3 Nat’l Film Awards stolen from lyricist Moni’s apartment
Entertainment Report :
The three National Film Award
trophies were stolen from the three times National Award winning
lyricist, Moniruzzaman Moni’s
apartment. Geetikobi Songho Bangladesh in a press conference
confirmed the news recently.
Noted lyricist Moniruzzaman Moni is a life-long member of Geetikobi Songho Bangladesh.
The organisation denounced the incident and informed that a total of five trophies including the National Award trophies were bagged from Moniruzzaman Moni’s apartment on the night of November 3.
Moniruzzaman Moni is considered as one of the most successful lyricists in the Bangladeshi film industry. His three National Film Award trophies that got stolen, were for the songs titled ‘Tumi Chhara Ami Eka’ (1988), ‘Ei Haat Kore Nao Hatiyar’ (1989) and ‘Tumi Aamar Koto Chena’ (1990).
The Geetikobi Songho wrote on the press release: “It has been more than 20 days since the case was filed. Yet the trophies have not been recovered. We think that the incident portrays the helplessness of the artists, which is alarming for us.”
The organisation demanded immediate recovery of the trophies. They sought the attention of related authority and said, “We will go on organisational strike if the matter is not resolved immediately.”
