Mohajoner Nao, an acclaimed production of theatre troupe Subachan Natya Sangsad, will be staged in Kolkata on
Monday as part of a four-day cultural festival.
Organised jointly by Kolkata-based popular folk-fusion band Dohar and Lopamudra Productions, the festival, titled Root
Music Festival, began on August 1.The festival is designed to showcase the streams of folk-cult and traditions that have roots, and still practiced, both in Bangladesh and in West Bengal.
The last day of the festival, August 4, has been declared as Bangladesh Day, when Bangladeshi artistes will represent works of some of the major practitioners of folk traditions.
Besides the show of Mohajoner Nao, noted folk singers- Latif Shah and Chandana Majumder, will present songs of diverse folk genres and bards.
Subachan’s Mohajoner Nao is a musical play written by Shakoor Majid on the life and practices of late folk bard Shah Abdul Karim.
The folk bard Shah Abdul Karim often used the metaphor of a boat (nouka/nao) to refer to a man’s soul, which is given to him for a brief span of time by the Creator (mohajon). This line of thought, also common in Sufi tradition, is present as the cornerstone of folk culture and belief-system.
The play follows this thought and presents the life of Shah Abdul Karim in its light. The play abound in songs, has been presented with vibrant choreography. Young and talented theatre activist-teacher Sudip Chakraborthy is the director of the production.
Amirul Islam Babul, Ahammed Gias, Imtiaz Reza, Imran Hossain, Fazlul Huq, Roksana Tuli and others will act in the play.
A 21-member team of Subachan will fly for Kolkata today.
To note, Mohajoner Nao has earlier been staged in South Korea and different states of India like Tripura, Assam, Koch Bihar and Kolkata.
-With New Age input
