Golapjan hits a milestone

By Cultural Correspondent
20 April 2006, 18:00 PM
Rokeya Rafiq Baby (C ) with co-actors in Golapjan
On April 21Golapjan, a popular production of Theatre Art Unit, will put up its 100th show at Mahila Samity Stage. To celebrate the occasion, the troupe has arranged three consecutive shows of the play which began on April 19.

On the special evening on April 21, Rokeya Rafiq Baby, who performs the titular character in the play, will be honoured. Eminent educationist Sardar Fazlul Karim is the chief guest while Hena Das, Mamunur Rashid, Sara Zaker, and Shirin Akhtar are the special guests at the ceremony.

Golapjan is written and directed by SM Solaiman. The play focuses on first person accounts by inhabitants of Old Dhaka and captures their colourful lifestyle of the inhabitants of Old Dhaka.