by Fahmidul Haq
Bollywood is the flag-bearer of South Asian Cinema to the global audience. Bollywood produces films in Hindi language, with its signature song and dance numbers with the aesthetic values of Bhabas and Rasas evident in Bharat Muni’s Natyashastra (see Massey 1992). The industry evolved in the late-1990s with the films like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hay (1998), Taal (1998) and many more. These films are produced in a liberalized and free market, with hybrid cultural values of both Indianness and global, by targeting NRIs as potential spectators (and satisfying the local audience too). The storyline often travels to European or American cities, however the characters always remain Indian by heart. In 1998, the government declared to give movies an ‘industry status’, and foreign equity was allowed up to 100 in production and distribution in 1999. Rajadhaykhsya (2003) describes this whole process as ‘the Bollywoodization’ and he observed that the...
Bollywood is the flag-bearer of South Asian Cinema to the global audience. Bollywood produces films in Hindi language, with its signature song and dance numbers with the aesthetic values of Bhabas and Rasas evident in Bharat Muni’s Natyashastra (see Massey 1992). The industry evolved in the late-1990s with the films like Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Kuch Kuch Hota Hay (1998), Taal (1998) and many more. These films are produced in a liberalized and free market, with hybrid cultural values of both Indianness and global, by targeting NRIs as potential spectators (and satisfying the local audience too). The storyline often travels to European or American cities, however the characters always remain Indian by heart. In 1998, the government declared to give movies an ‘industry status’, and foreign equity was allowed up to 100 in production and distribution in 1999. Rajadhaykhsya (2003) describes this whole process as ‘the Bollywoodization’ and he observed that the...
- 8/19/2022
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
Top Bangladeshi actor Nusrat Imrose Tisha is in Cannes to promote her new film “Mujib: The Making of a Nation.” A trailer for the film, a biopic of the late Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was unveiled at the Cannes Film Market.
Popularly known as Bangabandhu (friend of Bengal), Rahman was one of the founders of the Awami League party and led the movement for political autonomy for East Pakistan and the subsequent formation of independent Bangladesh in 1971. He served as the first president and then the first prime minister of Bangladesh until he, his wife and sons were assassinated in an army coup in 1975. His daughter Sheikh Hasina is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
Arifin Shuvoo, best actor winner at the Bangladesh National Film Awards for “Dhaka Attack,” plays Rahman. Tisha plays his wife Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib.
“Everyone knows about Bangabandhu, but many people don’t know about Fazilatunnesa,...
Popularly known as Bangabandhu (friend of Bengal), Rahman was one of the founders of the Awami League party and led the movement for political autonomy for East Pakistan and the subsequent formation of independent Bangladesh in 1971. He served as the first president and then the first prime minister of Bangladesh until he, his wife and sons were assassinated in an army coup in 1975. His daughter Sheikh Hasina is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
Arifin Shuvoo, best actor winner at the Bangladesh National Film Awards for “Dhaka Attack,” plays Rahman. Tisha plays his wife Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib.
“Everyone knows about Bangabandhu, but many people don’t know about Fazilatunnesa,...
- 5/24/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
It has been a rapid escalation on to the world stage for Abdullah Mohammad Saad, one of the brightest young filmmakers from Bangladesh, with his sophomore effort “Rehana” selected in the Un Certain Regard strand at the Cannes Film Festival.
Saad debuted with the searing “Live From Dhaka” (2016), a portrayal of a man increasingly desperate to get out of Bangladesh’s capital city, which won top prizes at the Singapore International Film Festival and played at Rotterdam and Locarno. Like that film, “Rehana” also takes a close look at contemporary Bangladeshi society, warts and all.
The film follows the titular Rehana (Azmeri Haque Badhon), an assistant professor at a medical college whose life changes when she witnesses an incident.
“I don’t know if I am actively trying to portray my society. I am very character-driven, so when I tried to examine Sazzad (in “Live from Dhaka”) and Rehana as deeper as I could,...
