Moviyana Film Society remembers filmmaker, activist Badal Rahman

Entertainment Desk :
June 11 was the 13th death anniversary of noted freedom-fighter, filmmaker
and film activist Badal Rahman. Like every year, Moviyana Film Society organised a commemorative
programme to observe the day,
which was held on Sunday at Pathak Samabesh Kendra in the capital’s Katabon area, said a press release.
This year, reviews of the book ‘Mukhomukhi Badal Rahman’ by Belayat Hossain Mamun was held in memory of Badal Rahman.
The book titled ‘Mukhomukhi Badal Rahman’, authored by Belayet Hossain Mamun, contains interviews of Badal Rahman. Published by Kothaprakash, the book captures Badal Rahman’s illustrious career as a filmmaker and organiser and the socio-political conditions of pre- and post-independence Bangladesh. Film researcher and writer Anupam Hayat, noted film researcher Junaid Halim, Dhaka DocLab’s Director Tareq Ahmed and organiser Biplab Mostafiz read out and discussed the book ‘Mukhomukhi Badal Rahman’ at the event. President of Moviyana Film Society Belayet Hossain Mamun presided over the event.
Born on June 4 in 1949, veteran filmmaker and film society activist Badal Rahman passed away on June 11 in 2010. In his lifetime, he was enthusiastically involved with the film society movement in Bangladesh from the beginning. He was the director of the first full-length feature film for children in Bangladesh, ‘Emiler Goyenda Bahini’, which earned huge popularity among viewers and critics even outside Bangladesh.
A couple of notable films made by the late Rahman, those themed on children, including ‘Chhana O Muktijuddha’ and ‘Kathal Burir Bagan’ earned noteworthy credit from all concerns. He was a pioneer in conducting the first film appreciation course in the country.
It is noted that Badal Rahman was also the president of the Federation of Film Societies of Bangladesh till his demise.