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Marking World Theatre Day, the Bangladesh Centre of International Theatre Institute and the Bangladesh Group Theatre jointly organised a discussion and cultural programme at the National Theatre Hall of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Thursday.
   The programme was ended staging Rajeh Govindoh, a form of Sang Jatra performed in the rural areas.
   The play, produced by Mahadeb Sampraday from Tangail, has been scripted and directed by Jitendra Mohan Pal.
   The plot of the play revolves around Haridas who is mentally challenged. The play opens with Nepal, father of the protagonist who lost his mother at an early age. Nepal called his son.
   Haridash, wearing a shirt replied he was in the office.
   Nepal told him that he is going to arrange a marriage for him so that the bride can take care of Haridas.
   On a journey to find a bride for Haridash, interestingly Nepal tied the knot with a teen aged lady named Shilpi. And Nepal has come back home with his new wife.
   The second marriage of his father makes Haridas angry. The protagonist vowed to take revenge on his father.
   Haridash somehow manages to find out the house of Shilpi at Gabtali and proposed to Shilpi’s mother to marry him.
   Shilpi’s mother becomes astonished at the offer and refuses to enter into wedlock because of her old age. ‘If my father can marry at this age why can’t you’, asks Haridash and finally receives the approval of the old lady.
   Shilpi’s mother marries the boy who is junior to her son who died early.
   The play takes a dramatic turn when the two newly wed couples meet each other during the honeymoon at Bindaban. All are ashamed and astonished to see each other.
   The son requests his father to salute him as he is married to Nepal’s mother-in-law. This is how Haridash takes the revenge on his father’s deed.
   Different roles are played by Shiddhi Charan Pal, Nipel Pal, Bhozon Pal, Farida Aktar, Unil Pal, Surya Pal, Robna Pal and Pran Krishno Pal.
   Three musicians also performed in the show. Babul Chandra played on the Dolak, Goraj Ali on Konet flute and Nimai Das on the harmonium.
   ‘We charge Tk 17,000 for the show’, said Mohan.

Mariah Carey is on track to collect her 18th No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart next week.
   ‘Touch My Body,’ the first single from her upcoming album, dipped one place to No. 15 on the latest survey, issued Thursday.
   But the fresh availability of a digital download should send the song hurtling to the top next week.
   That will push Carey to second place among artists with the most No. 1s in the rock era.
   The record is held by the Beatles with 20. She is currently tied with Elvis Presley.
   Carey’s album, ‘E=MC2,’ the follow-up to her 2005 Grammy-winning smash ‘The Emancipation of Mimi,’ is due in U.S. stores on April 15.
   The current Hot 100 champ is Leona Lewis, who becomes only the third British solo female artist in the rock era to reach the top with her debut chart entry, ‘Bleeding Love.’
   The only other artists to achieve this milestone were Sheena Easton with ‘Morning Train (Nine to Five)’ in 1981 and Petula Clark with ‘Downtown’ in 1965.