Theatre troupe Nagorik Natya Sampradaya will stage “Nam Gotrohin Mantor Meyera” as part of the “BotTala-RangaMela 2014” festival on October 29 at the National Theatre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
The 44th production of the troupe is based on Saadat Hasan Manto’s novels “Kaali Shalwar,” “License” and “Hatak,” the play is directed by famed Indian theatre activist and director Usha Ganguly.
“Kaali Shalwar,” the first story portrays Sultana, a sex worker who recently migrated from Ambala to Delhi with her escort Khodabox. Because of war and poverty, Sultana and Khodabox suffer and she presses Khodhabox to return to their previous living arrangement.
The second story was on Manto’s “License,” which showed how a woman cannot get a license to drive a horse carriage but can easily get to sell her body and dignity on the backdrop of a patriarchal society.
In the third story “Hatak,” Sugondhi is approached by a police constable who promises to meet all her expectations and demands, in return he wants her to leave her profession as a sex worker and lead an honourable life.
