Famous stage drama, Meraj Fokirer Ma, was screened on Thursday, August 4 at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. A group of thirty students from the Department of English of University of Asia Pacific (UAP), accompanied by three faculty members including the head of the department Professor Dr Shawkat Hussain, associate professor Takad Ahmed Chowdhury and lecturer Md Shazed Ul Huq Abir, took part to experience it.
Meraj Fokirer Ma is an acclaimed play by the theatre, which has been successfully performed for over two decades since May 20, 1995.
The play stars the celebrity couple Ferdousi Mojumdar and Ramendu Mojumdar.
It was an amazing experience for the bunch of UAP students and teachers of watching the brilliant performances on stage that highlights a debate between fundamentalism and progressiveness, and zooms in on the fact that the essence of religion has been misinterpreted to the benefit of some in the society.
Written by late Abdullah Al Mamun, the play poses a few very important questions of life: What is more important, relationship or religion? Should a son leave his mother if his views regarding religion differ from that of hers? In fact, through this satirical play, the playwright tries to bring out the human values and depict certain characters, who oppress people in the name of religion.
The students and teachers of UAP were also thrilled to share some good moments with the two great artists, Ferdousi Majumdar and Ramendu Majumdar, before and after the show.
It was a delightful evening with some lovely memories to treasure for the participating teachers and students beyond the classroom.