Dhaka: Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC) was established in Dhaka on 11 March 2010. After establishment, the organisation has achieved enormous popularity through exchanging programs between India and Bangladesh in various fields of culture including music, art, dance and drama.

‘Shrishti Cultural Centre’, on the occasion of fifth anniversary of Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre, will present a dance drama titled ‘Badi-Bandar Rupkatha’ at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at 06:30pm on 14 March.  

‘Shrishti’ started its journey through practicing Bharatanatyam, a form of Indian classical dance, in 1994. Although started with classical dance, they have worked with other forms of dance also.

The tale of the wood-cutter Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves is included in the story collection book titled Arabian Nights. The story is about a Kafri (an African Negro) man named Ali Baba and a very beautiful woman-slave Morgiana.  Morgiana is the heroine in the tale of Badi-Bandar Rupkatha. The triumphant of Morgiana is the basic content of the story. But the role of Abdullah is also not less important! In this backdrop, the story of Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves has been presented in a new contemporized form with multi-media inputs and a new style in Badi-Bandar Rupkatha.

Abdullah is an unsuccessful lover. Following the self-told story of poor Abdullah, the viewers will reach to a packed slave market in Baghdad where the maids were being sold. Later, the covers of episodes of the tale start to be unveiled one after another ... How Qasim, the greedy elder brother of Ali, made him a street beggar.... How Ali would make a living out of selling timber cut from the forest. The rest of the story is known to all. Use of the magic spell ‘Open Sesame!’ to open the secret magical cave of bandits where they used to hide their looted wealth.... and later death of greedy Qasim... tricks of Mustafa and complete victory of Morgiana. The story finally ends with unison of love without slavery.