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Selected interviews
Kazi Yasmin reviews a book of selected interviews of some of our iconic cultural personalities...
1 always feel our arts and cultural sector boasts with a lot of gifted personalities. However we rarely see their works being appreciated in the international domain.
Due to lack of initiatives from the part of the concerned people, we hardly find any English written book that talk about our celebrated cultural personalities, their works and inspirations. This void has been filled to some extent by young and talented journalist Nazmus Saquib with his maiden book 'Selected Interviews' - a compilation of some of his interviews with some of the legends of Bangladesh and the Indian sub continent. At the age of 22, Nazmus Saquib has already caught up with some renowned personalities from our arts and cultural sector. To name a few: Humayun Ahmed, Hanif Sanket, Professor
Abdullah Abu Sayeed, artists: Shahabuddin Ahmed, Qayyum Chowdhury, Monirul Islam, Rafiqun Nabi, singers: Azam Khan, Ferdous Wahid, Ayub Bachchu, James, Kumar Biswajit and many others have enriched the pages of this book with their exclusive interviews. Besides, internationally acclaimed singers: Asha Bhosle, Atif Aslam and Bappi Lahiri also gave their exclusive interviews to the writer that have also been included in the book. The book also has a special section where the author remi-
nisced his fond memories with renowned poet Shamsur Rahman, legendary actors: Humayun Faridee and Salman Shah. The LISP of this book is perhaps its foreword, written by late author Humayun Ahmed. This was Humayun Ahmed's last written foreword for any book.
The book has some distinct qualities which sets it apart from any other book with similar set of interviews. The glittering art paper pages of the book, coupled with stunning portraits of the interviewees gives a visual treat to the readers. Some of the interviews deserve special mention here. Pop guru Azam Khan in his last interview (given exclusively to the author) revealed his disappointments about the post independent Bangladesh, his inspirationsand how he got the 'guru' tag. The writer's heart to heart conversation with Humayun Ahmed, Bappi Lahiri, Asha Bhosle, James and many such renowned personalities give a vivid description about their works, philosophies and ambitions. The fans of these popular cultural personalities would definitely like to get a copy of the book for enriching their personal collection.
On the flipside, the author included some interviews of lesser known young artists. These interviews could have been avoided. It does not look good too see the faces of such amateur young cultural persons with the luminaries of the same field. However the writer argues this debate because his intention was to encourage these young talents so that they get inspired seeing their interviews along
with the veterans. Some of the interviews of these young celebrities were not that much interesting to read.
During the official launching of the book, which was aired live on Channel I, Mazharul Islam - owner of Annyadin Publications wished to bring out a Bengali version of the book for the coming Ekushey Book Fair. We hope the minor flaws in the English edition won't be repeated in the Bengali one.
On the whole, the young writer deserves laurels for talking up the bold initiative
of publishing his own book at such an early age of his professional career. The minor flaws of this book will hopefully be corrected in its upcoming editions. I personally feel this book is helpful for the budding journalists who want to get some insight about transcription of interview in English and also about the general questionnaires of a cultural reporter. The language of this book is simple and easy to understand for an average reader. Published by 'Friends' Book Comer', this 96 pages book is priced at TK 500 only.
The writer is Hons. Final Year student of Govt Shaheed Suhrawardi College, Dhaka (Dept of Bangla)