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The three-day film screening of a few Bangla classic films began on Wednesday, giving the public a great chance to acquaint or re-visit ‘old is gold’ kind of movies.Bangladesh Film Archive, Chalachitra Film Society and Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy have jointly organised the programme marking the National Film Day.
The festival began on Wednesday at the National Art Plaza auditorium of Shilpakala Academy.
Film-lovers have been given a rare chance to watch the first Bangla talkie’ film- Mukh O Mukhosh- on the beginning day of film screening. Scripted and directed by Abdul Jabbar Khan, Mukh O Mukhosh was released in 1956 to usher in a new horizon for Bangla films.
Based on Abdul Jabbar Khan’s play Dakaat (Dacoit), this more-than-half-a-century ago film still enthralled the audience at the auditorium who are more or less accustomed to watching Hollywood-Bollywood films.
Another 1960 classic of Bangla film-Fateh Lohani’s Achhia- was also screened at the auditorium in the evening of the beginning day. A ‘romance-based rural-tragedy’, this film also entertained the audience to a great extent.
Muhammad Sohag, a BBA student at Sidhhesary University College, said, ‘Though I am a Hollywood movie-lover, I enjoyed watching both the films. These are original Bangla films.’
Another young guy Tanvir said, ‘I am happy to watch the first Bangla talkie movie-Mukh O Mukhosh, it’s a good experience for me.’
Beside these two on the begining day, two more films-Jahir Rayhan’s 1963 film Kancher Deyal and Soovas Dutt’s 1964 film Sutarang- were screened on Thursday.
Today three films will be screened- Morshedul Islam’s 1984 film Agami, Harunur Rashid’s 1976 film Megher Onek Rong and Alamgir Kabir’s 1977 film Simana Periye.
Fakrul Alam, film investigator of Bangladesh Film Archive, told New Age, ‘We selected seven films to acquaint the visitors with the chronological development of Bangladeshi films’.
The film screening will end today.
-With New Age input
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The formal film screening of the fourth International Film Festival began in nine theatres in Dhaka on Sunday. A total of 40 films on children in different format including feature film, short film, animation and documentary films were screened on the second day of International Children Film Festival.The houseful viewers of Dhaka enjoyed films such as Sky Fairy (Iran), The Great Adventure (Canada), Big Sister Punam (Serbia), Morrison Gets a Baby Sitter( Netherlands) and Baseball Boys (China).
The weeklong festival will screen nearly 250 films on children from 40 countries with the slogan ‘Future in Frames’ simultaneously running in Dhaka, Chittagong and Rajshahi. Children’s Film Society Bangladesh has been organising the festival since 2008 with the motto to encourage the young generation in filmmaking.
Earlier, the festival was inaugurated at the Central Public Library in Dhaka on Saturday. Eminent cultural personality Mustafa Monwar , noted writer Mohammad Zafar Iqbal, filmmaker and the director of the fest Morshedul Islam were present at the occasion, among others. However, there was no screening session on the day.
‘Children have no country, no community and no religion. They are just a representative of the future world,’ said Mustafa Monwar, advisor of the film festival.
Criticising the non cooperation of country’s established companies, Muhammed Zafar Iqbal, who is also a Professor of Shahajalal University said,’ It is a shame that big companies are not interested to sponsor the fest’.
Morshedul Islam said, ‘Children can explore the culture and tradition of different countries through the film festival’.
As part of the festival, a series of workshops and seminars on children’s films will be held to foster the understanding of films as an art form.
Seven buses including two double-deckers will ply in the city to carry children to and from the venues. Besides, children will also have the opportunity to meet in person with Mohammad Zafar Iqbal, child psychologist specialist Mehtab Khanam and freedom fighter Harunur Rashid during the occasion.
Today, viewers will enjoy a number of movies including The ball (UK), Emiler Goyenda Bahini ( Bangladesh), The white balloon (Iran), Requiem for Kosova (USA), Loosing Balance (Germany), Pasanga (India) and more.
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