It was not even 1500 days that Salman Shah (Shahriar Chowdhury Emon) worked in the country’s film industry. Beginning in 1993, Salman’s film career ended abruptly in September 6, 1996 with his untimely death.
But the three or so years of his film career is still regarded by thousands as the best romantic period of Dhallywood. Salman Shah acted in nearly 27 films, starting with Sohanur Rahman Sohan’d Keyamat Theke Keyamat. Most of his films became instant hits and earned Salman an unforgettable place amongst his fans.
Today is Salman Shah’s 17th death anniversary. A few private organisations have chalked out different programmes to observe the day.
Balaka Cineworld has decided to screen six of the most favourite Salman Shah films from today. The special screening will kick off with Slaman’s debut film Keyamat Theke Keyamat at 11am. Each of the five days will see screening of popular Salman Shah films like Swapner Thikana (1995), Sujon Sakhi (1996), Tumi Amar (1994), Ontore Ontore (1995) and Satyer Mrityu Nei (1996).
Private television channels have also chalked out plans to observe the day with special programmes. To mention a few, RTV will air six of Salman Shah films at 12:30pm for six consecutive days. The films are Tomake Chai, Sneho, Ananda Ashru, Anjuman, Chawa Theke Pawa and Satyer Mrityu Nei.
NTV will air special remembrance programme Omor Nayok Slaman at 7:50pm today, where film directors, who worked with Salman Shah, will remember the hero.
Regrettably, Bangladesh Film Development Corporation, Directors Association and other film bodies have not shown interest in observing the death anniversary of Salman Shah, one of the most popular Dhallywood heroes to have ever worked in the industry.
‘We seem to be a nation of forgetters. We do not like to remember our bests’, sobbed Sohanur Rahman Sohan, who is credited to bring Salman Shah into filmdom.
-With New Age input
