Juvenile theatre actors awarded
Rafi Zahed
The seventeen day ‘juvenile theatre festival’ which took place in Dhaka, ended with an award giving ceremony at the Shishu Academy auditorium on June 28.
During the event, 80 participants from various theatre groups in Bangladesh attended the ceremony along with noted personalities like Ramendu Majumder, president of ITI Bangladesh, Ataur Rahman, general secretary of ITI Bangladesh, eminent children story writer Ali Emam, Liaquat Ali Lucky, a renowned theatre activist, Golam Quddus of Sammilita Sangskritik Jhot and Jhuna Chowdhury, general secretary of Bangladesh Theatre Federation.
The event commenced with the national anthem sung by the visitors at the ceremony. This was followed by a special award given to four individuals and one organisation for their contribution towards the juvenile theatre revolution.
The recipients were Rokanuzzaman Khan Dadabhai, Dipankar Das Ratan, Palash Khondakar, Shamim Azad and the Kids Cultural Institute.
These four individuals and the organisation have long been involved with the cultural development of children, particularly, theatre.
Their continued effort and support made it possible for many children to work towards the development of juvenile theatre here in Bangladesh. On behalf of Rokanuzzaman Khan Dadabhai, the award recipient expressed his gratitude for showing such respect for Dadabhai’s work. Dadabhai is considered one of the most prolific writers for children. Shamim Azad was equally excited to receive this award and in a statement mentioned, ‘I would like to continue my work with children until death’.
Following this special award, 80 participants from various theatre groups were given the ‘manchakuri padak’. The recipients were awarded on the basis of talent and contribution towards the juvenile theatre sector.
The event was concluded with two theatre performances. The first drama was ‘Paritran’ performed by a theatre group from Bogura and the second play was ‘Raster Chele’ written by Liaquat Ali Lucky and directed by Kallan Mitra.
Nacholer Rani hits cinemas today
Cultural Correspondent
Nacholer Rani, a full length feature film on the historical Santal Movement by Wahiduzzaman Diamond, hits four cinemas including Balaka Cineworld and Star Cineplex in Dhaka and at Nachole and Rahanpur under Chapainawabganj district.
The plot revolves around a housewife named Ila Mitra, who assisted the Santals with her courageous effort to put up a formidable resistance against the zamindar of Borendra.
Though she belonged to the zamindar family of Borendra, she assisted the Santals as she could not condone the reign of repression unleashed by the landlord.
The film portrays the historical Santal peasant movement at Nachole in Chapai Nawabgonj district in which Ila Mitra was the central figure.
Filming was done in the Barendra area where the brutal incidents took place and at different shooting spots in Dhaka.
Different roles have been played by Shahana Sumi, Ripon, Borsha, Afsana Rahman, Zahir Hassan, Tapan, Kajol, Mamun, Momo Morshed, Poresh Acharya, waqqar, Sazzad, Ziaur Rahman, Belal Ahmed, Rabiul Alam and others.
Museum buys 55 Van Gogh letters
BBC Online
Fifty-five letters written by Vincent van Gogh which have been out of public view for 60 years have been bought by the Van Gogh Museum in the Netherlands.
The letters, including some sketches, were written between 1881 and 1885 to fellow Dutch artist Anthon van Rappard.
‘They are of key importance for our understanding of Van Gogh's views and his development as a burgeoning artist,’ said the Amsterdam museum.
It already holds about 700 Van Gogh letters, mostly to his brother Theo.
The museum stresses the value of the newly-bought letters as ‘genuine correspondence between artists’.
Theo van Gogh introduced Vincent and Van Rappard, who lived in Brussels, in 1880, and the pair corresponded for four years.
They kept each other informed about their work, discussed art and literature, and exchanged sketches, drawings and prints.
The museum says they ‘felt a certain camaraderie as painters of the common people’.
But Van Rappard's criticism of Van Gogh's Potato eaters painting in 1885 soured the friendship and the correspondence ended soon after.
The museum bought the letters from an anonymous private collector via Sotheby's in New York.
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