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Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has organised a national level contest in various categories for children and young adults on Friday to celebrate Rabindranath Tagore’s 152nd birth anniversary.This was followed by a discussion session and an award giving ceremony on Saturday at the National Music and Dance Center Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, where the winners in performing arts categories were given the opportunity to perform before a large audience.
The different categories included singing, recitation, acting, drawing and essay writing competition for participants from three levels-school, college and university.
Following the award distribution, the cultural programme began with the contest participants rendering a group song Ami marer sagor pari debo.
Sabbab Sayem, Ummay Habiba Mumtahina and Symul Haq, who stood first in recitation, recited Tagore poems- Sobujer Obhijan, Proshno and Africa respectively. Their recitals were applauded by the audience.
Anushka Bhattacharya, Biswajit Chakrabarti and Siddharth Golader, victors in the Tagore song category performed Rakhal chhele, Sokol gorbo bishorjon diye debo and Barshon mondito andhokar respectively. The audience was moved by the melody of the young voices with the correct rendition of Rabindrasangeet.
Jarin Tasnim, Sumona Akhtar Shanta and Kamrul Hasan who secured first positions in acting, performed certain sections of Tagore’s plays such as Ichhapuron, Rokto Korobi and Bishorjon respectively. Dibbo, a cultural organisation presented a group dance synchronised with the song Gram chhara oi ranga matir path, penned by Tagore, inspired by the beauty of villages in Bengal.
Cultural Affairs secretary Ronjit Bishwas, BSA Music and Dance department’s chairman Sohrab Uddin and director general of BSA Liaquat Ali lucky were present as guests for the prize giving ceremony.
The organisers informed that they will continue to arrange this type of contests to encourage talented children to participate in extra-curricular activities.
-With New Age input
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On the closing day of the Selim Al Deen Janmautsab 2011, a two-day theatre festival to celebrate the 62nd birth anniversary of theatre icon Selim Al Deen, three plays were staged at three auditoriums of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) on 19 August.Dhaka Theatre brought its production Dhaboman on the stage of National Theatre Hall of BSA.
Natyacharya Selim Al Deen’s Dhaboman belongs to the post-colonial narrative theatre form. The play has been directed by Shimul Yousuff.
The play focuses on our indigenous traditions, folktales and art forms through using pieces of metaphors.
Set in a village by the river Someshwari in the greater Mymensingh area, the plot of the play revolves around a buffalo named Sohrab as its protagonist.
One day coincidently, a domestic buffalo, Hamela gets lost in the evening and returns home after being pregnant.
The Garo communities become happy and think of the incident as omen of good luck. When the time arrives, a black buffalo is born and it has been named Sohrab.
As the story progresses, Sohrab becomes a famous a warrior buffalo. But, one day, the owner of Sohrab dreams if it is sacrificed and slaughtered, he will be cured of his disabilities.
Sensing the danger, Sohrab flees from the master’s house.
Theatre troupe Swapnadal staged Hargoj at the auditorium of Experimental Theatre Hall of BSA as part of the festival.
It was directed by Zahid Repon. Selim Al Deen’s narrative Hargoj is based on a true story. Following a tornado, the play depicts the sufferings of the masses in a village named Hargoj under Manikganj district. The tornado hit the village in 1989.
Selim Al Deen wrote the play three years after the tornado hit the village. Through Hargoj, the master playwright not only depicted the massacre twisted by the tornado but also raised the question of rescues in terms of humanity.
The play centres on an aid-team that arrives at the tornado-hit village. The tornado shatters the bustling locale of farmers, killing hundreds of people and damaging a large part of the area.
Abid, the protagonist of the play, gets strange experiences in his aid-tour. The playwright sees, experiences and narrates different aspects of life through the eyes of Abid during this time of a disaster.
Theatre troupe DyashBangla staged Selim Al Deen’s Julan on the stage of Studio Theatre Hall of BSA.
Directed by Prabir Guha, the play is a statement of the Uruk community. After facing a severe drought, the community decides to migrate to the other side of Elan Mountains and the plain land is called Julan. It is a hard decision for the people to leave their village where they have been living for hundreds of years.
Revolving around a love story between Eshtar and Gamesh, the play focuses on the conflict between greed and power in a community.
-With Daily Sun input
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Dhaka Theatre along with Bangladesh Gram Theatre, Swapnadal and Desh Bangla Theatre arranged a two-day programme to celebrate the 62nd birth anniversary of theatre icon Selim Al Deen. The programme began on August 18 at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA). It included staging of plays, exhibition and a memorial lecture.The inaugural programme was held at the lobby of National Theatre Hall, BSA. ITI Worldwide President Ramendu Majumdar inaugurated the festival as chief guest. Speaking on Al Deen, Majumdar called him “one of the virtuoso creative titans who elevated Bengali theatre.”
Dhaka Theatre chief Nasiruddin Yousuff expressed that he and his troupe along with all the theatre activists of Bangladesh want to celebrate Al Deen and his works, not only on particular occasions but throughout the year.
Among others, Sara Ara Mahmud, director, Department of Film and Theatre, BSA spoke at the inaugural programme.
Artistes of the theatre troupe Swapnadal presented a brief choreography accompanied with music. The performance featured songs eulogising Al Deen.
At the three theatre venues of BSA, Dhaka Theatre, Swapnadal and Shilpakala Academy staged plays written by Al Deen.
Dhaka Theatre staged its much-acclaimed production “Nimojjon” at the National Theatre Hall. Directed by Nasiruddin Yousuff, the play addresses the horrors of genocides throughout the ages across the globe.
“Nimojjon” does not have a particular storyline. According to the play, the history of civilisation and genocides are interwoven — every civilisation has had a history of genocide. And the repetition of these brutal incidents has brought down humans from the superior position.
The cast included Milu Chowdhury, Asaduzzaman Aman, Sirajul Islam, Samiun Jahan and Sayeed Rinku.
Swapnadal staged “Festoon-e Lekha Smriti” at the Experimental Theatre Hall. The play depicts Al Deen’s Liberation War memories, and is an adaptation of an article published in the Bangla daily Ajker Kagoj in 1993. Zahid Ripon has directed the play.
Shonali, Sharif, Emon, Shishir, Laboni and Anu were among the actors in the play.
Shilpakala Academy staged “Putro” at the Studio Theatre Hall. Directed by Mohammad Jasimuddin, the play follows a couple who lose their only child.
Enamtara Saki and Bakar Bakul played the duo.
The exhibition at the lobby of National Theatre Hall included posters and photographs. The display also featured miniature replicas of the stages used in Al Deen plays such as “Chaka”, “Prachya”, “Hargoj”, “Dhaboman” and “Bano Pangshul”.
-With The Daily Star input
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