Theatre troupe Driessho Kabbo will stage their play “Atapar Pranay” at the Jatiya Natyashala Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital today.

Atapar Pranay, the fifth theatre production of Driessho Kabbo, has been directed by HM Motaleb. Playwright and fiction writer Ruma Modak has adapted it from William Shakespeare’s famous play “Romeo and Juliet”.

Based in Habiganj district, the play revolves around an interfaith love story.

About the play, director HM Motaleb shared, “William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet has been adapted by Ruma Modak in the context of Habiganj district. This love story is eternally true and immortal. The adaptation will also touch the audience’s heart.”

A Muslim youth named Rumman from Syed family and a young Hindu woman named Jui from Chowdhury family fall in love. The two families refuse to accept the relationship and get into conflict. Before long it fuels sectarian violence between Muslims and Hindus living in the area, and the play moves forward.

HM Motaleb, Moushumi Begum, Rimon Saha, Nairuz Sifat, Sporsho Bonik, Ashraful Aaryan, Chitra Saha, Abul Hasnat, Dipu Mahmud, Arif Hussain Prottoy, Sarful Islam, Atikur Rahman, Mohsin Shiblu and others played different characters in the play.

There will be another show on tomorrow evening at the same venue.