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Ekushey Book Fair

বই মেলা, প্রাণের মেলা । বাংলা একাডেমী প্রাঙ্গণে অনুষ্ঠিত এ মেলায় হাজার হাজার পাঠক ও সংস্কৃতি সেবী মানুষের সামাগম ঘটে সারা ফেব্রুয়ারী মাসব্যাপী । বাংলাদেশের প্রায় সব প্রকাশক ও লেখকগণ এ মেলা উপলক্ষ্যে বই প্রকাশ করে থাকে। ২০০৮ সালের বই মেলায় ২ হাজারেরও বেশী বই প্রকাশিত হয়েছে। শুধু বই প্রকাশ নয়, অমর একুশে গ্রন্থমেলা আজ পরিণত হয়েছে বাংলা সাহিত্য ও সংস্কৃতির গুরুত্বপূর্ন কেন্দ্র। বই বিক্রয়ের পাশাপাশি এই মেলায় বাংলা একাডেমী ধারাবাহিক ভাবে সমকালীন বাংলা সাহিত্য ও সংকৃতির উপর সেমিনার, আলোচনা অনুষ্ঠান আয়োজন করে থাকে।

আজকের এই গুরুত্বপূর্ণ মেলা প্রথম শরু হয়েছিল ১৯৭৩ সালে, মুক্তধারার প্রথিতযশা প্রকাশক চিত্তরজ্ঞন সাহার মুক্তিযুদ্ধের উপর প্রকাশিত বই প্রদশনীর মাধ্যমে। ১৯৭৪ সালে মুক্তধারা ও খান ব্রাদার্স যৌথভাবে অমর একুশে উপলক্ষ্যে সাতদিন ব্যাপী এ মেলা আয়োজন করে। এরপর থেকে বাংলাদেশ সরকার ও বাংলা একাডেমীর পৃষ্টপোষকতায় সারা ফেব্রুয়ারী মাসব্যাপী এ মেলা আয়োজিত হয়ে আসছে। এ মেলা আজ শুধু মেলাই নয়, বাংলা সাহিত্য চর্চার প্রাণকেন্দ্র।

Ekushey Book Fair ( Boi Mela ), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Ekushey book fair is one of the important event in Bangladesh on literature and culture. Everyday thousands people come in this month-long event. Prominent publishers and writers of Bangladesh publish books on the eve of the Ekushey Book Fair. In this year more than 2000 books has been published.

The fair was initiated by famous publisher “Chittoronjon Saha” at 1973 by displaying his books on Bangladesh, published in Calcutta during liberation war. In 1974 Muktadhara and Khan brothers jointly organized the event for 7 days. Since 1975 it has been organizing with the patronization of Bangla Academy and Bangladesh Government as a month-long event. In this event Bangla academy regularly organized seminar and discussion on contemporary Bangla literature and issues. Nowadays the event is playing important role in the development of Bangla literature and culture.

Film: J. Alam, Shahjahan Siraj. Edit: Shahjahan Siraj
Production: Machizo Multimedia

Ekushey Book FairWeb Master2018-11-29T06:05:12+00:00

Easter Holyzday

ইষ্টার হলিডে: Video production on ‘Easter Holyday’ celebration by the Christian believers in Dhaka. The Christian community of Dhaka every year celebrate this holy day in the open air church at Parliament ground, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Film: Shahjahan Siraj , Edit: J. Alam
Productiont: Machizo Multimedia

Videography: Shahjahan Siraj
Editing: J. Alam
Production& Copyright: Machizo Multimedia

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Rathjatra | রথযাত্রা

Rathjatra, one of the biggest of Hindu mystical celebration in Bangladesh. This fifteen days long festival held every year across the Bangladesh and India. The jatra means rally with rath (van) of Lord Jogonnath. Nowadays Rathjatra celebration is not only limited to Hindu community, becomes part of mainstream Bengali culture. The main Rathjatra festival in Dhaka has been organized by international Society for “Krishna conciousness” (ISKON). In these days, the Hindu believers worship God “Jogonath” by pulling chariots (rath).

