National Drama Day Celebrated in Berhampur
Odishabarta
Berhampur: Poet Surya Baldev Rath’s birthday is celebrated as National Drama Day. The function was presided over by Pradeep Devi Prasad Sahu at Bhanj Mandap premises of Jatiya Sangita Kala Kendra and was presided by Tirupati Sahu, President of Cultural South Odisha Senior Artists Federation and former BDA Chairman and State BJD Secretary Subash Maharana while Ganjam zilla Kalakar Mancha President K. Balaram Das, Music Director Prashant Kumar Nayak, Natyashree Foundation Chairman Bhavani Shankar Mishra, Journalist Jyoti Ranjan Das,Prakash Patnaik,Ashok Brahma, Senior Playwright Ramaraman Padhy were joined as a guest and expressed their views.
Union Secretary Subhas Chandra Sahu Roshan delivered the welcome address while Executive President Durga Prasad Acharya introduced the guests. Gram Natya Director Bhagwan Sahu, Play Organizer Manoj Kumar Pradhan, Senior artiste Sridhar Pradhan, G.Nagaraja Rao, Babula Mohapatra, Journalist Surya Narayan Behera and Lalatendu Choudhury were honored on the occasion.Sri Sri Maa Mangala Gananatya based in Surangi-Sumandi Sponsored and Directed by Bhagaban Sahu entertained the audience with the play ‘Shakuni’s Kuto Chakranta’. Finally, Swargaurabh Krishna Prasad Sabat, Secretary of Kalakendra, offered his thanks. Many Artists including Prafulla Behera, Prafulla Nayak, Devendra Prasad Sharma, Mahendra Sahu and Baldev Sahu assisted in the management of the event.
