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NATIONAL THEATRE FEST ON LIBERATION WAR

Tirjok's production chronicles the woes of a war child

Jamil Mahmud
While most of the plays staged so far at the “National Theatre Festival on the Liberation War” were more or less grand narratives, some of them were deconstructive works. While stories such as atrocities by the Pakistani army and its collaborators as well as bravery of the freedom fighters had been portrayed significantly in these plays, a couple of productions took different approaches, such as going beyond the glorious past and looking at the war from a more artistic and humanistic perspective.
Badruzzaman Alamgir’s text and Shamim Hasan's directorial venture, “Nananpurer Mela-e Ekjon Kamala Shundari O Ekti Bagh Ashe”, is such an effort. The play, produced by Tirjok Natya Goshthi of Chittagong, was staged at the National Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka, on July 10.
The play tries to create a collage with fragmented stories that were performed in a pala form. It saw different actors as narrators at times, all of whom narrate the agonies of two individuals -- Jaidul and Luppa. Singing was an integral part of the play, as the theme of the Liberation War came as memories.
Jaidul (performed by Manik) is a war child and grows up with disturbed childhood memories. As a result he turns into a psychopath. He grows up with his adopted sister Luppa (Nishu) and listening to the
tales of the war.
A psychologically disturbed Jaidul falls for Luppa and wants to be with her. Meanwhile, Emdad who once loved Luppa kills the local communist leader Samiul. Jaidul is an eye witness of that murder, and as a result Emdad wants to kill him too. Jaidul dies but not at the hands of Emdad. He is reincarnated as a tiger and finally meets Luppa who now goes by the name 'Kamala Shundari', and is with a circus troupe. The troupe comes to Nananpur for shows.
Using of local myth, young director Hasan, who is also a teacher of dramatics department at Chittagong University, tries to create the collage of events that somehow refers to the war. At times this effort seemed brilliant, especially during the performance of Nasir [as a narrator and Kabiraj], while at others it failed to connect with the audience.
The cast also included Khaled Helal, Hannan, Faruk, Plaban, Heera, Tuli and Naima. Proma Abanti did the choreography while Dr. Dipankar Dey was the music director.
The play is the 32nd production of Tirjok Natya Goshthi.
On the day, six more plays were staged at three other venues. The plays included “Rajarbagh 71” by Dhaka Metropolitan Police Theatre Troupe; “Bondhu Naim-ke Khola Chithi” by Govt. Bangabandhu University College, Gopalganj; and “Shondhyar Shurjo” by Kamrunnesa Degree College, Lalmonirhat.