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Talent hunt for rickshaw-wallahs and CNG drivers

“Magic Tin Chakar Taroka”

Jamil Mahmud
At present, talent hunt programmes are the rage. Several TV channels and corporate houses have been arranging talent hunt programmes concerning different sectors of art forms over the last .couple of Vea^f*Why ^TirfulttxicV^ shaw-wailahs and CNG (autorickshaw) drivers be excluded from such programmer'
With the slogan “Gaite Hobey Gola Chherey," production house SB (Shishir Bindu) in association with corporate house Square Toiletries Ltd. and satellite channel ATX Bangla, has initiated a different kind of talent hunt competition specifically for rickshawwallahs and CNG drivers.
The programme titled “Magic Tin Chakar Taroka" kicked off on May 9 this year through its preliminary round held in Mirpur. Since then, three more instalments of the preliminary’ round were held at different venues around Dhaka. The last instalment of die prelimi-M#^ KaT
Organisers informed that from the four instalments of the prelim -inarv round 100 "Magic Card" holders (25 contestants from each instalment) have been selected for the next round. The selection round, which is next, is expected to be begin in August at ATN Bangla studio.
“Our initial goal was just to provide a source of recreation for the rickshaw-wallahs. Initially the
programme was called 'Tin Chaka'. After the first instalment of the preliminary round, Square Toiletries Ltd. and ATN Bangla came forward and expressed their interest in the programme and that is why we changed the tide to 'Magic Tin Chakar Taroka,"' said Shishir Salman, chief executive of SB. ।
Square Toiletries Ltd. is the sponsor and ATN Bangla is die media partneroftheprogramme.
Munni Saha, chief of News Operations, ATN Bangla is the director of the programme. She said, “Masum Apu of Prothom Alo informed me about the programme. I attended the first instalment at Mirpur and was impressed by the participants' enthusiasm as well as their perfor-
mances, all of whom are from the underprivileged class.”
"We have further plans to arrange four episodes in the selection round before moving on to the gala round," Munni Saha informed. The winner of the com-petidon will receive prize money worth Tk. one lakh and a chance to record a solo album. Top ten contestants will also be rewarded with notable prizes.
So far, each instalment of the preliminary round featured a panel of four judges. Composer Z. A. Tushar and Momtaz Begum, head of the Department of Music, UODA were common judges at each instalment, while two other positions were filled in by noted artistes. Tagore singer Lily Islam and classical artiste Ashit Dey were the guest judges at the Karwan Bazar instalment.
About the participants, Lily Islam said, "Presentations by some of the contestants' are noteworthy. It is hard to believe that they have no formal training in music."
Ashit Dey said, "If these contestants are groomed properly then it shouldn't be impossible to find an accomplished singer among them.”
Though the programme was supposed to feature only rickshaw-wallahs and CNG drivers from Dhaka division, the organisers informed that contestants from all over the country are participating According to the organisers, over 25,000 contestants took part in the preliminary round.
Md. Raju Ahmed came from Jamalpur to compete at the Karwan Bazar venue after noticing a poster — about the talent hunt — glued behind a rickshaw. Initially the organisers circulated over 70,000 posters for rickshaws.