National Theatre Festival- 2023: Day 2
Bhubaneswar: Artistes of Samagam Rangamandal of Jabalpur(MP) performed the Hindi play Bhoomi on the second evening of Fifth National Theatre Festival -2023 here at Rabindra Mandap, Bhubaneswar.
Written by Ashis Pathak and directed by Swati Dubey, the play, adapted from the Vana Parva of the Mahabharata, depicted how women have been suffering for the expansion ambitions of men. Since ages, it has been a tendency for them to assert their dominance by expanding territories or Bhoomi resulting in misery and exclusion of women, which was deeply underlined in the play.
Apart from Dubey, others who performed on stage included Harshidsingh Thakur, Ankit Kumar, Bandit Sethi, Ayushi Rao and Naman Sen.
Theatre director Shatrughna Samal and journalist Sharmistha Panigrahi were conferred with Bidyakanak Samman.
Among the dignitaries present were Rotarian Jayshree Mohanty, playwright Maya Das, drama director Nibedita Jena and psychiatrist Dr Debadutta Mohapatra.
Suvakanta Padhi, the secretary of the hosting organisation, Bidyakana Srujanusthan, conducted the event.
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