'Iblish' pits the proletariats against feudal lords
Certificate giving ceremony of Prachyanat School of Acting and Design
Cultural Correspondent
Since its inception on June 8, 2001, Prachyanat School of Acting and Design regularly offers a six-month certificate course in acting and design and subsequently has emerged as one of the very few institutions which provide theatre education in the country. The school arranged a certificate giving ceremony of the 11th batch recently at the Experimental Theatre Stage. The event was presided over by chief of Prachyanat, Azad Abul Kalam; theatre personality Mamunur Rashid and eminent actor Subarna Mustafa were the special guests.In his welcome speech, Shahidul Mamun on behalf of Prachyanat School of Acting and Design outlined the curriculum and prospects of the school. Subarna Mustafa said, "I was also the special guest of the certificate giving ceremony of the first batch of the school. For the betterment of theatre, it's urgent to introduce professionalism." Mamunur Rashid said, "Prachyanat School of Acting and Design as a theatre education institute is doing well. I'm pleased that the students of the school will stage my play this evening." Azad Abul Kalam said, "As it is difficult to eke out a living in Bangladesh through theatre, to keep up with changing times we have included direction and acting courses of cinema and TV in the certificate course." The discussion was followed by staging of Iblish by Mamunur Rashid. Iblish features the struggle of proletariats against the backdrop of the feudalistic and oppressive social structure of rural Bangladesh. Mamun's play concludes with the meting of 'poetic justice' featuring the victory of the oppressed people against the evil feudal lords. Director Sakhawat Hossain Rezvi's approach is very simple. The distinctive feature of his direction is the smooth transition between the scenes. Light designer M Shaiful Islam's design was also very simple. However, the strength of the theatre presentation was the enthusiastic performance by the young and energetic actors like Abul Hasnat Bhuiyan, Nipun Ahmed and others.
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