40 years of Payer Awaaj Pawa Jai

Entertainment Report :
The 40th anniversary of the Theatre production based on the liberation war Payer Awaaj Pawa Jai written by Syed Shamsul Haq and directed by Abdullah Al-Mamun will be celebrated on November 25. Four decades ago on this day this epoch making play was premiered in Mahila Samity.
Soon after the play was staged, it could generate huge interest among the audience because of its literary quality, theme and overall production excellence. Within one year the play celebrated golden jubilee which happened to be the first in Bangladesh.
Two shows of the play was held on March 20, 1981 in Seoul, South Korea in the 5th Third World Theatre Festival organised by the International Theatre Institute. Again, it was the first play from Bangladesh to be staged in a foreign country keeping aside India. A meaningful staging of the play was held at the National Martyrs’ Memorial, Savar on March 25, 1987.
The 100th production of the play was held March 23, 1990. The play was also telecast in Bangladesh Television and aired in Bangladesh Betar as a special drama on the occasion of our Independence Day.
Though the play was not performed for about ten years at one point of time, no other play in Bangladesh has been running for forty years.