Saturday, June 9, 2007

STAGE PERFORMER:

Stage performer is working in theater as a member of the theater group. Perform looks like art, skill, passion, love and satisfaction for viewer. To become a successful performer is the only dream of a stage performer. Vision is to be professional artist through this channel and believe to become megastar.



Stage is so colorful due to the light, dress and live performance. But the real life of a performer is not as colorful as it seems. It is handwork, low income and supports less from the family point of view.

Moniqa, performer of “PALAKER” group has an interesting character to me and she represents other performer in a sense. She is a college student and do not have enough energy to go college or study. But she love to perform and other side work like modeling. She is 22yrs old but still she need money form her family but unfortunately her family didn’t support her as it should. So she has to earn her own to maintain herself.

Moniqa is only child of her family. But her father and mother both are busy with their official work. They do not have enough time to give for their only child. So she is alone and has lots of friend to enjoy her time. Most of the time she is trying to keep herself busy with friends to avoid the loneliness but she is loosing her most valuable time.


By doing this most of the rising performers are lost their destination. The valuable time was passed then finally the word come true “A ship without a ruder in a vast ocean”.









Moniqa Loving a man named Kamruzamman Tapu worked as director & performer of stage. Once, Tapu worked as a performer of “PALAKER” and meet with Moniqa. They know each other while they are performing together. They started love each other. But Tapu has to leave the team due to some unavoidable circumstance. Now Tapu is working to make new stage show for the street people which are financed by foreign donned NGO.


Tapu and Moniqa Finally decided to start their life together. Both of their family agreed with their decision and support them to make life successful.

Happy, smile and honeymoon life started together and made a new group named "Mazhimallah" in Rajshahi. 15 Members are performing their. Moniqa join their as a performer and already start produce work for the rural people together.























So I believe that this is such a strong social & political problem and need more action to prepare the stage for the performer that they can do their work with a professional way and can educated them with academically.




















Md. Iqram Chowdhury
Photographer
2nd Year, Pathshala

Sunday, June 3, 2007

The Gift of the nut nana






He is a man who not only has a brilliant aim in life but also successful in his personal life & as a businessman. He is one of the richest persons of our society. He is honest, punctual, religious, discipline & well behaved. But at the same time he is extremely lonely.



I have an opportunity to meet with him and have time to spend with him. I have a close observation and found every body can follow his some activity to serve and redecorate our society.
The official name of the most talent man is Mr. Gafir Ahamed but general people know his as “Nana”(Grand father). In the year 1950 he came from India and started a small business in here. Now he has a large pharmaceutical factory and even three star hotel. He has four sons and four daughters (all four daughters are married and are well settled in their own families).



His three sons are married except one son and they all live with their father in family’s Dhanmondi residence. His wife passed away in the year 2000. In spite of such an extended family no body has enough time for him. So this elderly widow passes away his time amongst the people around him.


The “Nut Nana” as he commonly known decided to follow the teachings of Prophet Mohammad (SM). For the last twenty years he has been distributing certain amounts nut everyday after As’r prayer (afternoon prayers) in the area surrounding the Dhanmondi Lake.



This Nan is a devout muslim and prays five times a day. And it is in precincts of the mosque that he imparts valuable counsel to the poor children.

Nut nana teaches the young stars among whom he distributes his nuts: “Bid salaam to all. When you enter your homes bid salaam to all. If you treat others well Allah will repay you well”.

He also preaches:“Help the poor and love people.” He forbids the younger to smoke because smoke is an indulgence which endangers one’s health and in the process we loose our valuable money.






His only companion is his driver. He looks after him on the way to the mosque and caters to all his need. Though his health is deteriorating gradually yet this polite and soft spoken grand father’s mental and spiritual states are as strong as ever. And in all these years he has never lost his vision. He is a rich man and most of the people around him treat his as fool and a madman.



However, in spite of all his apparent eccentricities most people respect him and accept his nuts with a smile.

Md. Iqram Chowdhury
2nd year (evening),
Pathshala,
South Asian Institute of Photography