Dramatist Mamunur Rashid was born on February 29, 1948 in Kalihati, Tangail. A three-day Janma festival begins today on the occasion of his birthday. The festival will include the staging of plays written and directed by Mamunur Rashid, seminars, exhibitions, book releases, receptions and chats.
Janmotsav will start today at 12 noon with channel. Mamunur Rashid will be given a red carpet reception at an event organized by Channel Eye Managing Director Faridur Reza Sagar. After that, the cover of the book titled ‘Akalanta Pran Ek Mamunur Rasheed’ published on him will be unveiled. The book has been edited by producer Arif Khan. Actor and producer Afzal Hossain has done the cover. Mamunur Rashid will participate in the chat after unveiling the book. He will be accompanied by actor Ataur Rahman, actresses Dolly Zahoor and Dilara Zaman. In the afternoon, the first day’s program will end with various performances at the National Theater of Shilpakala Academy.
There is a special seminar tomorrow at 10 am in the seminar room of Shilpakala Academy. A documentary about Mamunur Rashid, made by Shilpakala Academy, will be shown. In the afternoon, there will be two performances of the play ‘Radhang’ written and directed by Mamunur Rashid at the Neelima Ibrahim Auditorium of the Women’s Association. Chanchal Chowdhury, AK M Hasan and senior actors of Aranyak Natyadal will perform. On the third and last day of March 2, there is a seminar organized by Actors Equity at 10 am. It will feature a documentary on him, produced by Sujat Shimul, along with the reading of the essay. The three-day event will end with the staging of the play ‘Kahe Facebook’ written and directed by Mamunur Rashid at the Women’s Association in the afternoon.
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