''NityaPurana'' ( bn, নিত্যপুরাণ) is a play by

Masum Reza Masum Reza is a Bangladeshi playwright, television drama and stage play director. He is best known for writing the screenplay of the television drama serial ''Ronger Manush'' (2004). In 2016, he won Bangla Academy Literary Award in the drama categ ...

. The play is set on Baily Road Mohila Samity Manch, as are Reza's other plays, ''Birsha Kabbo'', ''Aroj Coritamritya'', ''Shamukbash'', ''Jol Balika'' (2004), ''Baghal'' (2004), ''Surgaon'' (2017), ''Kuhokjal'' (2014). Most of this play premiered at Baily Road Mohila Samity Manch and Shilpakala Academy.

Productions

On January 14, 2001, the first exhibition of the play was held on the Baily Road Mohila Samity Manch in the

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

city. After the 86th stage of 2005, the staging of Nityapurana was postponed. After 12 years later this play again shows 87th stage on November 10, 2017.

Characters

* Ekalabya *

Yudhishthira ''Yudhishthira'' (Sanskrit: युधिष्ठिर, IAST: ''Yudhiṣṭhira'') is the eldest among the five Pandava brothers. He is mentioned in the ancient epic Mahabharata. He was sired by King Pandu of the Kuru Dynasty and his first w ...

Bhima In Hindu epic Mahabharata, Bhima ( sa, भीम, ) is the second among the five Pandavas. The ''Mahabharata'' relates many events that portray the might of Bhima. Bhima was born when Vayu, the wind god, granted a son to Kunti and Pandu. Af ...

Arjuna Arjuna (Sanskrit: अर्जुन, ), also known as Partha and Dhananjaya, is a character in several ancient Hindu texts, and specifically one of the major characters of the Indian epic Mahabharata. In the epic, he is the third among Panda ...

Nakula In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, ''Nakula'' (Sanskrit: नकुल) was fourth of the five Pandava brothers. Nakula and Sahadeva were twins blessed to Madri, by Ashwini Kumaras, the divine physicians. Their parents Pandu and Madri - died earl ...

Sahadeva Sahadeva (Sanskrit: सहदेव) was the youngest of the Pandava brothers, the five principal protagonists of the epic ''Mahabharata''. He and his twin brother, Nakula, were blessed to King Pandu and Queen Madri by invoking the twin gods Ash ...

and *

Draupadi Draupadi ( sa, द्रौपदी, draupadī, Daughter of Drupada), also referred to as Krishnaa, Panchali, and Yagyaseni, is the main female protagonist of the Hindu epic ''Mahabharata,'' and the common consort of the five Pandava brothers ...

References

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