Victory day celebration programmes at Agartala

Assistant High Commission for the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Agartala, India has organised a Victory Day celebration programme at Rabindra Bhaban, Agartala on December 16. Deputy speaker of Tripura Parliament Pabitra Kar will inaugurate the celebration programme.

The programme will feature patriotic songs performance by Bangladeshi singers – Devdas Chowdhury, Habibur Rahman, AKM Sorwardi, Nargis Chowdhury and Azhar Kishor. Padatik Natya Sangsad Bangladesh will stage their acclaimed theatre production “Poramati” at the event.       

A photography exhibition on Liberation War-based theatre productions and some selective theatre productions of post-independent Bangladesh will be on display at the venue. The displayed photos are from the collection of Bangladeshi playwright Babul Biswas. 

Written by Babul Biswas, “Poramati” -- a narrative from a torture camp of Pakistani Military during the Liberation War -- has been directed by Dr. Irin Pervin Lopa. Selim SH Chowdhury, Team Leader of Padatik, is the art director of the play.  

The play depicts a tale of sheer horror narrated by a number of prisoners held by the Pakistani Army. The perpetrators insinuate the poison of betrayal into the prisoners and it leads to a crack in their unity. Betrayal poisons the mind of Bangladeshis during the war shattering their unity, and the play brings forth that tale of betrayal and killing by the Pakistani Military and their local collaborators.

“Poramati” fits well into the present socio-political context where people are running after personal interest instead of collective welfare of the society.

Omiyo Mizan, Kamruzzaman Pavel, Al Amin, Faruk Faysal Duke, Mahmuda Akter Lita and Kamal Hossain have played different roles in the play.