Saad debuted with the searing “Live From Dhaka” (2016), a portrayal of a man increasingly desperate to get out of Bangladesh’s capital city, which won top prizes at the Singapore International Film Festival and played at Rotterdam and Locarno. Like that film, “Rehana” also takes a close look at contemporary Bangladeshi society, warts and all.
The film follows the titular Rehana (Azmeri Haque Badhon), an assistant professor at a medical college whose life changes when she witnesses an incident.
“I don’t know if I am actively trying to portray my society. I am very character-driven, so when I tried to examine Sazzad (in “Live from Dhaka”) and Rehana as deeper as I could,...
- 7/10/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Bollywood star and globally acclaimed actor, Irrfan Khan will play the lead role in an international film titled, No Bed of Roses, written and directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, one of the noteworthy filmmakers from Bangladesh. The bilingual (Bengali and English language) film, titled Doob in Bengali, is produced by Kolkata's Eskay Movies and Bangladesh's Jazz Multimedia. Irrfan Khan's production company Ik will be co-producing the film. This is his second venture as a producer after Ishaan Nair's Kaash. Apart from Khan, the main cast includes Bangladeshi actress Nusrat Imroz Tisha who starred in Farooki's, Third Person Singular Number (Bangladesh's entry to the 2011 Oscars) and Television (Bangladesh's entry to the 2014 Oscars), Parno Mitra (X: Past Is Present) and Rokeya Prachy (The Clay Bird, 2002, Director's Fortnight, Cannes). The film will go on the floors in March end and will be shot in one schedule of 35 days across the hill...
- 3/3/2016
- by Bollywood Hungama News Network
- BollywoodHungama
Irrfan Khan is set to co-produce and star in Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa S. Farooki’s No Bed Of Roses, which is scheduled to start shooting later this month.
Khan’s Ik Company will co-produce the film, described as “a family story about loss and love”, with Bangladesh’s Jazz Multimedia and India’s Essay Movies. Jazz Multimedia will distribute in Bangladesh.
The cast also includes Nusrat Imrose Tisha, who appeared in Farooki’s 2012 drama Television; Rokeya Prachy, whose credits include The Clay Bird, which won the Fipresci prize in Cannes Directors Fortnight in 2002; Parno Mittra and Bratya Basu.
The Bengali and English-language project was selected for the 2013 edition of Film Bazaar, organised by India’s National Film Development Corp (Nfdc), where it won the Dubai Film Market award.
Television, about an imam in a Bangladeshi village who bans TV, closed Busan International Film Festival in 2012 and won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards...
Khan’s Ik Company will co-produce the film, described as “a family story about loss and love”, with Bangladesh’s Jazz Multimedia and India’s Essay Movies. Jazz Multimedia will distribute in Bangladesh.
The cast also includes Nusrat Imrose Tisha, who appeared in Farooki’s 2012 drama Television; Rokeya Prachy, whose credits include The Clay Bird, which won the Fipresci prize in Cannes Directors Fortnight in 2002; Parno Mittra and Bratya Basu.
The Bengali and English-language project was selected for the 2013 edition of Film Bazaar, organised by India’s National Film Development Corp (Nfdc), where it won the Dubai Film Market award.
Television, about an imam in a Bangladeshi village who bans TV, closed Busan International Film Festival in 2012 and won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards...
- 3/1/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Late Bangladeshi director Tareque Masud’s Matir Moina (The Clay Bird) will screen on September 26, 2011 in Mumbai. The screening will be organized at 7 Pm in Prithvi House, opposite Prithvi Theatre by Vikalp@Prithvi.
Tareque Masud died in a road accident on August 13, 2011.
Set against the backdrop of the turbulent period in the late 60′s leading up to Bangladesh’s independence from Pakistan, Matir Moina tells the story of a family torn apart by religion and war. It is the story of a young boy Anu who is sent off to a strict Islamic school, or madrasa, by his deeply religious father Kazi.
