On occasion of birth anniversary of renowned poet-writer Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh, a 5-day Muktibodh National Drama Festival will commence from November 13 at Open Theatre of Mahant Ghasidas Memorial Museum, Department of Culture, Raipur. It will conclude on November 17.
Chhattisgarh Film and Visual Art Society and culture department is jointly organising the event.
On the inaugural day, inaugural ceremony will be held at 6.30 pm, followed by staging of ‘Draupadi’ at 7.30 PM. Asmitha Bhatt of Mumbai has written the drama.
Second play ‘Prem Politics’ will be staged on November 14 at 7.00 pm. It is written and directed by Prasana Soni. The play narrates a love story of two rivers.
‘Titli’ will be staged on November 15 at 7.00pm. it is written by Pankaj Soni while director is Sachin Verma, who is from Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh.
On fourth and fifth day, Samagam Rangmandal, Jabalpur will present their two dramas written by late Girish Karnad, ‘Agni’ and ‘Barkha’.
On concluding day, a seminar on theatre and cinema will be organised where Jayant Deshmukh and Alok Chatterjee will be holding interaction. Drama ‘Agarbatti’ will also be staged. It is written by Ashish Pathak and directed by Swati Dubey of Jabalpur. There is no entry fee to watch the plays.