Indira Gandhi Culture Centre (IGCC) is organising a presentation of Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore’s drama ‘Shayma Prem’ by theatre troupe Prangone Mor, today at its Gulshan premises. Prangane Mor’s ‘Shyama Prem’ is adopted from Rabindranath’s famous dance drama ‘Shyama’, which has been scripted by Shree Chittoranjan Ghosh and directed by Ananta Hira. The inner theme of ‘Shyama’ is love, freedom and humanity, while its story is about a dancing girl named Shyama from a farmer family. But, there is a tyrant landlord who plunders her from a beautiful free life to show them dancing pleasure. Here, Shyama, Nabina , Mala and Uttieo are all together from the same village and they are good  friends who help each other. When Shyama loses all her beautiful dreams, at that moment her dreams come alive through her lover Bojrosen. Her younger friend Uttieo presents himself as blindly in love with Shyama. Uttio always tries to help her without any feedback. The landlord ambitiously requests her dance in the dinner party. Shyama rejects the request because she wants a beautful life with Bojrosen. She rejects the landlord’s invitation twice and hence the landlord feels unhappy and arrests Bojrosen as a foreigner spy. Uttio always loves Shyama but Shyama does not reciprocate. Here, Uttio wants to prove his love for Shyama. Uttio knows that Bojrosen stands on a life and death situation, and he takes a decision of self-sacrifice. Then, finally he gets the acceptance of love from Shyama. There is an agreement where Bojrosen is released and Uttio surrenders.  Uttio is killed. When Bojrosen knows the reality, he hates himself. At last Bojrosen says that nobody is there to help man, if man don not help man.
The probable cast of the play includes Chaytali Samaddar, Ramiz Razu, Ananta Hira, Reza Rahman, Shishir Rahman, Mir Salauddin Babu , Usuf Palash, Mita, Tania, Moli, Suvessa Rahman, Tania, Rumpa, Ester Sumi, Rabi Khan , Bandhu Tuhin, Rigan sohag, Jasim, Kisor, Monir and Afchar, among others.
‘Prangone Mor’ Theatre group started their journey in 2003 to practice and spread Rabindranath Tagore’s theatre. The founder members are theatre artistes Ananta Hira and Nuna Afroz. Prangone Mor has since done five successful Tagore’s productions which have been congratulated and praised both in Bangladesh and India. Prangone Mor have given performances in Dhaka and many districts and towns of Bangladesh. Prangonemor have been invited by different cultural institutions like Rabindra Nattyo Festival in Mumbai, Purba-Poshchim Festival (Kolkata), Nandipat’s Women’s Directors Festival (KolKata), Kallyani Nattyo Chorcha Kendra’s Festival, Shantiniketan, Ritwik theater group (Bohorampur) namely, ‘Desh-Bidesher Drama Festival’, Ritwik Festival (Shiliguri). They have performed ‘Raktakarabi’ at Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata on August 1 this year. In collaboration with Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, Prangone Mor organised ‘Dui Banglar Nattomelay Robindro Natto O Onnano-2015’ in March, where several theatre groups from India and Bangladesh participated.

Where:    IGCC, House 35, Road 24, Gulshan-1
When:    6:30 pm l