Shomapti

If there are any other things in which Mostofa Kamal Syed is interested those are playing cricket and reading books. He has tremendously mixed up television things with books since he works at television. There is a story regarding the play “Shomapti” by Rabindranath Tagore.

Mostofa Kamal Syed was frequently seen reading the story “Shomapti” for few days. What has been happened? Why is he reading the “Shomapti” everyday? When he was asked about it he had replied that a renowned playwright has dramatized this story by Rabindranath Tagore. While reading the drama Mr. Kamal has realized that the playwright has come out from the main theme. On the contrary, since the playwright is a renowned playwright he had done this kind of things unknowingly; Mr. Kamal is not ready to admit that. That is why he was reading the story “Shomapty” repeatedly. He was trying to understand the perspective of the playwright whether he is right. Mr. Kamal used to check not only this type of dramas but also used to do the same thing in almost every program. Nowadays it sounds as a story about how much effort Mr. Kamal has given for the producers after starting package programs.

During the beginning of the first week only one drama used to go for package program. Slowly and steadily the rate of package programs in television started to increase. And from that came the formation of preview committee. Till now it remains undeniable that the man responsible for all of this is none other than Mostafa Kamal Sayed.

Working 5 hours straight in the office he would travel down to Shahbag in order to meet with the then former Director Sayed Sallaudin Zakir. There he used to sit with him for hours during the night creating documents out of the package and would then directly go back to his house and now it only remains as a story.

But nowadays there are so many Bangla Serials that the young producers are able to get lots of jobs, they must be highly grateful to Kamal Shaheb and would surely never forget to follow his footsteps. The famous play righter Masum Reza gain popularity through writing lots of dramas, those dramas were produced by Salaudin Lavlu. Salaudin Lavlu was himself a recognized actor, cinematographer, director and film maker. From hit movies like “Molla Barir Bou” to serials like “Ronger Manush”,Bhobher haath he had a lot of successful dramas under his credit. But the pair first drama that was showcased as a drama package was called “Koytor”. Golam Mustafa, Ali Zaker and others were present in the cast. After the release of the drama audiences were curious as to who was this new director. Still the preview committee after seeing the serial felt skeptic about airing a serial made by a new director or producer at a time like this.

Mostofa Kamal Syed was the person who had aired the drama after discussing with the director Syed Salaudding Zakir over phone. Not only Salauddin Lavlu but also many other directors-playwrights could get the chance to telecast their dramas just because of the package drama. Mr. Kamal has inspired and encouraged many newcomer directors and playwrights. Once Progga Laboni made a drama which had no background music. Mr. Kamal called up Progga Laboni and told her that her drama was good but if it gets a background music then it might get audiences' attention. Progga Laboni then added a background music as Mr. Kamal told her. She had realized the importance of using background music.

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