An eight-day-long 15th National Theatre Festival, CANFEST-2018, being organised by Canmass, kicked off here on March 19.
Inaugurating the event, PPT chief Rinkesh Roy expressed his happiness on the endeavour of Canmass for promoting folk culture and theatre in the township of Paradip.
Canmass president Capt AK Mohapatra, PPT deputy chief N Vaiyapuri, Trustee Pratap Mishra, Coast Guard DIG Rajesh Makwana, PPl Executive B Sinha, IFFCO Chief Executive KJS Patel, Director Nadira Zaheer Babar and eminent theatre personality Dolgovind Rath were present.
In the beginning, the festival was dedicated to legendary theatre and film personality Minaketan Das. On the occasion, chief guest Roy unveiled a magazine published by Canmass.
The artists of Ekjute, Mumbai, staged Hindi play "Ye He Bombay Merijaan" written and directed by Nadira Zaheer Babar.