Tareque-Mishuk Smrity parishad organised a daylong programme marking the second anniversary of death of the internationally acclaimed filmmaker Tareque Masud and cinematographer Mishuk Minier on Sunday at the Sawkat Osman Auditorium of Central Public Library.
The programme featured film screening and discussion session.
Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier died along with three others at a road accident on the Dhaka-Manikganj highways on August 13, 2011 while returning home from a shooting location in Manikganj.
Tareque’s widow and co-director Catherine Masud, film directors Mashiuddin Shaker and Morshedul Islam, rights activist Khushi Kabir, actor Rokeya Prachi, and others spoke on life and works of Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier at the discussion session.
Founder of the Tareque Masud Memorial Trust, Catherine Masud talked about the activities of the organisation. She informed that the trust has taken an initiative to release Tareque Msud’s films in DVD format so that people can easily collect those.
Both Moshiuddin Shaker and Khushi Kabir evaluated Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier as visionaries who had the dream to build a discrimination free society. The duo expressed their dreams artistically in their films, the observed.
They further urged the fans of Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier to play effective roles for building the society the duo dreamt of.
Recalling the struggles of their early days, Morshedul Islam talked about the contribution of Tareque Masud and his peers in the short film movement in 1980s. ‘It was Tareque Masud who actually carried out the film endeavours and presented some wonderful films,’ Morshedul Islam said.
Islam also mentioned Mishuk Munier as a gifted cinematographer whose genius on camera was evident in the film Runway.
Actor Rokeya Prachi expressed her gratefulness towards the late Tareque Masud, who nurtured her talent as an actor in cinema.
Earlier, Tareque Masud’s short film Narasundor and feature film Runway were screened. Prasun Rahman’s documentary film on Tareque Masud titled Phera was also screened. The programme also included screening of two films-Sandip Biswas’ Abirer Ghar and Manjurul Haque’s Mrittu Phand- on the tragic road accident that took lives of Tareque Msud, Mishuk Munier and others.
-With New Age input
