Never too late to change

Rabindranath Tagore wrote “Valmiki Pratibha” when he was twenty. Though it’s often labelled as an opera, the play is more of a musical (combining music and dance). It was first staged in 1881 and Tagore played the protagonist. The play narrates the metamorphosis of Ratnakar, a formidable bandit king to Valmiki, legendary poet-sage who wrote the Indian epic “Ramayan”.

Cultural organisations Shurolok and Nrityanchal staged the play on March 12 at National Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. City Bank and American Express presented the production. Minister for Foreign Affairs, Dr. Dipu Moni, was the chief guest at the programme.