Sheikh Arif Bulbon :
Country’s one of the most vibrant theatre troupes Swapnadal staged the 38th show
of its much-acclaimed production titled Chitrangada at the Studio Theatre Hall
of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA)
in the city’s Segun Bagicha are recently.
Chitrangada is the 11th production
of Swapnadal, written by Nobel Laureate
Poet Rabindranath Tagore and directed
by Zahid Repon.
The script of the play is an adaptation of a tale in the great eastern epic Mahabharata, but with new and modern interpretations. The story of Chitrangada is centred around the mythological hero Arjuna and the princess of Manipur, Chitrangada, who was brought up as a son by her father and trained up as a warrior.
But being acquainted with Arjuna, Chitrangada falls in love with him. Watching her so-called external glamourless appearance, Arjuna refuses her love. Humiliated and
brokenhearted, Chitrangada appeals to God
of Love Madana and God of Youth Bashanta for beautifying herself for only one day!
But impressed with her prayer, they bless her with a new formation, granting her with
a beautiful appearance for a year.
After that, Chitrangada appears before Arjuna in full glamour of new-found dazzling beauty and Arjuna simply falls in love. But after achieving Arjuna’s admiration and love, Chitrangada enters into a new inner-conflict that which is important to a man or woman- the temporary external glamour or the truth of the soul? And after many incidents, at last both of them realize that the second
one is the greatest sublime and also the
most permanent for mankind.
Sonali, Mita, Mostafiz, Shyamal, Shishir, Samad, Madhuri, Zebu, Nablu, Tanvir, Rimu, Shuvo, Zuyena, Bipul, Sayeed, Tirtho, Jui, Moitree, among others, acted in different
roles in the play. n
Country’s one of the most vibrant theatre troupes Swapnadal staged the 38th show
of its much-acclaimed production titled Chitrangada at the Studio Theatre Hall
of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA)
in the city’s Segun Bagicha are recently.
Chitrangada is the 11th production
of Swapnadal, written by Nobel Laureate
Poet Rabindranath Tagore and directed
by Zahid Repon.
The script of the play is an adaptation of a tale in the great eastern epic Mahabharata, but with new and modern interpretations. The story of Chitrangada is centred around the mythological hero Arjuna and the princess of Manipur, Chitrangada, who was brought up as a son by her father and trained up as a warrior.
But being acquainted with Arjuna, Chitrangada falls in love with him. Watching her so-called external glamourless appearance, Arjuna refuses her love. Humiliated and
brokenhearted, Chitrangada appeals to God
of Love Madana and God of Youth Bashanta for beautifying herself for only one day!
But impressed with her prayer, they bless her with a new formation, granting her with
a beautiful appearance for a year.
After that, Chitrangada appears before Arjuna in full glamour of new-found dazzling beauty and Arjuna simply falls in love. But after achieving Arjuna’s admiration and love, Chitrangada enters into a new inner-conflict that which is important to a man or woman- the temporary external glamour or the truth of the soul? And after many incidents, at last both of them realize that the second
one is the greatest sublime and also the
most permanent for mankind.
Sonali, Mita, Mostafiz, Shyamal, Shishir, Samad, Madhuri, Zebu, Nablu, Tanvir, Rimu, Shuvo, Zuyena, Bipul, Sayeed, Tirtho, Jui, Moitree, among others, acted in different
roles in the play. n
