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Freedom Struggle in the light of art

"Swat" charms Chittagong audience

Pranabesh Chakraborty, Chittagong
"Swat”, a play based on the Liberation War, penned by the noted theatre personality Mamunur Rashid, enthralled the audience of the port city.
The play, a production of Theatre Institute Chittagong(TIC) under the programme titled “Forty years of independence and Liberation War in the light of art” of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, was staged at TIC auditorium on Monday.
This was the first staging of the play supported by Chittagong City Corporation (CCC).
Earlier, CCC Mayor Mohammad Manjur Alam inaugurated the programme as the chief guest. A short discussion was held prior to the staging of the play.
Moderated by Ahmed Ikbal Haider, Director of TIC, the discussion was addressed by Anwara Begum, chief executive officer of CCC, Md Samsuzzoha, secretary of CCC, and Councillors, Jawhar Lal Hazari and Rehana Begum Ranu, among others.
In his speech Alam said that the victory of the Liberation War was not achieved in a day; there are many untold sacrifices, heart breaking stories of the war heroes behind the landmark victory which should come to light.
TIC Director Ahmed Ikbal Haider said, there is no hero in the play; the ship "Swat” itself and its brave captain and crew are the real heroes.
"Through this production, we will try to uphold the diverse culture of the port city and its vital role in the Liberation War before the audience at home
and overseas," asserted Haider.
Directed by Haider, "Swat” was staged later. Through their lively performances the actors of the play successfully depicted the sacrifices of the crew of "Swat” and the labourers of Chittagong port for their beloved country.
The theme of the play centred around March, 1971. “Swat”, a ship of Pakistan Shipping Corporation, anchored at Chittagong Port. The Pakistani army brought arms in the guise of food grains through the ship in which most of the crew and labourers were Bengalis. This was to kill the innocent people of the then East Pakistan.
Hearing the news, mass resistance built up at Chittagong port during the Liberation War.
Chittagong's dialect was effectively introduced
in the play. Many popular local and indigenous songs and rhymes like "Chodochodo dhew tuli”, “Utto meghe meghe meghe”, “Bador bador heio” and "Ghum jare tuibachha” were creatively used in the play. Some compositions with the apt use of light such as 'sea voyage', 'fishing in the sea', 'life of sampan majhi’ (boatmen) were well received.
Ramiz Ahmed, Priankar Debnath, Md Ali Titu, Abdul Hadi.M Shahin Chowdhury, Mahbubul Islam Rajib, Ripan Barua, Alliur Rahman, JuelChakma, Amit Chakraborty, Santanu Das, Shyamal Barua and Ahmed Ikbal Haider enacted important roles in the play.
The stage design, light and music of the play were done by Haider.