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Selim Al Deen's birth anniversary celebration

Contemporary issues addressed in plays at the festival

“Banopangshul”: First publication of Selim Al Deen Pathshala unveiled

Ershad Kamol
Four Selim Al Deen plays--Joiboti Konyar Mon, Prachya, Horgoj and Nimojjon — were staged at the festival jointly organised by Dhaka Theatre and Bangladesh Shilpakala Acadepty. Contemporary issues such as feminism, social discrimination, adverse impact of globalisation and fall of humanity have been depicted in the plays staged at the festival
Featuring the stories of two women belonging to different ages - Kalindi (representing the 18th century) and a contemporary jatra artiste Pori — Al Deen in joboti Konyar Mon showed how (heyh^edme Victims of a flawed' social system. The play belongs to Kathanatya form, a term iptro-
As part of the festival organised to celebrate the birth anniversary of theatre icon Selim Al Deen, a newly formed organisation 'Selim Al Deen Pathshala' launched its first publication Banopangshul — a quarterly little magazine — at the plaza of National Theatre Stage on Au gust 21.
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In Prachya, belonging to Panchali form, Al Deen recreated the popular Behula-Lakhindar myth, the most popular representative of medieval Bangla literature. In Prachya, the bride dies from snakebite on the wedding night and the groom Saifar Chan chases die snake so that he can avenge his beloved.
However, analysing the play, in particular the memories of Saifar on the long journey home escorting his bride from the in law's as well as the last scene when an exhausted Saifar watches the serpent leaving boldly -- one can come to the conclusion that; (fie protagonist represents those Who can do very little against social injustice as well as natural calam-
Eminent Indian critic Professor Arun Sen was the chief guest of the launching ceremony. Theatre personality Nasiruddin Yousuff and Sohel Hassan Galib, editor of Banupangshul, delivered speeches at the programme.
Discussants at the programme hoped that Selim Al Deen
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Horgoj, written when communism collapsed in many countries around the world in late 1980s, takes man in a situation where he is pitted against the concept of'state'.
Set against the backdrop of a rescue team's struggle to help people in a chaotic situation just after a tornado, Al Deen protested the ongoing 'imperialism' in the shape of globalisation.
Selim Al Deen addressed global politics furthermore in the play Nimojjon, where histories of genocides since the birth of civilisation have been depicted through the dialogue between a stranger and professor of political science.
Pathshala would arrange regular programmes on theatre and literature around the country. Moremer, it would regularly publish Banupangshul Title of the magazine is taken from Al Deen's popular play Banopangshul featuring oppression on the Mandai community by the Bengalis.