The 98-minute film won the International Critics’ Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Entry to this screening is free and On A First-Come-First-Seated Basis. For any queries, email vikalp.prithvi@gmail.com...
Tareque Masud died in a road accident on August 13, 2011.
Set against the backdrop of the turbulent period in the late 60′s leading up to Bangladesh’s independence from Pakistan, Matir Moina tells the story of a family torn apart by religion and war. It is the story of a young boy Anu who is sent off to a strict Islamic school, or madrasa, by his deeply religious father Kazi.
The 98-minute film won the International Critics’ Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Entry to this screening is free and On A First-Come-First-Seated Basis. For any queries, email vikalp.prithvi@gmail.com...
- 9/12/2011
- by Nandita Dutta
- DearCinema.com
Panaji, Sep 1: Bangladesh's noted independent filmmaker Tareque Masud will be paid a tribute at the South Asian Film Festival (Saff), starting here Sep 15.
Masud, who won the international critics prize at the 2002 Cannes film festival for his film 'Matir Moina', died in a road accident in August this year, Saff secretary general Rahul Barua said Thursday.
'Tareque was the first Bangladeshi filmmaker who was recognised by the Cannes film festival,' Barua said. Legendary Bollywood actor Shammy Kapoor, who too passed away in August, would also be honoured.
Masud, who won the international critics prize at the 2002 Cannes film festival for his film 'Matir Moina', died in a road accident in August this year, Saff secretary general Rahul Barua said Thursday.
'Tareque was the first Bangladeshi filmmaker who was recognised by the Cannes film festival,' Barua said. Legendary Bollywood actor Shammy Kapoor, who too passed away in August, would also be honoured.
- 9/1/2011
- by Smith Cox
- RealBollywood.com
James Leahy writes: Ronald Bergan's insightful obituary of my friend Tareque Masud (17 August) describes the great financial risk taken by Tareque and Catherine, his wife and producer, when they invested their own resources in the production of The Clay Bird. Only by working outside the institutional norms of Bangladeshi feature film finance and production was it possible for Tareque to realise his vision.
His use of direct sound (or "live sound", as he called it) was more or less without precedent in subcontinental feature film-making. Consequently, the only appropriate sound equipment available when shooting The Clay Bird was what he and Catherine purchased for the production themselves. Obviously, this was an extra demand on their limited finances. However, the result was an evocative soundtrack that made an important contibution to the immediacy and impact of both the dramatic and musical sequences.
Tareque's next feature, Homeland, shown in 2006 as part of...
His use of direct sound (or "live sound", as he called it) was more or less without precedent in subcontinental feature film-making. Consequently, the only appropriate sound equipment available when shooting The Clay Bird was what he and Catherine purchased for the production themselves. Obviously, this was an extra demand on their limited finances. However, the result was an evocative soundtrack that made an important contibution to the immediacy and impact of both the dramatic and musical sequences.
Tareque's next feature, Homeland, shown in 2006 as part of...
- 8/28/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Gifted film director whose 2002 feature The Clay Bird won an award at Cannes
At the Cannes film festival in 2002, Matir Moina (The Clay Bird) from Bangladesh came as a revelation. Shown in the Directors' Fortnight competition, the film gained the International Critics' award (Fipresci) for its "authentic, moving and delicate portrayal of a country struggling for its democratic rights", thus becoming the first Bangladeshi film to win a prize at Cannes. The Clay Bird was the first film selected by Bangladesh to compete for an Oscar for best foreign-language film and to be given wide international distribution. It was also the first fiction feature directed by Tareque Masud, who has been killed in a car crash at the age of 54.
The Clay Bird, which deals with the impact of religious belief on a family's lives during the struggle for Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan in the 1960s, focuses on a young...
