BotTala Theatre staged the 100th performance of its production “Khona” at Central Shaheed Minar on April 11, marking a rare milestone for a Bangladeshi stage play.

Theatre troupe BotTala has launched a two-day cultural festival at the Central Shaheed Minar to celebrate the 100th staging of its acclaimed play “Khona”.

BotTala Theatre Group’s acclaimed play “Khona” is set to reach a significant milestone with its 100th performance, more than a decade after it was first staged.

Set roughly fifteen centuries in the past, the narrative refuses the comfort of historical distance. Instead, it uses Khona’s story to interrogate questions that remain unresolved: how women’s knowledge is dismissed, how class and authority shape truth, and how power silences voices that challenge it. The play’s central argument is unambiguous—oppression often begins at home, long before it becomes institutional.

The production has been lauded for its compelling portrayal of Khona's defiance against patriarchal norms and her quest for equality.​

The verses remind us that a withering, war-torn Earth can still birth new life and hopes of freedom.

Khona, the mythical lady of ancient Bengal was as keen and clever as her prophecies, or so history depicts her to be.