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Kabori’s screen heroes

Afsar Ahmed
ALTHOUGH four decades have gone by, Kabori's memoriesofher co-stars remain firmly etched in her mind. "Subhash Dutta was my first onscreen hero and, more than tlrat, he is my mentor. He gave me die first break in filmdom and my entire fame owes to him. From the very first day of my film career I've learnt the ropes of acting from Subhash Da. It was back in 1964 that 1 acted in my first film, Shutorang, under Subhash Da's direction. And coincidentally just after 40 years, in 2004, Subhash Da acted in the movie Aaina under my direction. Isn't that interesting?" laughs Kabori.
Kabori along with Razzaque fonned oneofthe most enduring romantic pair in the history of Bangladeshi cinema. Together the Kabori -Razzaque pair heralded the golden age of Bangladeshi cinema. Rongbaaj, Abirbhab, MoynaMoti, Agontuk, Anirban, Chokhcr Jolcy, Upohar and several others enthralled film buffs duringthe 1970s and mid-'BOs. "Rongbaaj was a revolutionary action film in the post-independence Bangladesh. In fact, it was a turning point in our film industry as film goers started to accept the genre of action film in addition to the family oriented social movies," says Kabori. "Razzaque was the hero of most of my films. From the beginning, we built a good understanding. He was very cooperative; in fact, when the camera and lights were on. we knew
very well which expressions we should give.
"We had such interaction that we could sug-gesteach other about signingnewfilms together. And our pair was so popular that most of the producers and directors chose us for their films and, as a result, most films of a year were often done by us. For such repetitive appearance, some people and magazines even criticised us as 'the boring pair oftheyear'", she laughs.
Kabori harks back to the shooting of MoynaMoti. Apparently Razzaque and she gave such a moving portrayal of the characters that the unit crewmembers could not hold back tlicir tears. "ItwasasaddeningsequencewhenMoyna (myself) was going to marry a landlord and her heartbroken lover Moti (Razzaque) was singing the song Anck shadher moyna amar badhon kete Jaay. All present al the location were completely spellbound," Kabori says.
Kabori has also had remarkable on-screen chemistry with Farooq in the 1970s. Titis was evident in two blockbusters Shujon Shokhi and SharengBou. "It was in 1974. When Farooq and I did thc film Shujon Shokhi, it was a massive hit and the song Shob shokhirey paar koritcy became very popular. Many re-mixes of the film have been made afterwards."
Drawing a comparison between the two heroes, Kabori asserts, "Razzaque was quite
calculating. He always used to maintain a certain distance from his co-artistes. On the contrary, Farooq is a very outspoken yet emotional actor. He is very intelligent and can devote in a better cause selflessly," says Kabori.
Kabori made pair with Bulbul Ahmed in most talked about film Dendas, made on Sarat Chandra Chatterjee's timeless classic. And she still misses the great sense of humour of his coactor Bulbul. "Apparently Bulbul looks very calm and quiet, but he has the greatest sense of humouramongthcindustrypeople."
On another legendary actor Rahman, she reminisces the shooting of their only film Hahana, which was made in Urdu by Zahir Raihan. Kabori says, "Rahman was a perfect gentleman in the industry and I wish I could do more films with him!"
With Sohel Rana, Ujjal and Wasim, her onscreen presence was also appreciated and regaled by the audience.
Besides the heroes, Kabori also recalls the character role players. "In fact, their acting was more powerful than ours. They did the real performance in films while we took care of the glamorous elements," she asserts. Among these actors, Khan Ataur Rahman, Golam Mustafa, Anwar Hossain and ATM Shamsuzzaman are most noteworthy to Kabori.