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Glimpses of ‘Celebrating Life’event

Staff Correspondent
A youngster in a far-off village dreams of hovering up in the sky like a kite. With a wing-shaped kite on his back, he makes a dash across a muddy field as though for a take-\off. Unfortunately, he slips over on \he thick mud. heaves sighs in a lark corner of his room, his head tucked between his knees.
The frustration does not hang heavy on the little dreamer. His playmates now show up and take him out into the filed. They laugh, make more kites and enjoy kiteflying.
A bit of empathy and encouragement from his little friends refreshes the kid. His playmates, too. now begin dreaming of flying together like kites someday.
The sequence is from a one-minute film screened at the award -giving ceremony of Celebrating Life, a film-photography-lyrics contest jointly organised by The Daily Star and Standard Chartered Bank at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the city yesterday.
The film, directed by Animcsh Aich, renders the theme of the occasion that a little patronage and encouragement could help people have their dreams come true and celebrate the progress and prosperity of their motherland, Bangladesh.
In line with the theme, the programme gave a warm reception to 27 winners of a creativity contest that began in November last year with competitors talcing part from across the country. Awards were given under three categories---photograph, lyrics and film.
Thirteen people won awards for photography, ten for English and Bangla lyrics and four for filmmaking.
The reception took on a grand look as hundreds of people---competitors, their parents and relatives, film and lyric enthusiasts-- -streamed into the venue.
Following the screening of the film, around 50 dancers presented an evening of dance, themed on the celebration of nature, to.die rhythm and beat of flute, sarod, setara, and tabla. Eminent dancer Shimul Yousuf directed the sinuous movement
Then came the finale. Anwar Hossain, Rafiquzzaman and Tarique Masud announced the names of the award winners of photography, lyric and film respectively.
"The huge collection of photographs on our motherland overwhelmed me," said Anwar Hossain before reading out the names of the competition's best photographers.
"Our songs boast of a rich tradition. I expect the new generation will come forward keeping that richness in mind. Poets will also step in; their poetry will be made into lyrics," said Rafiquzzaman.
"This is the first move in which prestigious concerns like The Daily Star and Standard Chartered have come forward with the patronage of the film and caused quite a stir among the youths...the film sector has been deprived of facilities and
needs to have such a platform to flourish," saidTarique Masud.
The judges had to leaf through 4,500 photographs, about 10,000 lyrics and 97 films before picking the winners.
As singers Subir Nandi and Mashirur Rahman Pintu belted out songs in the interval before the announcement of the completion's best filmmakers, the side screens flashed a collage of select photographs.
Chief Adviser Fakhruddin Ahmed later inaugurated an exhibition of some of the best snapshots on the venue's corridor.
"I was really delighted to see the beauty of these photographs. What photography does not take in as its subject? It plays with kingfisher, river, mother and son, fisherman, kids, dawn, boat competition, Baul and portraits of old village women and village kids," said teenage photographer Moumita, flashing glances at the photographs on display.
Cultural Affairs Adviser Rasheda K Choudhury, high government officials, prominent filmmakers, cultural personalities, actors, sportsmen, journalists and their family members attended the ceremony.
The chief adviser handed over prizes to the winners. The cultural affairs adviser, Standard Chartered Bank Bangladesh CEO Osman Morad, Faridur Reza Sagor, managing director of Channel i and Impress Telefilm Ltd, and The Daily Star Editor Mahfuz Anam were present on the stage.
Information Secretary Jamil Osman, Home Secretary Abdul Karim, Catherine Masud, cricketer Habibul Bashar Sumon and singer Fakir Alamgir, among others, sat in the audience entertained with music by Samina Chowdhury, Fahmida Nabi, Shafin Ahmed and Sayed Hasan Tipu.
Radio Foorti, bangladesh info.com, Channel i and Saptahik 2000 were the media partners of the competition.
Former CEO of Bangladesh Cricket Board Mahmudur Rahman moderated the programme.