Under Construction

Roya is a middleclass Muslim woman that struggles to find herself in the sprawl of urban Bangladesh When she discovers that she will be replaced by a younger actor for the role of Nandini a central character of Rabindranath Tagores political play Red Oleanders she battles to reconstruct the part reclaiming her identity and sexuality in the process As she sets the play in a modern day readymade garment factory in Dhaka her journey to establish her individuality is juxtaposed with the journey of her housemaid Moyna who later joins the industrial workforce