Today is acclaimed filmmaker Tareque Masud’s 3rd death anniversary. Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and Federation of Film Societies of Bangladesh (FFSB) has chalked out a discussion session at the Music and Dance Centre of the academy today to mark the day.
The discussion session titled Tareque Masud-er Prasongikota: Bangladesh-er Chalachitra o Chalachitra Charcha (Relevance of Tareque Masud: Film of Bangladesh and Practice of Films) will be held at 6:30pm at the auditorium.
Noted director Zakir Hossain Raju and eminent film researcher Fahmidul Haque will deliver commemorative speeches highlighting the eventful life and contributions of the great filmmaker. Munira Morshed Munni and Belayet Hossain Mamun, vice-president and general secretary of FFSB respectively, will also talk at the discussion session, which will be presided over by Liaquat Ali Lucky, director general of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
Phera, a documentary on the life and works of Tareque Masud, which is directed by Prasun Rahman, will be screened following the discussion session.
The organisers and guests will also light earthenware lamps in memory of Tareque Masud and others who died with him in the road accident. Tareq Masud, along with four other members of a shooting team including noted cinematographer Mishuk Munier, died in a tragic road accident on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway on this day while returning to Dhaka from Manikganj, where they had gone to scout locations for a film. Tareque Masud’s Runway will also be screened at the programme.
Three of Tareque Masud’s films Matir Moyna, Muktir Gaan and Antarjatra were screened at the same venue on Tuesday at 3:00pm, 5:00pm and 7:00pm respectively.
Born on December 6 in 1956 in Faridpur, Tareq Masud got involved with the film society movement in the late 1970s. He made his first film Adam Surat, a documentary on the legendary artist SM Sultan, in 1982.
He, jointly with his wife Catherine Masud, made a feature length documentary on the war of independence titled Muktir Gaan in 1995, which brought a record audience to the cinemas and became a cult classic.
It was however his full length feature film Matir Moyna, again co-directed with his wife, which gave him international exposure and acclaim. The film had won one of the top awards at a special event called the Directors’ Fortnight at the International Critics’ Week that had run alongside the main festival in the city of Cannes at Southern France. It also participated in the OSCARS as the first Bangladeshi film in the same year.
Tareq Masud was also the co-founder of alternative filmmakers’ forum in Dhaka and ultimately became the central figure of alternative cine movement in Bangladesh. Besides, Masud was also acclaimed for his other films like Runway and Antorjatra.
-With New Age input
