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Ruhul : You are right; my entire experience is to do with the East End of London. I hardly know anything about Bangladesh. But I’m shaped by my childhood experience.
That always reminds me of my decent and colourful past. I still hallucinate about that beautiful land and its people like painting. I still hear the beautiful haunting music of trivial flute. I’m aware of the richness of our folk heritage and abundant literary wealth.
Lot of people in our community never had a chance to experience that beautiful side of Bangladesh. The story of Hason Raja is set around 150 years ago. It depicts an era of golden Bengal, which was rich with cultural activities. This film is a vehicle to enter into our rich folk heritage. I’m sure this film will provide an insight into a rich culture, which is vanishing rapidly. The songs and mysticism of Hason Raja is direct and simple.
It burns with passion and intensity. He drew Buddhist, Hindu and Sufi philosophies and images he filled his songs with powerful longing for spiritual union.This open-ness gives his work a spatial meaning
That always reminds me of my decent and colourful past. I still hallucinate about that beautiful land and its people like painting. I still hear the beautiful haunting music of trivial flute. I’m aware of the richness of our folk heritage and abundant literary wealth.
Lot of people in our community never had a chance to experience that beautiful side of Bangladesh. The story of Hason Raja is set around 150 years ago. It depicts an era of golden Bengal, which was rich with cultural activities. This film is a vehicle to enter into our rich folk heritage. I’m sure this film will provide an insight into a rich culture, which is vanishing rapidly. The songs and mysticism of Hason Raja is direct and simple.
It burns with passion and intensity. He drew Buddhist, Hindu and Sufi philosophies and images he filled his songs with powerful longing for spiritual union.This open-ness gives his work a spatial meaning
Romuz - You are a British filmmaker. Your experience is to do with Britain.What motivated you to do a film in Bangladesh? Can you tell us about your latest venture “Hason Raja”?
Channel 4 TV. In 1986 I made my first feature film “A KIND OF ENGLISH”. Then I joined National film and Television School and done some short courses. Since then I made about 13 films including documentary and feature films for British Television.
Romuz - Why this project is taking such a long time?
Ruhul : I do not have any simple explanation for this. All I can say, the funding institutes and the effluents are not showing any interest. I’m left with on option but to run after poor individuals around the community. I’m knocking on every door with a hope that there must be somebody who will pose for a moment and think differently.
Romuz - You been traveling between India and Bangladesh and have gathered well-known artists and Technicians from both places.What are your opinions or experiences with the industry of that part of the world?
Ruhul : I would say it is a unique experience to gather all those talented artists and technicians from India and Bangladesh. Wherever and whoever I went to meet they came with a helping hand. This tremendous respect and support proves how seriously they have taken our film.
Romuz - There are well known stars in Bangladesh. What is the logic behind casting Mithun Chakarborty from India?
Ruhul :To reincarnate Hason Raja I need an actor whose philosophy is above this hype. Mithun doesn’t believe in stardom. He is such an artiest, the light of his love and passion glows across the globe. An artiest of his clever bound neither by geographical territory nor carries the burden of any specific race, religion or cast. So was the Hason Raja.
for today, with harmony so threatened by communal division.
Ruhul Amin