Television of bright retention

[Continued from last issue]
At that time in television there was a drama serial that became so much popular named “Ghorowa”. Razzak used to play the lead role of that drama. According to that Razzak was not only a superstar in the cinema world but also in the television. That is why in 1971, when higher officials of Pakistan Army have decided to keep airing the dramas on every Sunday like before Razzak got call for acting as usually. In some weeks Razzak has refused all the offers from the dramas giving various excuses. At last, Pakistan Army took him in their olive colored jeep and brought him at the DIT Bhaban.

Razzak acted in that one drama in 1971. But every audience could realize that he was acting in the drama forcefully. Later, Razzak has told the authority that it is not possible for him to memorize the script in the television and due to which it is really hard for him to keep acting in the drama.

Television producer Mustafa Monowar took the puppets to the field from the television screen. During the liberation war he has worked a lot with the puppets to encourage the freedom fighters. Overall, those who were related to the television have shown the example of their patriotism which can be inspiring for the people of new generation.

Now BTV World telecasts programs for 24 hours. To air this 24 hours long programs many old musical programs are seen in the BTV World's screen. A modern song by Papia Sarwar is still touching the audiences' hearts apart from her Rabindra songs. In that case name of two songs should be mentioned. One is “Papiare Papia”, and another one is “Nai Telephone Naire Pion”.

In BTV World, the song “Papiare Papia” is seen in such stage where the singer is standing on a higher surface. This set is considered as the everlasting set of BTV. Behind the stage there is a window besides which two trees are standing. But, when the song has been aired in the television for the first time, the makers were concerned about how to make the video more attractive to the audiences. They even had meeting with the artist, director, cameraman and the producer regarding that.

The name of the program was “Maloncho” in where the song has been aired. Television was in the decade of black and white at that time. But the producer Barkatullah was more concerned about how beautifully the artist can present herself in front of the audiences during that black and white era.

The producer knew that the program of the solo artists he was making has the archive value. He has recorded almost all the famous artists' solo program and aired them in Maloncho. During recording the program singer Sohrab Hossain became sick. But, he kept recording the song. The singer became so sick that he had to speak for the audiences in front of the camera, “Maybe I will never be able to sing in front of you”.

Then many years have passed and singer Sohrab Hossain is still presenting many songs. But among the artists who have sung in the Maloncho, Anwar Uddin Khan and Mahmudunnabi have passed away.

The writer is Managing Director, Channel i
Translated by Imtiaz Salim