Zahid Hasan now a cell phone recharge assistant?

Zahid Hasan steps out of a white car, as excited locals come up to him and address him as Arman Bhai.  Bursting into laughter, Hasan enters the makeup room of Salahuddin Lavlu's shooting house in Gazipur's Pubail.

Hasan is shooting for director RPI Billah's single-episode play “Oti Chalak”, scripted by Akash Ranjan, where he plays the central Lokman.

After donning his make up, Hasan starts walking towards a remote house with the director. It takes about 10 minutes to reach there. A large, colourful umbrella is seen placed under a tree in front of the house. There is a chair and a table. He takes his seat following the instructions of the director. He plays a cell-phone account recharge vendor in the play.

Zahid Hasan goes through the script once, as an assistant comes and stands beside him. The shot starts and some people stand in a queue to get their cell phone accounts recharged. Zahid recharges the numbers, and his assistant is seen giving each of them a cookie.

The shooting continues for about one hour, before rain interrupts the proceedings. The entire unit seeks shelter in a house. The drizzle stops after about 10 minutes, and the next shot commences, with a new female artiste.

In the next sequence, there is a huge crowd at his shop, and an elderly woman who plays Lokman's mother, arrives with his meal.  Putting everything else on hold, he starts his lunch right away.

The clock strikes 4 in the afternoon, and the shooting unit takes a lunch break. The entire team walks towards the shooting house.

In between shots, Zahid shares a few words with this correspondent: “The plot is very good. The story is basically centered on me,” he says.

The shooting resumes after the break and continues until 9:00pm. It has been a hectic day for Zahid.