At the Cannes film festival in 2002, Matir Moina (The Clay Bird) from Bangladesh came as a revelation. Shown in the Directors' Fortnight competition, the film gained the International Critics' award (Fipresci) for its "authentic, moving and delicate portrayal of a country struggling for its democratic rights", thus becoming the first Bangladeshi film to win a prize at Cannes. The Clay Bird was the first film selected by Bangladesh to compete for an Oscar for best foreign-language film and to be given wide international distribution. It was also the first fiction feature directed by Tareque Masud, who has been killed in a car crash at the age of 54.
The Clay Bird, which deals with the impact of religious belief on a family's lives during the struggle for Bangladesh's independence from Pakistan in the 1960s, focuses on a young...
- 8/16/2011
- by Ronald Bergan
- The Guardian - Film News
Tareque Masud
Bangladeshi director Tareque Masud died in a car accident in Ghior district of Bangladesh on Saturday.
Masud’s wife, American film producer Catherine Masud suffered from serious injuries. Journalist, cinematographer and currently Head of local television channel Atn Ashfaque Munier Mishuk was another victim of the car crash. The accident happened when the car they were traveling in collided head-on with a bus.
It is reported that the group was returning to Dhaka after visiting a potential location for Masud’s forthcoming film The Paper Flower.
One of the prominent filmmakers of Bangladesh, Masud was known for his documentary Song Of Freedom (Muktir Gaan) in 1995. His film The Clay Bird won a Fipresci prize in Directors Fortnight at Cannes in 2002.
The film that had screenings at various film festivals is the story of a young boy studying at a madrasa and was inspired by Masud’s own education.
Bangladeshi director Tareque Masud died in a car accident in Ghior district of Bangladesh on Saturday.
Masud’s wife, American film producer Catherine Masud suffered from serious injuries. Journalist, cinematographer and currently Head of local television channel Atn Ashfaque Munier Mishuk was another victim of the car crash. The accident happened when the car they were traveling in collided head-on with a bus.
It is reported that the group was returning to Dhaka after visiting a potential location for Masud’s forthcoming film The Paper Flower.
One of the prominent filmmakers of Bangladesh, Masud was known for his documentary Song Of Freedom (Muktir Gaan) in 1995. His film The Clay Bird won a Fipresci prize in Directors Fortnight at Cannes in 2002.
The film that had screenings at various film festivals is the story of a young boy studying at a madrasa and was inspired by Masud’s own education.
- 8/16/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Bangladeshi filmmaker Tareque Masud died yesterday in a head-on collision with a bus outside Dhaka, report Syed Zain al-Mahmood and Saad Hammadi in the Guardian. Also in the car were his wife, the American-born producer Catherine Masud and painter Dhali Al Mamun (both now in the hospital in critical condition); and Ashfaque Munier Mishuk, CEO of Atn News, who died in the crash.
The Guardian: "Masud, 55, rose to prominence with the films Muktir Gaan [Song of Freedom] in 1995 and Matir Moina [The Clay Bird] in 2002, the latter based on his experiences as a madrassa student during Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971. The film won a Fipresci prize at the 2002 Cannes film festival and was the first Bangladeshi film to compete for the best foreign-language film award at the Oscars…. Thousands of people gathered at the Central Shaheed Minar monument in Dhaka on Sunday to pay their respects. The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, said: 'It is...
The Guardian: "Masud, 55, rose to prominence with the films Muktir Gaan [Song of Freedom] in 1995 and Matir Moina [The Clay Bird] in 2002, the latter based on his experiences as a madrassa student during Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971. The film won a Fipresci prize at the 2002 Cannes film festival and was the first Bangladeshi film to compete for the best foreign-language film award at the Oscars…. Thousands of people gathered at the Central Shaheed Minar monument in Dhaka on Sunday to pay their respects. The education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, said: 'It is...
- 8/15/2011
- MUBI
Director of Cannes award-winning Matir Moina killed along with four others in head-on collision with bus
One of Bangladesh's most prominent and celebrated film-makers died on Saturday when the car in which he was travelling collided head-on with a bus outside Dhaka.
