{"id":638,"date":"2025-11-20T21:33:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/netimes.news\/assam\/2025\/11\/20\/two-day-drama-festival-in-maligaon-featuring-plays-honouring-bhupen-hazarika-and-zubeen-garg-begins-december-5\/"},"modified":"2025-11-29T11:49:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T06:19:33","slug":"two-day-drama-festival-in-maligaon-featuring-plays-honouring-bhupen-hazarika-and-zubeen-garg-begins-december-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/netimes.news\/assam\/2025\/11\/20\/two-day-drama-festival-in-maligaon-featuring-plays-honouring-bhupen-hazarika-and-zubeen-garg-begins-december-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-Day Drama Festival in Maligaon Featuring Plays Honouring Bhupen Hazarika and Zubeen Garg Begins December 5"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Guwahati: The acting and music institution Gandharba<\/em>, based in Boripara, Maligaon, will celebrate its 21st anniversary with the third edition of the Gandharba Drama Festival<\/strong>, a two-day event scheduled for December 5 and 6, 2025<\/strong>. The festival will take place at the Karmashree Hiteswar Saikia Auditorium, the organisers\u2014President Gautam Kumar and Secretary Dhrubajyoti Kumar\u2014announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The opening night will feature \u2018Moi Aru Mur Saa\u2019<\/strong>, a Gandharba production conceptualised by Dhrubajyoti Kumar, written by Binod Sharma and directed by Akhilesh Hazari. The play, a tribute to Dr. Bhupen Hazarika on his centenary, is scheduled to begin at 6:30 PM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The second evening, dedicated to the late music icon Zubeen Garg<\/strong>, will showcase \u2018Choku\u2019<\/strong>, written and directed by Diganta Kakati and produced by Srishti Kala-Krishti Kendra, at 6:00 PM<\/strong>. This will be followed by \u2018A Beautiful Melody\u2019<\/strong>, written by Montu Kumar Das, directed by Ronald Hussain, and presented by Natatirtha, Guwahati, at 7:00 PM<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The festival will be inaugurated on December 5<\/strong> by Hrishikesh Goswami<\/strong>, Secretary of the Children\u2019s Literature Trust, Assam. On December 6<\/strong>, the second night\u2019s proceedings will be opened by noted art and cultural personality Makbul Haque<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the anniversary celebrations, the Jivan Silpi Guruji Adya Sarma Memorial Drawing Competition<\/strong> will be held on December 6 at 3:00 PM<\/strong> for students of Classes I to VI. The 15th All Assam Bhupendra Sangeet Competition<\/strong> is scheduled for December 7 from 10:00 AM<\/strong>, featuring two categories\u2014Category A (below 15 years) and Category B (15 years and above). Participants must submit valid age-proof documents, and instrumental accompaniment will be provided by the organisers. Proper attire and discipline are mandatory, and the committee\u2019s decision will be final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The 21st anniversary celebrations will conclude on December 7 at 7:00 PM<\/strong> with a cultural programme and awards ceremony, where winners will receive cash prizes, trophies, and certificates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2014Prantik Deka<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Guwahati: The acting and music institution Gandharba, based in Boripara, Maligaon, will celebrate its 21st anniversary with the third edition of the Gandharba Drama Festival, a two-day event scheduled for December 5 and 6, 2025. The festival will take place at the Karmashree Hiteswar Saikia Auditorium, the organisers\u2014President Gautam Kumar and Secretary Dhrubajyoti Kumar\u2014announced. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","category-main-page"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/netimes.news\/assam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/netimes.news\/assam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/netimes.news\/assam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netimes.news\/assam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netimes.news\/assam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/netimes.news\/assam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":640,"href":"https:\/\/netimes.news\/assam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/638\/revisions\/640"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netimes.news\/assam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/netimes.news\/assam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netimes.news\/assam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/netimes.news\/assam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}