Sheikh Arif Bulbon :
Theatre troupe Padatik Natya Sangsad staged their new production Kaal Ratri
at the National Theatre Hall
of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the city’s Segunbagicha area recently.
The play has been adapted by Dr Tanvir Ahmed Sidney based on Lamisa Shirin Hossain’s The Lone
Survivor. Wahidul Islam
has directed the play.
The play is a narrative from
a torture camp of Pakistani Military during the
Liberation War.
The story encircles the night of March 25, 1971 when Pakistani military killed
thousands of innocent Bangladeshis. The play unfolds as a young girl asks his
grandfather, who was a teacher of Dhaka University in 1971, about the war. Through stories and her encounter with a wounded freedom fighter, the girl gets to know about
the war and its sheer horror.
Kaal Ratri casts Sakhawat Hossain Shimul, Sanjida Parveen, Mohammad Imran Khan, Ikramul Islam, Jinia Azad, Tasmi Chowdhury, Syeda Shamsi Ara Sayeka and Farhad Sumon among others.
It may be mentioned that the play Kaal Ratri was premiered in November 2015.
A realistic set design coupled with vivid imagery, and
an audio-visual in the
background gave the
audience a glimpse of what happened in 1971. The play deserves applause, despite being maybe on a slightly lengthy side for its
compact narrative. n
Theatre troupe Padatik Natya Sangsad staged their new production Kaal Ratri
at the National Theatre Hall
of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the city’s Segunbagicha area recently.
The play has been adapted by Dr Tanvir Ahmed Sidney based on Lamisa Shirin Hossain’s The Lone
Survivor. Wahidul Islam
has directed the play.
The play is a narrative from
a torture camp of Pakistani Military during the
Liberation War.
The story encircles the night of March 25, 1971 when Pakistani military killed
thousands of innocent Bangladeshis. The play unfolds as a young girl asks his
grandfather, who was a teacher of Dhaka University in 1971, about the war. Through stories and her encounter with a wounded freedom fighter, the girl gets to know about
the war and its sheer horror.
Kaal Ratri casts Sakhawat Hossain Shimul, Sanjida Parveen, Mohammad Imran Khan, Ikramul Islam, Jinia Azad, Tasmi Chowdhury, Syeda Shamsi Ara Sayeka and Farhad Sumon among others.
It may be mentioned that the play Kaal Ratri was premiered in November 2015.
A realistic set design coupled with vivid imagery, and
an audio-visual in the
background gave the
audience a glimpse of what happened in 1971. The play deserves applause, despite being maybe on a slightly lengthy side for its
compact narrative. n