Thousands of people join in the festival with loving heart to God and humanity. Peoples pray for indemnity of past sins and offer donation, gift, food etc with total heart and devotion. Some believers join to relief from pain of mistakes, protection from diseases however for good fortune. During running the rath, the priest share out the offering banana. The participants receive banana as “Gift of God” and “Gift of Love”. However the fellowers sing theme holy song, “Harey Kisna, Harey Raam…” . In the Dhaka, the rally generally starts from ISKON to Dhakashori Temple. After ten day the rath again back to ISKON. Generally the Rathjatra held in the month June-July that is in Bangla ‘Srabon mas ‘.

Film and edit: J. Alam. Direction: Shahjahan Siraj . Associte: Kamrul Hasan
Production: Machizo Multimedia

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Bird Flu | বার্ড ফ্লু

The video on public health emergence of bird flu in Bangladesh. As part of safeness and public awareness on behalf of SIAM Health Foundation, Machizo Multimedia has produced this video production with series of interviews. From this month March the people particularly city dwellers get back confidence with promotion.

On January 2008, Bangladesh was dangerously panicked with bird flu. Although there was not not happened any human cased. The majority people was anxious, did not eat chicken even egg. The Poultry industry and business was collapsed . From the beginning government, media and concerned NGOs promote the issues as public health emergence and basic alerts to save both poultry industry and lives. With bird flu panic many chicken shops were closed for low sales and income.
STATEMENTS

“There was bird flu rumor. People did not want to take chicken but now buying. Now no problem and day by day fear is disappearing and selling is increasing. We are also eating. There is no problem after cooking…..” is the statement of a street chicken seller.

Dr. Sanjida Islam says, ” If we buy chicken after clean, however wash properly , there is problem. I would like to request all to eat with family members. Not only in chicken but also in ducks, there is not problem…”

Shamim Ara Begam, Assistant director of BSTI shared her confidence, “There is no logic to be panicked with bird flu as the virus die after boil; however it can not make infection in human body. So everyday, we are eating chicken. We never face any problem. However chicken is favorite menu of the children. I am not facing any problem.” Her son’s feedback is also same, “I everyday take eat and chicken. I know, the bird flu virus after boil die. so I am not panicked with bird flu.”

There was a huge negative affects in business and life style. We talked with many person to know the real situation. All expressed confidence including Anowarul Isalm Khan, Chief Bureau of Health Education, ” we are working to make public awareness to against any sensitive public disease. We have taken initiative from our head office and has given direction to health workers countrywide to make public awareness. It is not difficult to protect. If we follow general per-cautions . if we make healthy environment in poultry firm; however if we use, apron, mask and glops during duck-chicken rearing. Bird flue can dot spread even have. there is no problem. It is just panic”

Direction: Manirul Islam Khan | Idea & Research: Priyakamon Khan

Associates: J.Alam, Nasir Uddin
Film and edit:Shahjahan Siraj/ Machizo
© Siam Health Foundation/ Health Care

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Community Radio

কমিউনিটি রেডিও বাংলাদেশ: The community radio network could raises voice of voiceless by giving media access to the marginalized people across country access. The movement community radio in Bangladesh is actively going on since 1998. At last Bangladesh Government has responded positively with the movement lead by BNNRC, MMC, CDC, YPSA so on. The Government announced the policy on community radio in 12 March 2008. Under this circumstances, AMIC, BNNRC and UNB jointly organized a seminar on “Peoples Voices, Peoples Participation and Community Radio” in Dhaka on 04 May 2008.

At the daylong international seminar speakers from South Asian counties said, the community radio could give access the majority marginalized community particularly to the rural poor in information access. However the grassroots will be linked with media and will get options to participate in development process. The social communicator and South Asian leaders shared their experiences. The speakers discussed in detail the rules and procedures of the licensing system, however the provisions to ensure about ownership of information really remain within the community.

