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Entertainment Report

Theatre group Somoy staged 'Ekattorer Kshudiram' two times at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and Mohila Samity Auditorium at Bailey Road on November 28 and 29 respectively. Liberation Museum organised the play to mark the 100 years of self-sacrifice of Kshudiram. On July 20, 1995 this play was first staged at the Mohila Samity Auditorium in Bailey Road. After staging 39 performances it had been stopped since 1997.

Mannan Hira has scripted the play, while Pijush Bondopaddhya gave direction. Noted artiste Rathindranath Roy has directed music of the play, while Thandu Raihan was in light direction. Aktaruzzaman, Fakhrul Islam, Arifuzzaman, Riaz Mahmud Jewel, Rezaur Rahman, Pavel Islam, Nahid Niloy Biplob, Tofael Sarkar, Ankhi Afroz, Yamin Jewel, King Saheb, Romana, Rinku, Masum, Sentu, Shanto, Biplob, among others, have performed in the play.

The story of the play is based on the independence of a nation. It narrates different battling stories and liberation movements of our independence from 1908 to 1971.