Celebrating Filmmaker Abdul Jabbar�s Birth Centenary

6-day film festival begins at Shilpakala

Marking the birth centenary of late famous director-producer Abdul Jabbar Khan, a six-day film festival is being arranged at the auditorium of National Art Plaza of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA). The festival has started on Saturday and will continue till April 21. The festival has been organised by the committee, which has been formed to celebrate the birth centenary, in association with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Bangladesh Film Archive and Jazz Multimedia.
The six-day festival is featuring a total of five films by Abdul Jabbar Khan. As per as the schedule, Abdul Jabbar’s film ‘Banshori’ will be screened today at 6pm at the National Art Plaza, while ‘Kanch Kata Hire’ and ‘Khelaghar’ will be screened on tomorrow and Thursday respectively. Earlier, ‘Mukh O Mukhosh’, the first Bangla feature film to be made in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), was screened on Sunday and ‘Jowar Elo’ (1962) was screened yesterday.
Nayak Raj Razzak and eminent cultural personality Syed Hasan Iman inaugurated the festival by releasing balloons, fanush and pigeons on the birthday of famous filmmaker Abdul Jabbar Khan on April 16. Presided over by Abdul Jabbar’s son Ismat Hayat Khan, filmmaker Mushfiqur Rahman Guljar, Sohanur Rahman Sohan, Abu Musa Debu, Jakir Hossain Raju and National Film Archives Director General Dr Jahangir Hossain, among others, were present.
Razzak, in his speech, began to reminisce about his meeting with Abdul Jabbar, “When I was in India performing in a stage drama, Abdul Jabbar Khan was there for some work. That is how we met. Then, when we came back to East Pakistan, we would again meet. He embraced me in his arms and welcomed me into the world of films after he learnt of my passion to work in films. He made me his number three assistant. I even got to work in three of his films.”
Nayak Raj kept continued talking fondly in memory of the great director, “After I achieved much fame and stardom, I did not change in his eyes. To him, I was like his own son and that is how he loved me. He was like a father to me. Due to that strong bond, I still am in regular contact with his family. ”

Celebrating Filmmaker Abdul Jabbar�s Birth Centenary

6-day film festival begins at Shilpakala

Marking the birth centenary of late famous director-producer Abdul Jabbar Khan, a six-day film festival is being arranged at the auditorium of National Art Plaza of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA). The festival has started on Saturday and will continue till April 21. The festival has been organised by the committee, which has been formed to celebrate the birth centenary, in association with Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Bangladesh Film Archive and Jazz Multimedia. The six-day festival is featuring a total of five films by Abdul Jabbar Khan. As per as the schedule, Abdul Jabbars film Banshori will be screened today at 6pm at the National Art Plaza, while Kanch Kata Hire and Khelaghar will be screened on tomorrow and Thursday respectively. Earlier, Mukh O Mukhosh, the first Bangla feature film to be made in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), was screened on Sunday and Jowar Elo (1962) was screened yesterday. Nayak Raj Razzak and eminent cultural personality Syed Hasan Iman inaugurated the festival by releasing balloons, fanush and pigeons on the birthday of famous filmmaker Abdul Jabbar Khan on April 16. Presided over by Abdul Jabbars son Ismat Hayat Khan, filmmaker Mushfiqur Rahman Guljar, Sohanur Rahman Sohan, Abu Musa Debu, Jakir Hossain Raju and National Film Archives Director General Dr Jahangir Hossain, among others, were present. Razzak, in his speech, began to reminisce about his meeting with Abdul Jabbar, When I was in India performing in a stage drama, Abdul Jabbar Khan was there for some work. That is how we met. Then, when we came back to East Pakistan, we would again meet. He embraced me in his arms and welcomed me into the world of films after he learnt of my passion to work in films. He made me his number three assistant. I even got to work in three of his films. Nayak Raj kept continued talking fondly in memory of the great director, After I achieved much fame and stardom, I did not change in his eyes. To him, I was like his own son and that is how he loved me. He was like a father to me. Due to that strong bond, I still am in regular contact with his family.