ICONIC writer Humayun Ahmed emerged as a filmmaker in 1994 through his national award winning film Aguner Paroshmoni, based on the guerrilla operations during the war of independence in 1971.
He won the national film award once again for his second film Sraban Megher Din released in 1999.
Subsequently Humayun Ahmed made six more films such as Dui Duari, Chandrakatha, Shyamal Chhaya, 9 Number Bipad Sangket, Amar Acchey Jol and Ghetu Putra Kamola based on his writings.
Evaluating Humayaun’s endeavours as a filmmaker in the last two decades of his career, Dhallywood observes that his name as a filmmaker would survive for making films with good stories when the industry was dominated by vulgarity.
Ahmed emerged as a filmmaker at the peak of his popularity as a writer and playwright, which helped him to draw attention of the masses, observes renowned director Morshedul Islam.
‘Humayun made films just out of his love for the art form. He himself admitted that he was not as technically oriented as a maker should be. Still, he made some films having good taste. But as a filmmaker he has not that influence on the viewers as he has as a writer,’ Islam told New Age.
‘He was an incomparable writer and always a source of inspiration for me. However, I think that his films were not as rich as his writings,’ another independent film director Nurul Alam Atique remarked.
The commercial filmmakers, on the other hand, praise Ahmed for giving realistic portrayal of the war of independence in films. ‘Aguner Parashmoni is one of the most significant works in the country’s film industry,’ said accomplished film director Sohanur Rahman Sohan, who is also the vice-president of Bangladesh Film Directors’ Association.
‘I liked the way Ahmed portrayed the war in Shyamol Chhaya,’ Delwar Jahan Jhantu, said.
-With New Age input