Tareque Masud died along with Ashfaque Munier Mishuk, the head of a local television channel, and three other people. Masud's American-born wife and producer, Catherine Masud, and Bangladeshi painter Dhali Al Mamun are in a serious condition in hospital.
Masud, 55, rose to prominence with the films Muktir Gaan in 1995 and Matir Moina in 2002, the latter based on his experiences as a madrassa student during Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971.
The film won a Fipresci prize at the 2002 Cannes film festival and was the first Bangladeshi film to compete for the best foreign-language film award at the Oscars.
Mishuk, 52, was an eminent cinematographer and journalist who had worked for BBC World,...
One of Bangladesh's most prominent and celebrated film-makers died on Saturday when the car in which he was travelling collided head-on with a bus outside Dhaka.
Tareque Masud died along with Ashfaque Munier Mishuk, the head of a local television channel, and three other people. Masud's American-born wife and producer, Catherine Masud, and Bangladeshi painter Dhali Al Mamun are in a serious condition in hospital.
Masud, 55, rose to prominence with the films Muktir Gaan in 1995 and Matir Moina in 2002, the latter based on his experiences as a madrassa student during Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971.
The film won a Fipresci prize at the 2002 Cannes film festival and was the first Bangladeshi film to compete for the best foreign-language film award at the Oscars.
Mishuk, 52, was an eminent cinematographer and journalist who had worked for BBC World,...
- 8/14/2011
- The Guardian - Film News
Celebrated Bangladesh filmmaker Tareque Masud has been killed in a car crash. He was 55.
The director died along with local TV boss Ashfaque Munier Mishuk on Saturday after their vehicle collided head-on with a bus outside Dhaka.
Masud's wife Catherine and painter Dhali Al Mamun were also passengers in the car and they are in a serious condition in hospital, according to reports.
The award-winning director made a series of critically-acclaimed films, including 2002's Matir Moina - which was the first Bangladeshi movie to be nominated for best foreign-language film at the Oscars. The film was based on his experiences as a student during the country's war of independence in 1971.
Education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, says, "It is a very unfortunate incident for us. Masud through his movies had given a new dimension to liberation war. Mishuk was an immensely talented journalist. It is a national loss."
Thousands of people paid their respects at the Central Shaheed Minar monument in Dhaka on Sunday.
The director died along with local TV boss Ashfaque Munier Mishuk on Saturday after their vehicle collided head-on with a bus outside Dhaka.
Masud's wife Catherine and painter Dhali Al Mamun were also passengers in the car and they are in a serious condition in hospital, according to reports.
The award-winning director made a series of critically-acclaimed films, including 2002's Matir Moina - which was the first Bangladeshi movie to be nominated for best foreign-language film at the Oscars. The film was based on his experiences as a student during the country's war of independence in 1971.
Education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, says, "It is a very unfortunate incident for us. Masud through his movies had given a new dimension to liberation war. Mishuk was an immensely talented journalist. It is a national loss."
Thousands of people paid their respects at the Central Shaheed Minar monument in Dhaka on Sunday.
- 8/14/2011
- WENN
Dhaka, The Film and Television Institute of India (Ftii) will for the first time organise screening and discussions on films and filmmakers from Bangladesh to mark Ekushey February (Feb 21), the day on which the movement for Bangladesh's cultural renaissance started. Top Bangladeshi filmmakers Tanvir Mokammel, Abu Sayeed, Tareque and Catherine Masud will travel to Pune, the headquarters of the state-run Ftii, to participate in the two-day interaction Feb 21-22, The Daily Star said Wednesday. Mokammel's "Swapnobhumi" will be screened along with "Chitra Nadir Parey".Abu Sayeed's "Nirontor", and Tareque and Catherine Masud's two films, "Matir Moina" and "Muktir Gaan" will also be screened.This is the first time that Ftii is focussing on films ...
- 2/11/2009
- Bollywoodworld.com
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