In the slogan ‘This culture won’t accept terrorism, decay and corruption’, the National Theatre Festival is currently underway across 64 districts of the country simultaneously. In continuation to that Somoy theatre troupe is going to stage ‘Bhager Manush’ at the National Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on February 23 at 7pm.
This will be the 187th staging of the drama. The play, which has been adapted by Mannan Heera from Urdu short story writer Saadat Hasan Manto’s Tobatek Singh, focuses on the sufferings of the people living near the border area during the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947.
The play, directed by Aly Zaker, depicts the story of Tek Singh, a mental patient in a hospital, who strongly opposes the partition that has separated a nation in the name of religion. But, no one pays heed to his words.
Next February 28, there will be a staging of ‘Bhager Manush’, the closing day of the Ekushey Natyamela, organized by Darshan Theater. Besides, as part of the celebration of Bangabandhu's birth centenary, the the play is going to be staged at Tapan Theatre stage on march 1 in Kolkata as a part of the ‘Ganga-Jamuna Natyautsab’ being organized from Kolkata's Anik Natyadal from February 26 to March 1.
The probable cast of the play includes Pavel Islam, Akteruzzaman, Rezaur Rahman Rigon, Fakhrul Islam Mithu, Mansura Rashid Lovely, Mahmudul Alam, Tofael Sarker, Sunita Barua, Anowar, Sauny and others.
