DL desk

Popular theatre troupe Padatik Natya Sangsad stages yet another show of their Liberation War-based play ‘Kaal Ratri’ yesterday at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Segun Bagicha in the city.  
Based on Lamisa Shirin Hossain’s story ‘The Lone Survivor’, the play has been adapted by Tanvir Ahmed and directed by Wahidul Islam. The story encircles the night of March 25, 1971 when Pakistani military killed thousands of innocent Bangladeshis. The play unfolds as a young girl asks his grandfather, who was a teacher of Dhaka University in 1971, about the war. Through stories and her encounter with a wounded Freedom Fighter, the girl gets to know about the war and its sheer horror. The probable casts of the play include Sakhawat Hossain Shimul, Sanjida Parveen, Mohammad Imran Khan, Ikramul Islam, Jinia Azad, Tasmi Chowdhury, Syeda Shamsi Ara Sayeka and Farhad Sumon, among others.
The play, which is the 38th production of the troupe, was premiered in November 2015.