Stage prodigy Kismat Bano builds mini theatre for city kids

Stage prodigy Kismat Bano has got a mini theatre hall built at her house in the state capital to train neighbourhood children in the art of acting.
Most of the funds came from her own savings and the rest was contributed by her contractor father Liaquat Ali for constructing the structure atop their residential house at Dhirenpara area, Kismat Bano, who is in her early 20's, said.
The theatre hall, with a capacity of 75, will also help raise an awareness about theatre by staging plays.
The theatre hall is scheduled to be inaugurated on March 6 during which two plays - 'Bidhyabalan' (Assamese) directed by Naren Patgiri and 'Bade Bhaisahab' (Hindi) directed by Dilip Khanal - will be staged.

Kismat Bano was selected by the North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC) under the Union Ministry of Culture to receive its prestigious annual award of 'Young Talents Artistes Award' for the year 2016-2017 from Arunachal Pradesh Governor P B Acharya in July last year.
She had established her own theatre troupe 'Wings Theatre' (cultural group) in Guwahati with a view to using theatre in education for children, conducting theatre performance-oriented workshops for orphan and indigenous girls in rural areas and working with blind children of Guwahati in promoting theatre.

In December 2016, Kismat Bano and her team had staged their play 'Helen' in Dhaka.

Kismat Bano has already acted in over 25 plays in different languages, including Assamese and Hindi, Nurul Islam Laskar, founder of the 'Stars of North East', a platform for showcasing the unknown talents of the region, said.
Kismat has participated in events such as Bharat Rang Mahotsav, Nandikar, EZCC, Sangeet Natak Academy, Prithvi, Nehru Centre, PDA festivals, Kalakshetra Chennai, Octave festival (Goa and Rajasthan) and Qadir Ali Baig Theatre Festival, he said.