Humayun Mela
Youths personifies Humayun’s fictional character
Hundreds of youths cladding like the Humayun Ahmed’s popular fictional character Himu attended the Humayun Mela organised to celebrate the iconic writer’s 65th birth anniversary.
These bare-footed youths in yellow punjabi wandered around aimlessly at the stalls in the fair to reflect the spirit of the popular fictional character they keep within. Himu is a fictional enigmatic, vatic, bohemian, callow, casual character created by Humayun in number of novels since its first appearance in Moyurakkhi that has been in the hearts of millions of youths in the country. Even the women who participated in the fair came in blue sari.
The fair, that took place at the Channel i office in Tejgaon, reflects the fact that Himu is not the icon for the males rather the fictional character represents the spirit of the urban youth.
As Himu is haunted by the puzzling light of the moon, these youths look haunted by Himu whose popularity perhaps surpasses any other fictional character in the history of Bangla literature.
‘I, along with my friends, have come to celebrate Humayun Ahmed’s birthday. We all love Himu and its creator,’ said a delighted and excited Tusher.
‘Humayun Ahmed will always be among us. His characters and writings will remain alive within each of us,’ said Sharmin Saba another visitor at the fair.
They also cut a token cake in the fair organised by Channel i to celebrate the 65th birth anniversary of Humayun Ahmed, the most popular writer of the contemporary Bangla literature, a trendsetter TV playwright and a successful filmmaker.
Another attraction of the fair was the publication of an anthology containing ten Himu novels.
It was the second edition of the fair organised by the TV channel.
The colourful fair also featured music, dance, children art competition and display of Humayun’s diverse works.
Seasoned singers at the programme presented songs from Humayun Ahmed’s films and the songs liked by the writer.
Noted Lalon singer Farida Parvin rendered her popular songs Nindar kanta jadi which Humayun often requested Farida to perform at different occasions.
Another popular singer Akramul Islam presented Hasan Raja’s song Nesha lagilore. Kiron Chandra Roy rendered Je noyone thako tumi and Chandana Majumder presented Amar sonar moyna pakhi.
Popular people’s singer Fakir Alamgir presented Sokoler tumi priyo manush and Baje ki modhur sure.
Some singers rendered Humayun Ahmed’s songs. Selim Chowdhury presented Chadni poshor ke while child artiste Pranti presented Humayun Ahmed’s another popular song titled Shoya urilo urilo, a playback of Humayun’s last film Ghetu Putra Kamala.
Dance organisations such as Bhorer Pakhi Nrityakola, Swadhinota and Dhrupadi presented colourful dance recitals synchronised respectively with Jet thake akhi pollobe, Ek je chilo sonar konnya and Boishakhi mela bosechhe.
A number of children also participated at the art competition. Some of these children painted imaginary portrait of Himu in yellow punjabi while most of the participants drew the serenity of nature.
Moreover, Humayun’s other works like the films, teleplays and books in digital format were on display at the stalls.
-With New Age input
