Theatre activist Sadrul Pasha remembered

Looking back on the life of the late versatile performer, director and organiser of theatre, the speakers stressed on the need for realising Sadrul's dreams, thoughts and visions so as to reflect life and the society.

Academy of Performing Arts - a cultural organisation, held the programme titled Nayano Sammukhe Tumi Nai, Nayanero Majhkhane Niyechho Je Thai at Chittagong Shilpakala Academy auditorium.

The organisers at the function awarded eminent actor Raisul Islam Asad with the Sadrul Smrity Padak 2005, for his contribution to drama.

Sadrul's father Dr BM Fayezur Rahman was the chief guest of the event chaired by Academy of Performing Arts president Roshangir Bacchu. Kamol Sen Gupta, poet Avik Osman, dramatist Shisir Dutt and Sadrul's son, Arif spoke among others at the function conducted by Munir Helal.

The speakers recalled Sadrul's role as a catalyst in bringing about a revolutionary transformation in the local Group Theatre arena immediately after the Liberation War.

"With infinite interest Sadrul explored every branch of art and culture and always tried to do something new in this arena," said the chief guest. Shisir Dutt remembered Sadrul for forming the film society "Scene-73" which was transformed into Theatre-73, the first theatre group to emerge in Chittagong in 1973.

Kamol Sen Gupta, founding member of Arindam, a theatre troupe of 70s, portrayed Sadrul as the life and soul for the practice of group theatre in Chittagong. He said that after the formation of Theatre-73 Sadrul also played the key role in the forming "Arindam" in 1974.

His extreme love for art, culture and theatre even made Sadrul give up studying medicine.