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To observe 163th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, theatre troupe Swapnadal, will stage a special show of its much-acclaimed production ‘Chitrangada’, today at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Segun Bagicha in Dhaka.
‘Chitrangada’ is the 11th production of Swapnadal, written by 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. Rabindranath wrote the play in two different forms or versions.
In 1892, when he was only 31 years old, he wrote ‘Chitrangada’ in poetic drama (Kabyanatya) form. But 44 years later, in 1936, he wrote it in dance drama (Nrityanatya) form based on the same story.
Swapnadal has prepared the production ‘Chitrangada’ with the poetic drama version. It may be mentioned that dance drama form of ‘Chitrangada’ is well known, because it has been performed by a good number of organisations. On the other side, the poetic drama version of ‘Chitrangada’ has not been staged regularly in modern stage before Swapnadal.
The staging of the play has contribution of Sonali, Juena, Shishir, Shyamal, Arko, Rana, Jebu, Happy, Samad, Usha, Hasan, Ali, Bipul, Nisarg, Sumaiya, Masud, Sukumar, Titu, Bimal, Anindya and others.
To note, paying homage to the greatest playwright and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore on his 150th Birth Anniversary (2011), Swapnadal produced the Tagore’s poetic drama ‘Chitrangada’.