Information Secretary Jamil Osman, former BTRC Chairman Syed Margub Morshed, UNESCO’s Country Director Dr Malama Meleisea and Assistant Country Director of UNDP K A M Morshed addressed the inaugural session. Among others, Secretary General of AMIC Dr Indrajit Banerjee, Professor Brian Shoesmith, Dr. Andrew Taussig, Mohammad Nazrul Islam and Amanullah Khan addressed the session as well. AMIC Head of Research Dr Kalinga Seneviratne presented the keynote paper of the session titled “Overview of Community Radio across Asia: Opportunities and Challenges”. Dr. Shamim Reza of Dhaka University presented a presentation on the community radio in Bangladesh.

Film: J. Alam | Narration: AHM Abdul Hai | Direction and Edit: Shahjahan Siraj
Production: Machizo Multimedia

Community Mobilization for Community Radio in Bangladesh
Presentation by Shameem Reza, Assistant Professor , University of Dhaka in the seminar on “Peoples Voices, Peoples Participation and Community Radio” in Dhaka on 04 May 2008. The video is made by Machizo Multimedia for UnnayanTV .

Presentation –
Community Mobilization for Community Radio in Bangladesh

By: Dr. Shameem Reza

After long desire and movement the community radio is going to open publicly in Bangladesh. The Government has formulated the community radio policy and come ahead with the permission for setting up community radio round the country. Under this circumstances, AMIC, BNNRC and UNB jointly organized a seminar on “Peoples Voices, Peoples Participation and Community Radio” in Dhaka on 04 May 2008.

Dr. Shamim Reza of Dhaka University presented a presentation on the ” Community Mobilization for Community Radio in Bangladesh”.
Videography: J. Alam
Concept & editing: Shahjahan Siraj
Produciton Associates: Kamrul Hasan
Production& Copyright: Machizo Multimedia

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‘O’ Sakhina | ও’ সখিনা

” O Sakhina… ” the song of Fakir Alamgir is one of the most popular song of Bangladesh. The folk singer Fakir Alamgir has established his own style of lyrics and form which is the blend of traditional folk song with western instruments. He has a number of popular albums are immensely popular Bangladesh and India. His songs, ‘O Sakhina’ are too popular that it become lip song of the mass people. Farkir Alamgir is the founder of ‘Wrishijo Shilpi Gosthi’.

Fakir Alamos most of song become widely popular across the country as all song carry the massage of the reality. He particularly emphasis on the reality, life struggle and vision of marginalized community with high voices. In the song ‘ O Sokhina’ he says, the story of a exploited farmer who have lost he crop to pay the loan and become a rickshaw puller. In the song the says the sotry as the voice of farmer himself to his lover ‘Sokhina’.

This music video has been record from the stage performance in Rabirdra Sharabor, Dhanmondi, Dhaka.

Film: Shahjahan Siraj, Editing: J. Alam
Production: Machizo Multimedi

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Rickshaw and Rickshawpuller

With aesthetic glimmer first rickshaw was emerged in Chittagong on 1919. In Dhaka rickshaw first appear on 1938. One landlord of Shutrapur ( old Dhaka ) first brought this vehicle in the capital. Once rickshaw was consider as gorgeous and highly recognized elite’s van, but now it become opposite. According to city corporation, there are seventy six thousand rickshaw in Dhaka. Nowadays Dhaka is famous as the city of rickshaw.

Bangladeshi rickshaw is artistic decorated by plastic flower, ornaments and rickshaw art. These arts are done by enamel colors, usually bold and vivid. In the back of rickshaw, there are beautiful paintings, generally grameen scenarios and Bangladeshi movie stars action portraits. After independence, as witnessed the paintings were portraying the liberation war’s scenes . The forms of rickshaw art are changing with contemporary mode of life, culture and reality. By emerging of the digital technology, the rickshaw art now is facing the struggle of existences. The rickshaw artists are generally illiterate and have no formal art education. However this high motif art is not well recognized by the mainstream schools of art.

