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Drama and Cinematography Department

Drama, Cinematography and Photography department is a major part of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. It works on drama, film, photography, puppet, jatra and other theatrical performance. Protection, preservation and practice of theatre, several types of theatrical forms, jatra, film, photography, puppet and patronization of artists and troupes are the prime responsibilities of this department. The department nurtures and sponsors the theatre groups, puppet teams, jatra teams, photography societies striving hard upholding rational types of peoples culture and arrange staging of drama, jatra, puppet and conduct workshop and exhibition on photography and arrange film festival & film making workshop regularly. By establishing a theatre hall with all staging facilities, it is possible to provide total facilities for the artists and artisans of dramatic and encourage their abilities to perform. To uphold Bangladesh theatre up to the international standard all dramatic team and groups are encouraged to stage their plays, drama and theatres in the two auditoriums, seminar room and studio theatre. This Department has become a meeting place of national standard for all dramatic people. The aim of the Drama, Cinematography and Photography Department of the Academy is to materialize the dreams of the dramatic personalities of the country to strengthen the total dramatic art of the country. This Department of the Shilpakala Academy itself produces and stages plays performed by the Bangladesh Shilpakala Acdemy repertory theatre team and repertory jatra team. The ‘Eksho Bostha Chaal’ – a translation of a Japanese playwright and produced by the Academy has been awarded international Uchimura prize. Facilities of staging experimental works, the stage performers are encouraged on experimenting different techniques and enrichment of different techniques and methods and to get ideas and thoughts on theatre. In addition to that three rehearsal rooms provide the artists and theatre team to rehearse at ease. A theatre library and a theatre archives will soon be opened from used.

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Director General

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Liaquat Ali Lucky

Director General is the chief of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Present Director General is Liaquat Ali Lucky, a prominent cultural personality of Bangladesh. He is a freedom fighter also. Liaquat Ali Lucky, son of Shikh sadek Ali and Mazeda Begum was born on 13 January 1957 at Nawabgang, Dhaka. He completed his graduation and post graduation from the Dept. English Literature of Dhaka University. He is an actor, director, singer, composer and a good organizer also. He has acted in 57 drama and directed 78 drama. He wrote 8 playwright also. He got the honor of “Artistic Excellence for children and youth theater” by Assitej , “Honorary cultural emong of Japan” from the Governor of Twaiama in Japan, “Dhaka University Gold Medal” in 1984 and “Samalaya Award” of Kolkata as the best children organizer. of Peoples Theatre Association and one of the founder and present vice president of Combined Cultural Alliance (Shommilito Shangskritik Jot) and president of Asian Regional committee of International Amateur Theatre Association. He was the elected cultural secretary of DUCSU. He is the only man whose directed stage drama “Kanjush” has been staged 642 times in Bangladesh and abroad. Under his leadership Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has gained tremendous success in its works.