As a part of ongoing ‘Baishakhi Natya Utsab’ organised by Mahila Samiti, Theatre Art Unit staged their much-acclaimed production ‘Amina Sundari’ at the Nilima Ibrahim Auditorium of Mahila Samiti in Baily Road of the capital on Wednesday. Late SM Solaiman dramatised the play ‘Amina Sundari’ from the 300-year-old folk tale of Bheluya Sundari, periodically theatricalised there by various hands since the 1960s. The play is directed by Rokeya Rafique Baby which describes the heroine’s loyalty to her husband who sailed to Myanmar, where he deceptively remarries.

Even though the story is 300 years old, it’s still the persistent reality of almost all women and households in the male dominated society. This is why Amina Shundari has been presented as the story of thousands of women, has been portrayed by three Aminas rather than one.