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A six-day theatre festival titled ‘Aly Zaker Notuner Utsab 2023’ will begin today at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Segun Bagicha in the capital.
Paying tribute to noted artiste Aly Zaker, who died on 27 November 2020, Nagorik Natya Sampradaya in association with Mangaldeep Foundation has organised the festival.
The inaugural ceremony of the festival will be held today at 06:30 pm at the National Theatre Hall of BSA. Noted cultural personality and actor Ferdousi Majumdar will inaugurate the festival, while State Minister for Cultural Affairs K M Khalid will grace the occasion as the chief guest. Chaired by the convener of the festival Sara Zaker, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Director General Liaquat Ali Lucky will attend as a special guest.
Five new theatre plays--‘Remand’ directed by Subhash Sinha, ‘The Respectful Prostitute’ by Alok Basu, ‘Shokhi Rongomala’ by Mohammad Ali Haider, ‘Adam Surot’ by Bakar Bakul and ‘Acholyaton’ by Azad Abul Kalam will be staged at the event. After the inaugural ceremony, the audience will be able to enjoy plays from the second day onwards.
On the second day, theatre troupe Hridmoncho will premiere its latest production ‘Remand’ directed and penned by Shuvasis Sinha.
The play portrays the story of recent times. The story of the play ‘Remand’ revolves around a writer who has been taken under police remand. The whole story revolves around the incidents that take place in the interrogation room. Asaduzzaman Noor will play the writer’s role in this play, who gets embroiled in controversy.
The play stars, Asaduzzaman Noor, Kamaluddin Kabir, Jyoti Sinha, Sajib Hossain, and Shahnaz Jahan, among others.
