkata based theatre troupe Aneek.
