The 10-day theatre festival titled ‘BotTala Rangamela’ has begun yesterday on the Mahila Samiti premises in the capital. The event, featuring only new plays, has been organised to celebrate 8th founding anniversary of theatre troupe BotTala’. Cultural Minister Asaduzzaman Noor inaugurated the festival yesterday, while Director of EMK Center MK Aaref, noted theatre personalities Foyez Jahir, Azad Abul Kalam and Nuna Afroz were present as special guests during the opening ceremony. Today, Compass, a prominent Indian troupe, will stage their play ‘Chop Adalat Cholche’ at 7pm. The play is written by Bijoy Tendulkar and directed by Debabrata Acharya. On the other hand, North South University Cine and Drama Club will stage their play titled ‘Goru’ at 5pm.