Prokrity O Puran Desh Natok Festival

A scene from the play Shampan Naiya

Preview:
Uttoradhikar play Shampan Naiya by Aminur Rahman Mukul is a folk tale. The drama portrays the people living at the southeast coast of the country, whose life greatly depends upon the tides of the river Karnophuli. They coexist with multifold conflicts but are not tired of weaving dreams. Mosleuddin Shikdar directs the play. Aminur Rahman Mukul is the set designer and Nasiruddin is the light designer.

Kalshondhya: a classical play against the brutality of war

Nagorik Natyasamprodya staged Kalshondhya on February 25 at the Public Library Auditorium as part of the drama festival arranged by Desh Natok.

Buddhadev Basu has adapted the play from 'Maushol' part of the epic Mahabharata. The legends of the play like Krishna, Arjun and others are not mere mythological characters.

Through the legends, the playwright has successfully portrayed a realistic picture of the chaotic world. Buddhadev's Kalshondhya is the natural-realistic play in which he has shown the inherent oppressive tendency of human being and the fall of the warlords as well. If we review the world's history, we see that the ancient superpowers like Egypt, Greece, Rome--all that once ruled over the world ultimately fell to destruction. The Dwrarka City in the play Kalshondhya symbolically represents the chaotic world.

Director Khaled Khan has handled the theme of the play quite efficiently. He has effectively presented the vulgarity, war and the prophecy of the gods and goddesses. His composition of war scenes and the comic scenes were artistic and enjoyable.

Rommyo Rahim's set is simple but can symbolically represent the theme of the play. The ash colour of the set conveys the chaotic as well as the sad environment successfully. He has used thrust in the proscenium stage.

Nasirul Haque Khokon has again proved that he is the best light designer at present. His design could maintain all the requirements for a quality light design. Moreover, his colour effects on the cyclorama were excellent.

The teamwork of the performers was up to the mark. Rokeya Prachi as Shubhadra and Rajib Dey as Krishna played better than the others did.