The festival opens today with Desh Natok’s production “Darpane Sharatshashi”, directed and supervised by Kamal Ahmed.

“Darpane Sharatshashi” was written by Manoj Mitra and originally directed by Aly Zaker, two towering figures of Bangla theatre. The 1992 staging became historic for its rare collaboration between Desh Natok and Nagorik Natya Sampradaya.