Dhaka Padatik, one of the leading theatre troupes in the country, will stage two shows of its new play ‘Trial of Surya Sen’ at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) in Segun Bagicha of the capital.

The 4th show of the play will be staged today at 7pm at the National Theatre Hall of BSA, while the 5th show will be staged tomorrow at the Experimental Theatre Hall at the same time.

Based on the anti-British movement, ‘Trial Surya Sen’ has been written and directed by Masum Aziz. This is the 38th production of Dhaka Padatik.

Along with 40 other characters, the main characters of the play include Surya Sen, Pritilata, Kalpana Dutta, Ambika Chakravarti, Lokenath Bal and Nirmalsen.

Surya Sen was a revolutionary who was influential in the Indian independence movement (against British rule) and who is noted for leading the 1930 Chittagong armoury raid in Chittagong of Bengal in British India (now in Bangladesh). Sen was a school teacher by profession and was popularly called as Master Da.

He was known for his brilliant actions and effort in Indian history by taking young teenagers and turning them into revolutionaries against the British stationed in Chittagong with this bold step of recruiting in teenagers then fought against the British Cantonment and in the mountainous regions of Chittagong like Jalalabad hills, but then separated and went their separate ways still trying to get the British out of Chittagong, various attempts were successful in the beginning but many failed as well and many revolutionaries were arrested which broke movement.

Where: BSA, Segun Bagicha

When: 7pm, today, tomorrow