The National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy turned into a place of major attraction on the sixth day of the ongoing Syed Shamsul Haque theatre festival as famous and distinguished thespians acted out segments from Haque’s plays on Thursday.
Titled as Natyakar Sannidhye, the event drew a lot of theatre lovers
who got the rare opportunity to see several prominent theatre figures perform on one stage.
Veteran actors like Ali Zaker, Asaduzzaman Noor, Sara Zaker, Ataur Rahman performed scenes from Haque’s classic Nuroldiner Sarajibon. Even after a gap of almost 19 years, Ali Zaker and Asaduzzaman Noor in the characters of Nuroldin and Abbas respectively managed to enthrall and captivate the audience and receive loud applauses from all.
Following that rapture, the audience got to see Bipasha Hayat and Afsana Mimi acting the parts of two melancholic sisters of Haque’s Khatta Tamasha. The poverty-stricken sisters’ plea for food brought a gloomy ambience to the hall.
Ferdousi Majumdar and Tropa Majumdar’s acting of the same character, the daughter of Matbor (influential person) from Haque’s another famous play Payer Awaj Pawa Jay was also very enjoyable.
Khairul Alam Sabuj and Santa Islam’s readings from Juddha ebong Juddha, Nima Rahman’s reading from Mukhosh and Tarik Anam Khan’s reading from Ekhon, Ekhane also got huge appreciation from the audience.
Beside these power-packed performances, Hasan Arif and Ishrat Nishat recited poetry from Haque’s immensely popular collection of poems-Poraner Gohin Bhitore.
The show, presented and conducted by Mamunur Rashid, turned memorable with Syed Shamsul Haque’s reciting of his poems.
Joynal Abedin, a young theatre activist, expressed his delight to New Age, ‘Thanks to Prangonemor, I have been able to see so many theatre luminaries together.’
Another overjoyed audience remarked, ‘I am awestruck. I will remember this evening for a very long time.’
Earlier on the day, a seminar was arranged at the conference room of BSA where Mafidul Haque presented a paper on Syed Shamsul Haque’s plays. The paper discussed extensively and intensively three of Haque’s famous plays: Payer Awaj Pawa Jay, Nuroldiner Sarajibon and Ekhane, Ekhon.
-With New Age input
