Bangladeshi Models

"Third Person Singular Number" pulling audience

Filmmaker Mostafa Sarwar Farooki’s latest feature film “Third Person Singular Number” was recently released and has gained much appreciation from the audience at home and abroad at international film festivals.

In old times watching films was the main source of entertainment for the general people. But with the passage of time the scene had changed and the educated people stopped going to the cinema. Because most of the films were full of obscenity.

“Third Person Singular Number” would have to be the most promising film of the year. The crowd and presence of audience says the scene is changing gradually with the tremendous effort of some filmmakers. They have watched some good films like “Monpura,” “Third Person Singular Number” and they want to watch these types of films more. Peoples are start believing that again they will throng the cinema halls.

Tisha, Singer Tapu and Mosharraf Karim played the lead roles in the film.

Apart from filmmaking Farooki is also a successful TV play director and always tries to offer the audience something innovative.

Samaresh Majumdar's epic novel "Garbhodharini" comes to TV

The story of four friends that took Bengali readers by storm and continues to fascinate generations is now coming to TV. A mega-serial titled “”, an adaptation of Samaresh Majumdar’s hugely popular novel, goes on air on January 6 at 8:15 pm on Channel 1.

“Garbhodharini” narrates the adventures of Joyita, Shudip, Anondo and Kollan who, despite their dissimilar backgrounds, have similar ideologies about the flaws of the society. Joyita comes from an affluent family that made its fortune by means of her father’s corrupt practices. Similarly, Shudip’s father is a dubious lawyer; his mother is paraplegic. Anondo’s mother is his best friend; his father lost his life for political reasons.

Kollan is a brilliant student, but his family is hard up. These four are unhappy with the state of the society, with their surroundings and want to change things. They plan to bomb selected areas, not to hurt anyone but with the intention of bringing various shady activities to everyone’s attention. Their actions infuriate influential figures involved, and soon the authorities pursue the perpetrators. The rebellious quartet dodge the police and take refuge in a secluded area.

The entire initiative to bring the novel to the small screen was undertaken by Shankha Dasgupta, director of the serial. “I chose ‘Garbhodharini’ because when I read it, I felt like it demanded to be made into a film or serial,” says Dasgupta. The author agreed to Dasgupta’s proposal under the condition that he would write the script himself. Seventy-two episodes (each 22-minute long) of the serial are jointly produced by Top of Mind and Prionty. The cast includes Tisha, Hillol, Shajol, Shahriar Shubho, Saberi Alam, Pijush Bandyopadhyay, Mahmudul Islam Mithu, Shamima Naznin, Jayonto Chattyopadhyay, Chitralekha Guho and others. “Garbhodharini” will be aired every Wednesday and Thursday at 8:15pm.

Farooki and Tisha urged the audience to support quality Bangla films

Filmmaker Mostafa Sarwar Farooki and actress Tisha were accorded a reception in Pabna last Tuesday evening when they arrived at the Rupkotha Cinema Hall in town, which is screening Farooki’s “Third Person Singular Number”. The reception was held at the movie theatre.

The filmmaker and actress urged the audience to support quality Bangla films. If a sensible audience goes to the movie theatres more, the production of meaningful films would increase. Directors would be interested in making more quality films for the audience, they were of the view. Tisha, who played the protagonist of “Third Person Singular Number”, asked all to support the film industry.

“There is a common complaint that the number of quality films are dwindling and that the environment of movie theatres is not healthy. The situation can improve only when people start coming back to the cinema halls,” Tisha said. Managing director of Rupkotha Cinema Hall, Sohani Hossain, also spoke on the occasion. Earlier she received the filmmaker and actress with flowers at the movie theatre. Later Farooki and Tisha talked to the audience and exchanged views on the film.