�Bhangabanga� to be staged at BSA today
DL Desk
Aranyak Natyadal is going to stage its 54th production Bhangabanga, written by thespian Mamunur Rashid and directed by Faiz Zahir, today at 7pm at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Segin Bagicha in the city.
The story of the tragic-comedy Bhangabanga is based in a village on the Bangladesh-India border in Benapole following the partition in 1947. It portrays the people of Benapole (Bangladesh) and Haridaspur (India). Several of Tagores characters like Bishu Pagla, Malini, Nandini, Bosonto Roy, Aparna, Nabin, Raja and others are involved in like small business, trafficking, prostitution, among others. Tagores writings and songs are referenced in Bhangabanga, as some of his songs are featured. It includes the love story between Raja of Benapole and Malini of Haridaspur, showing love breaking the barriers of barbed wires. The play comes to a major climax when it is shown that an unknown person who has arrived intends to visit Patisar, in Bangladesh.
Where: BSA, Segun Bagicha
When: 7pm, today
