Entertainment Desk: The 16th Central Annual Drama Festival is starting today under the direction of the final semester students of the Department of Theater and Performance Studies of Dhaka University (DU) and acting by the students of the department. It will continue until December 8.
Keeping in view the theme of ‘O Esutuk Drishtipat, E Tirtha Aso Je O Srijnana, Kayay Kayay Srijiv, Nab Nab Life’s Man-Roop-Akhyan’, 15 plays will be performed under the guidance of 15 students and a total of 16 plays including one directed by the teacher. Among the 15 dramas directed by the students, there are seven Bengali and three western dramas including five original dramas.
The drama show will start every evening at 6:30 pm at the Student-Teacher Center (TSC) auditorium of the university. Actor Asaduzzaman Noor will be given a special award at the opening ceremony of the drama festival.
Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Md. Akhtaruzzaman. Pro-Vice Chancellor (Education) of Dhaka University will be present as a special guest. ASM Maqsud Kamal and Dean of the Faculty of Arts Prof. Dr. Abdul Bashir.
Chairman of the department, Assistant Professor Md. Ashikur Rahman said that students of the honors final semester of the department are directing plays in this drama festival. It is very clear to us through this arrangement what is the position of the students regarding the drama and removing the fear of the audience. It is not just a drama show. Rather, it is also a test of one of their courses.
Any day any drama:
The drama festival will start with Munir Chowdhury’s play ‘Kabar’ this evening. The play ‘Camp’ will be staged on the same evening. ‘Camp’ is written by Muhammad Zafar Iqbal and directed by Deepam Saha and directed by Shankar Kumar Biswas.
Tomorrow (Friday) the play ‘Crow character’ will be staged. Sadman Fahim directed the play written by Manoj Mitra. Also, drama ‘Hisya’ will be shown on the same day. Obaidur Rahman Sohan wrote and directed the play inspired by Sadat Hasan Manto.
The next day, on December 3, the play ‘The Game’ will be staged. Adapted and directed by Luigi Bryant, Sawyer recruited. On that day, the play ‘Food Conference’ will also be shown. Farzad Iftekhar Kavya gave the play and direction of ‘Food Conference’ from the writing of Abul Mansoor Ahmed.
‘Death of the Moon’ will be staged on December 4. It is written and directed by Neelima Hossain. The play ‘Ninamar Jabanbandi’ will also be staged on the same day. Susana Zahedi has directed this drama from the script of Shankar Kumar Biswas.
The evening of December 5 will begin with the play ‘The Gift of the Majai’. Written by William Sidney Porter and directed by Shahbaz Ishtiaq Munn. On the same evening, two dramas ‘Smoking is harmful to health’ and ‘Fyatadu’ will be staged. ‘Smoking is injurious to health’ translated by Anton Chekhov by Faisal Abir and adapted and directed by Hossain Jiban. Apart from this, Rafayatullah directed and dramatized ‘Fyatadu’ based on Nabarun Bhattacharya’s writing.
The next day on December 6, ‘Churnalipi’ will be staged. Nikita Azam is writing and directing this play. On the same evening, ‘Kanthanali Te Surya’ will be staged. Directed by Tanushree Karkoon from a script by Mohit Chatterjee.
‘Rupantar’ will be staged on December 7. Based on the conclusion of Achintyakumar Sengupta, ‘Rupantar’ has been screened and directed by Pranab Ranjan Bala. The second play is ‘An Adarsh Seva Sanstha’ written and directed by Nasreen Sultana Anu.
The final day of the festival will be staged on December 8, based on the Mymensingh song ‘Mahua’ by Dwij Kanai. The play has been directed by Professor Rahmat Ali.
