A dream unfulfilled
He had a dream. Or many dreams, to be precise. One of them was to make some epic films. According to his own words before his death, his journey to make a history in Bangla films would start with the making of Kagojer Phool (paper flower).
But the dreamer, the creator of The Clay Bird (Matir Moina), was finally laid to rest in the clay home yesterday, four days after his life was cut short in a road accident.
Four others including ATN News CEO Mishuk Munier also died on Saturday in the accident that happened on their way to meet the Manikganj deputy commissioner for permission to shoot for his “epic” film Kagojer Phool.
The internationally acclaimed filmmaker was buried around 2:40pm in the family yard of his village home at Nurpur in Faridpur, reports our district correspondent.
Friends, colleagues, family members and hundreds of well wishers remained stoic as he was put to eternal sleep. Their faces etched with grief, all stood in silence.
A shell-shocked Catherine Masud, Tareque’s widow, bid farewell to her soul mate by giving a handful of soil in his grave.
Catherine’s mother Alfreda Shapere and her brother Alfred Shapere flew from the US to attend the burial.
“I want to finish the incomplete work of Tareque,” Catherine was quoted by Helaluddin Ahmed, the deputy commissioner of Faridpur, who also attended the burial.
Born in 1956, Tareque Masud directed a number of acclaimed films including Muktir Gaan (The Song of Freedom) in 1995 and Matir Moina in 2002 which won a FIPRESCI Prize at the Cannes Film Festival of the year.
Some of his other masterpieces include Sonar Beri (The Chains of Gold), Adam Surat (Inner Strength), Ontorjatra (The Homeland), Noroshundor (The Barber) and Runway.
Earlier in the day, the ambulance carrying his body reached his village home around 12:00noon. His body was kept at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University mortuary.
-With The Daily Star input
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