Theatre Art Unit to stage Amina Sundari today
DL reporter
Theatre Art Unit will bring their much-acclaimed production Amina Sundari on stage today at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala as a part of 6-day theatre festival titled Sundari Natya Mela organised by Natya Teertha. The late SM Solaiman dramatised the play Amina Sundari from the 300-year-old folktale of Bheluya Sundari, periodically theatricalised there by various hands since the 1960s. The play is directed by Rokeya Rafique Baby which describes the heroines loyalty to her husband who sailed to Myanmar, where he deceptively remarries. After ten years of travails, Amina lands in the clutches of a merchant, into whose house her now destitute husband stumbles. He recognises her, but the first thing he asks is about her chastity. The three actresses performed the role of Amina - especially Anika Mahin Eka with her rich singing - brought out the feminist theme un-melodramatically, while the men behave like rank villains or fools such as Shujan, the best of the caricaturists, leers behind Amina in the drama. Even though the story is 300 years old, its still the persistent reality of almost all women and households in the male dominated society which made the play as the story of thousands of women, portrayed by three Aminas.
To note, with the theme Narir Srijane Wriddha Biswa Chorachor, the festival Sundari Natyamela is featuring 6 selected plays regarding on Women. The main attraction of the festival is all the plays which are being staged at the festival are under the name of Sundori.
Where: Main Hall, BSA, Segun Bagicha
When: 7pm, today
