SYED BADRUDDIN HOSSAIN SMRITI NATYOTSAB
Gohonjatra to be staged today
DL reporter
Padatik Natya Sangsad (TSC), one of the popular theatre troupes in the country, will stage their much-acclaimed play Gohonjatra today at 7 pm at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Segun Bagicha in the capital.
The play will be brought to the stage as a part of the ongoing Syed Badruddin Hossain Smriti Natyotsab and Smarok Sommanona. To mark the 94th birth anniversary of late eminent educationist, Language Movement veteran, lifetime chairman of Padatik Natya Sangsad and Ekushey Padak winner Syed Badruddin Hossain, Padatik Natya Sangsad has organised a seven-day theatre festival on the BSA premises, which will be continued till April 11.
A total number of 10 prominent theatre troupes from Bangladesh and India are participating in the festival. Each day, two plays will be staged at 7:15pm at the National Theatre Hall and Experimental Theatre Hall of BSA simultaneously.
The play Gohonjatra has been penned down by Rubayet Ahmed and directed by Sudip Chakraborty, while the hour-long monologue is enacted by Shamsi Ara Syka. The story of the play evolves around the dangers of intolerance, violence, global political dynamics and the universal aspiration for peace and freedom. In the story of the play, extremism grows in one place of a country. The followers of the extremism negate the existing ideologies and indulge in destruction and violence. The protagonist of the play, Salma has managed to flee captivity, but returns to bury the dead and mourns her dead partner who has been brutally killed by extremists. She is unable to escape the clutches of her oppressors. Through her death, she stands up for the good to reign supreme on earth.
On the other hand, Curtain Call, a prominent troupe from India, will stage their play Porshi Bosot Kore at the National Theatre Hall of BSA at the same time. l
