Padatik stages “Kaal Ratri” at Mahila Samiti

Theatre troupe Padatik Natya Sangsad (TSC) staged their latest production "Kaal Ratri" at Nilima Ibrahim auditorium of Bangladesh Mahila Samiti on March 5 afternoon. The play was staged as part of the ongoing Bhanga Gora Natyatsob.

The play has been adapted by Dr. Tanvir Ahmed Sidney, based on Lamisa Shirin Hossain's story "Lone Survivor".

Wahidul Islam directed the play, while Sanjib Kumar Dey and Atiqul Islam Joy designed the stage and lights respectively.

The story encircles the night of March 25, 1971 when the Pakistani military killed thousands of innocent Bangladeshis. The play unfolds as a young girl asks her grandfather, a former professor of Dhaka University in 1971, about the war. Through stories and her encounter with a wounded Freedom Fighter, the girl learns about the war and its sheer horror.

Sakhawat Hossain Shimul, Sanjida Parveen, Mohammad Imran Khan, Ikramul Islam, Jinia Azad, Tasmi Chowdhury and Syeda Shamsi Ara Sayeka form the cast of "Kaal Ratri", among others.