Rickshaw pullers generally comes from the villages, mostly are economically marginalized. With vision of a good life and good income, the illiterate villagers migrant to Dhaka after fighting with poverty. But whenever they don’t get job, as last option they start rickshaw pulling and become rickshaw puller!

By doing whole day hard job, a rickshaw puller still can not earn proper money for quality existence. The average income to a rickshaw puller is Tk. 200 – Tk300 ( 3-5 dolor). Because of economical lower status, they can not develop their social position as well. However there is prejudice about rickshaw and rickshaw in elite society, mostly are not well recognized by in the society.

Rickshaw puller generally takes unhygienic food in the roadside restaurants. They generally live in slums or rickshaw-garish. Because of poverty, they can not make peaceful life and family, however can not send the children in school. But now the situation little changing and they are getting interested in family planning and children’s education. Bachelor rickshaw pullers generally live like a homeless to save money. Married rickshaw puller’s wife generally works as a housemate or as a garments worker to makeup the family costing. Common and crude reality, because of poverty mostly rickshaw pullers children can not continue education and become ricksha puller like father.

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Grameen Concert

গ্রামীন গানের আসর: The Grameen concert which is locally known as ‘ghanar ashor’. Grameen song particularly ‘baul’ and ‘boiati’ generally perform the song with either spiritual or moral message. The grameen song wide follow the mystical form of song. In rural Bangladesh, grameen band know as, “Ganer Dol”. The main vocal is generally team leader, however composer him/herself.

Grameen ghanar dol widely used local musical instruments like Ektara, Harmonium, Tobla and Dukduki etc. The singers generally farmer in profession and occasionally sing son in leisure time particularly after harvest.

The signer mostly are respected in village as spiritual men for speeding ethical words, moral teaching and mystical practices through songs. As the economical reality, the singer can not take singing son as profession for livelihood and fighting with poverty. Because of this some of devotee singer follow stoic life and never marry.

In most of Ganer Dol, there is one or two young volunteer member. The become volunteer generally to learn form ‘ustat’ (teacher). During they help team leader and make chorus.

The popular grameen concert is locally known as ‘ghanar ashor’ which generally organized in the full moon night after harvesting. is a popular event of villagers’ entertainment. It is a popular culture in rural Bangladesh. With request, Abdur Rahman and his team sing a sing is home yard.

The video has been produced by J. Alam and Likon and production supported by Machizo Multimedia

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AribaTel TV spot

TVC for AribaTel USA on its services. Aribatel provides premium quality international pinless calling service.

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The Victims

Bangladesh has been identified one of the most climate vulnerable victim country of the world. The main objective of the documentary is to present the Bangladesh reality in the global stage so that, international community can taken initiative and effective policy implementation to save the climate victims as well as our lovely planet.

From February 2007 to October 2009, I have visited most effected southern districts of Bangladesh. I have talked with huge number of climate victims ( ভুক্তভোগী ) in many places, sorted considering the different parameters and effects like flood, storms, salinity, sea level rights, erosion etc. I have tried to discover, along with natural and environmental changes that how are the life changing here. I was surprised to know that parallel to international community the local policy maker also try to explain the poverty for climate change as economical poverty. I was surprise to see the local reality that poor are becoming poorer gravely, marginalized are becoming more marginalized. However, crude reality, grassroots victims do not know that, why the climate is abruptly changing! Why frequently flood and storms are attacking them. Most of the victims said, it’s a curse of natural curses! They don’t have any objection! They don’t have resentment!

Director: Shahjahan siraj
Video editing: J. Alam
Production Associates: Hasan, Rohit, Polash, Devashis
Copyright & Technical support: Machizo Multimedia

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