On the opening evening of Syed Badruddin Hossain Smirit Natyotsab, a big audience enjoyed two popular theatre productions—"Goray Golod" and "Dewan Gazir Kissa".

Organised by Padatik Natya Sangsad, the five-day festival was inaugurated on April 7 evening at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.

Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, Speaker of the Parliament, inaugurated the festival as chief guest in presence of other distinguished guests from the theatre arena and the cultural fraternity.

Following the inauguration ceremony, Indian troupe Kalyani Natyacharcha Kendra staged their much acclaimed production "Goray Golod" at the National Theatre Hall.

The play retains the same title of Rabindranath Tagore's comedy, and has been adapted and directed by Arun Mukhopadhyay and Kishore Sengupta respectively.

"Goray Golod" hilariously brings forth the weakening moral of the society through a comedy of errors. Indumoti and Nimai fall in love at their first encounter, but due to an error in their introduction phase, they suffer a lot. On the other hand, Binod Bihari marries a woman without seeing her, only to regret later.

The play thoroughly entertained the audience through its humour, accompanied with witty dialogues and charismatic acting prowess of the entire cast.

Swapan Paul, Anupam Chakraborty, Dipankar Das, Farhad Ali Mondal, Tanmoy Dutta, Partho Protim Bhattacharya, Niloy Nath, Otonu Sarkar, Payel Chakraborty, Suparna Mitra, Papia Dasm Arpita Mondal and others don different avatars in the play.

Meanwhile, at the Experimental Theatre Hall, Nagorik Natya Sampradaya staged their classic play "Dewan Gazir Kissa".

On April 8, Padatik staged their much-acclaimed production "Kaalratri" at the National Theatre Hall, and Mohakal Natya Sampraday staged "Neelakhyan" at the Experimental Theatre Hall.

Today, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy's repertory troupe will stage "Moolsnook" at the National Theatre Hall, while Arshinagar will stage "Shey Raate Purnima Chhilo" at the Experimental Theatre Hall.