Theatre Fest on Women Issues
Monodrama, Tagore’s play staged
On the third day of the ongoing six-day theatre festival highlighting the women issues featured a monodrama and a Tagore’s play at the two venues of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday.
Nagorik Natyngon staged monodrama Ami Birangana Bolchhi [the war-heroine speaking] at the National Theatre Hall while Swapnadal staged Tagore’s Chitrangada at the Experimental Theatre Hall.The first ever theatre festival highlighting the women issues titled Nari Jagoroner Natya Ayojon has been organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
Adapted from Dr Nilima Ibrahim’s one of the best known books on the war of independence Ami Birangana Bolchhi, the monodrama- adapted, directed and performed by Lucky Enam- featured one of the three characters from the book named Shefali.
In her 50-minute performance in the role of the war heroine, Lucky Enam articulated the sufferings the character endured following her ill fate during the war, her shattered dreams, as well as her invincible courage to fight against oppressions.
‘Nilima Ibrahim worked with and for the war-heroines after the war of independence. Her account of the Biranganas, therefore, becomes very authentic. I hope the play will remind the audience the sacrifices these war-heroines made during the war’, Lucky Enam told New Age.
A large number of viewers enjoyed the show. ‘The narration of the sufferings of the Birangana is nerve-wrecking,’ said Tareq Tuku, an audience.
‘Lucky Enam is marvelous in enacting the role’, observed another audience Tomal Ahmed.
A remarkable number of viewers also enjoyed Swapnadal’s production Chitragada at the Experimental Theatre Hall.
Zahid Repon has directed Tagore’s poetic drama version of Chitrangada written in 1892, which highlights inner beauty of soul over the physical beauty through the affair of the legend Arjun and Manipuri princess named Chitrangada as mentioned in the epic Mahabharat.
The audience these days, however, is more familiar with the dance drama version of Tagore’s Chitrangada, which the poet composed almost 44 years after writing the poetic drama when he became fascinated with the classical manipuri dance.
Prominent poet-playwright Syed Shamsul Haque was present at the hall as the chief guest who said, ‘Swapnadal’s production is innovative and attractive’.
‘The play is a brilliant combination of acting, songs, and dance’, observed another audience Dulal Das.
-With New Age input
