The Theatre’s latest production, “Kuhokjal” will be staged today at 7pm at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
The play knits a sad tale involving murder, abduction and betrayal. It addresses the anarchies in society, the prevailing gender disparities and the religious frictions.
The play, directed by Tropa Majumder, premièred on August 16 at the National Theatre Hall of the academy.
Veteran actor and theatre activist Ramendu Majumder plays the role of a priest who wants to destroy a locality in order to built a church.
The central character of the play is a young Muslim man named Ghuron Shordar. His friend Tamokh converts to Islam and is killed brutally because of that. The murder is witnessed by Ghuron who becomes taumatised.
Later he involves, again, in a complicated relationship with his past love interest, Chandura, where the lady seeks his shelter after being rejected by her husband, a politician, while she is pregnant. After giving birth to a baby boy, the husband calls her back.
With a broken heart, Ghuron sets off in search of solidarity. He meets a vibrant Somani who is a dance teacher to the indigenous people of the region and an activist supporting the ignored minorities from being exploited by Father Thomas (Ramendu Majumdar). One day, Somali disappears.