Saurab Ch. Das
Port Blair, Oct 21: With an aim to bring back lost glory of Theatre in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, renowned film and theatre Director of these Islands, Mr. Naresh Chander Lal is all set to stage two Plays “Ashad Key Ek Din” written by Mohan Rakesh and “Yayati” written by Girish Karnad. The Plays will be staged soon under the banner of Andaman People Theatre Association (APTA) and will be directed by Naresh Chander Lal.
In this regard the Mahurat Ceremony of the famous play Ashad Key Ek Din was organized at APTA office premises, Port Blair. Mr. Sanjib Kumar Roy, Editor of Andaman Sheekha and a local artist was the Chief Guest of the Mahurat Ceremony.
Addressing the gathering Mr. Naresh Chander Lal said that he will put all efforts to bring back the lost glory of Theatre in Andaman and to create good taste for Theatre in these Islands.
“I want to organize plays in these Islands in war footing as it was done in past,” Lal said.
He also introduced senior, seasoned as well as new artists of APTA, who are Mr. Srinath Vashisht, Mr. Ravindra Rao, Mr. Madan Kumar Gupta, Ms. Samitha Veda Acharya, Mr. Farukh Alam, Miss Priyanka Talukdar, Mr. T Raja, Mr. N C Banerjee, Mr. Krishna Kumar Bishwendra and Mrs. Ruksana.
Addressing the gathering Mr. Sanjib Kumar Roy, the Chief Guest congratulated Mr. Naresh Chander Lal for this welcome step and wished the entire team best of luck. He also urged Mr. Lal to make use of technological advancements for better impact and to record these plays for future reference of budding artists as well as Islanders.
