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National Pantomime Festival ends in Chittagong

DWAIPAYAN BARUA, Chinagong
The three-day National Pantomime Festival 2009 ended here recently with a call to becoming more vocal against all social injustices.
The festival generated much enthusiasm among the cultural enthusiasts of the port city.
Sizeable audiences attended different sessions, including mime shows and discussions, of the festival, proving sincere passion for the creative art form that goes beyond the barriers of language.
Pantomime Movement organised the festival to mark its 14 th anniversary’ at the Theatre Institute Chittagong (TIC) on the theme ‘Internationality in Pantomime Practice.' The Chittagong-based group has been active with regular performances on stage and the streets since 1994. The organisation was the brainchild of Debangshu Hore, who is now involved with theatre in Dhaka.
On the second day of the festival, a seminar on 'Crisis and
Prospect in Pantomime Practice: Bangladesh Perspective' was held. Deputy Director of National Mass Media Institute, Jahid Ripon, presented the keynote paper. Discussants included theatre personalities Ashim Das and Dr. Tajmi Nur.
Later, Dhaka-based group, Shapnadal, staged its production "Jadur Pradip," and adaptation of "Aladdin" from "Arabian Nights." Jahid Ripon was the director of the mimodrama that gave the audience an actual taste of pantomime.
Chittagong-based group, Institute of Reformative Art and Theatre (1RAT), staged its debut production "Noishabdey Rotho." Six skits by the group were — "One Morning with a Pickpocket," " hvo Thieves," "Friend of Trees," "Violence-free Campus" and "Flower is more Beautiful than Drugs."
A get-together for the pantomime activists was arranged on the concluding day (March 22) of the festival. Presidium member of Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation (BGTF), Liaquat Ali Lucky, was the chief guest at the concluding ceremony with president of Pantomime Movement, Rezwan Razan, in the chair. BGTF secretary general, Jhuna Chowdhury, was the special guest. Among others, assistant secretary general Akhteruzzaman, divisional secretary Abhijit Sen Gupta and acting office secretary Khorshedui Alam spoke on the occasion.
Padatik Nattya Shangshad, a theatre group from Dhaka, performed their production "Dinolipi. The cast of twelve enacted the complexities in our daily life through four themes like "Fantastic Dolls," "Vagrant's Titbits," "The Controller" and "Me Versus Myself."
"Dinolipi" was perhaps the highlight of the festival, with the group's unique approach to the themes. Actors managed to reflect the ill practices in everyday life that we often overlook, creating an artistic connotation with their body language.
Raj, writer and director of "Dinolipi," said, "The production is an attempt to stir our sensitivity and emotions that are increasingly becoming numb through observing and tolerating transgression everyday." Modest and apt use of music and light in the production was enjoyhble.'
Rezwan Razan said that they wanted to organise an international festival but could not obtain permission for that from the government.
Speaking at the concluding programme, Both Liaquat Ah Lucky and Jhuna Chowdhury urged the government to remove all impediments in inviting foreign artistes and groups, and encourage cultural exchange.