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The UK based popular broadcast media Channel 4 broadcasted internationally acclaimed Bangladeshi filmmaker Tareque Masud’s last film Runway on Thursday at 6:30am Bangladeshi local time.Before the broadcast, the TV channel also aired an interview of Teraque’s widow Catherine Masud.
Earlier on Saturday, Channel 4 had re-telecast a recorded interview of late Tareque Masud and Catherine Masud followed by airing of Masuds internationally acclaimed movie Matir Moina.
‘The UK based TV channel had aired Matir Moyna and Antarjatra after the release of the respective movies. They also showed interest to air Runway after its release. But, at the death of Tareque Masud, Channel 4 planned to give an especial tribute to Tareque broadcasting two movies in a week,’ Catherine Masud, who is also producer of Runway, told New Age.
Released in December 2010, Runway explores how unemployment and a hopeless future can lead youths to religious extremism through portrayal of a madrassah dropped out young man named Ruhul who lives near the runway of Dhaka’s international airport.
Tareque Msud during his last days of life screened the movie in different district towns. But, so far the movie had not its release in cinemas in Dhaka after the untimely death of Tareque Msud in August last year in a road accident.
The Dhaka audience will be able to watch the movie in a TV channel soon as four private channels in the country are showing interest to air the movie during the upcoming Eid Ul Azha celebrations, Catherine said.
DVD of the movie is also available in the market.
-With New Age input
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As part of a country-wide campaign, Tareque and Catherine Masud’s latest film “Runway” was screened at the Zahir Raihan auditorium, Jahangirnagar University. The two-day event was held on March 21-22. Masud’s other films — “Adam Surat”, a documentary on the life and works of artist SM Sultan and “Naroshundar”, a short film on the Liberation War– were also being screened along with “Runway”.Shruti Chalachchitra arranged the event in association with Zahir Raihan Film Society and Jahangirnagar Students’ Film Society.
The original story and screenplay of “Runway” [by the Masuds] were inspired by the events of 2005-2006, when a rise in the violent activities of extremist groups brought the country to the brink of chaos. The film also looks at the wider complexity of religious extremism, impact of local and international politics and economic realities.
The film zooms in on Ruhul, who lives with his family in a shack next to the runway of the international airport. A madrassah dropout, Ruhul spends his days wandering under the shadows of the planes — aimless and frustrated in his futile efforts to find work. One day he meets Arif, a computer savvy young man who exudes confidence and a sense of purpose. The world Arif introduces Ruhul to, seems inspiring and new, but gradually Ruhul’s life spirals into a nefarious netherworld of intolerance, violence and ultimately, death.
The cast is primarily made up of newcomers, including Md. Fazlul Haque as Ruhul; Rabeya Akter Moni and Ali Ahsan. Other cast members include Nazmul Huda Bachchu, Nasrin Akter, Rikita Nandini Shimu and Jayanto Chattopadhyay.
Courtesy of The Daily Star
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