Bhanga Gora Natyotshab opens today

Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation (BGTF), with assistance from the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, is hosting a month-long theatre festival at the revamped Dr. Nilima Ibrahim auditorium of the Mohila Samiti in the capital's Baily Road, which was once the throbbing pulsating of Bangladeshi theatre. With this, the Mohila Samiti is set to become a regular venue for theatre plays.

Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor will inaugurate the festival. BGTF chairman Liaquat Ali Lucky will chair a discussion, participated by thespians Ramendu Mazumdar, Mamunur Rashid, Nasir Uddin Yousuff and Sara Zaker; Sammilito Sangskritik Jote chairman Golam Kuddus, Mohila Samiti chairperson Sitara Ahsanullah and General Secretary Tani Bakht. Festival convener and BGTF Secretary General Akhtaruzzaman will deliver the welcome address.

The post-Liberation theatre movement of Bangladesh was centered at this Baily Road auditorium, and it was taken down in 2011, following a 'Bhanga Gora Natyotshab' organised by BGTF, to be re-built. The building and the auditorium are now both ready to stage plays. As per the promise made by BGTF, the month-long festival will mark the reopening of the venue.