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Desh Natok premieres "Arakkhita"

Personal choices that threatens sovereignty

Jamil Mahmud
It is a story about sovereignty of a country. It is also the tele ill an arrogant and alcoholic priest, who blindly loves his only daughter and finally pays a penalty. Borrowing elements from the epic, "Mahabharat*', Desh Natok's new play. "Arakkhita* depicts such issues. The troupe brought the play on stage recently
The premiere of the play was held at the National Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, on March 2. Mahbub Leelen is the playwright, while Ishrat Nishat is the director of the play.
Through the depiction of Shukracharya’s mrita shanjibani (resurrection) mantra, the play conveyed political issues impacting a land called Bangadwip', where the story takes place.
Sluikracharva is the chief
priest of Bangadwip and knows a mantra that can awaken the dead. Kach, prince from Bangadwip's rival nation, comes to Shukracharya and wants to be his follower. Kach s intelligence and punctuality soon makes him the most favoured disciple of the priest.
Both the priest's daughter Debjani and the princess Sharmistha fall for Kach.
Kach is assassinated and after a love-stricken Debojani begs and pleads, Shukracharya breaks the rule and applies his mantra an
ing the mantra through cor.
The play symbolically refers to how a high-placed individual's moments of weakness could cost a nation its sovereignty.
Nishat's directorial approach was to follow the tradltionaJ way to articulate a story from an epic. The actors were attired in traditional
costumes.
Nasirul Haque Khokon's lights and Lucy Tripti Gomes' costume and props gave priority to the colour green, to create the feel of the woods.
Dilip Chakraborty as Shuluacharya had a bold presence on the stage. Mamun Chowdhury played Kach, while Tithi Zaman enacted the role of Debjani.
Among others. Asim Kumar Natto. Fahim Malik Evan, Shahana Shishir, Firoz Alam and Anant a Kumar played other roles.
The weak part of the play was perhaps the music. Epicbased plays have a tendency to use classical music as background scores. This play also fallowed the trend. But the music was not refined. Perhaps the team needs a more able vocalist. Nasiruddin Sheikh arranged the music for the play.
"AralJdiita" is the 20th production of Desh Natok.