An actress with panache

What with increased competition and new players in the TV medium, life is a rollercoaster ride for Anonna. "I have to make sure that the programmes are creative and the cast and crew is dedicated. One way to keep ahead of competition is to get sponsorships for live shows," she says, pointing out that channel i keeps an eye on audience response in the live programmes.

Some examples of these programmes: Na Bola Kotha is based on women's issues such as the marriage of a fatherless girl, about women's involvement in politics and about the problems of childless couples in a scenario where the blame is always laid on the wife.

Take Tele Shomoy, a talk show on current issues such as food contamination. On the heels of such successful programmes, another programme called Tele Prescription followed. In this show a doctor is invited to the studio and the audience can ask him or her for medical advice.

In addition to live TV programmes, there is also a show called Agora Shopping Guide.

She has been modeling for three years. Recently, she did a TV commercial (TVC) for Aftab chicken nuggets. She has also done other TVCs like Chaka Ball soap, Chaka Ball detergent powder, Cocola noodles and Mortein aerosol spray.

Acting is another of Anonna's strengths. She is an enlisted artiste of BTV and Bangladesh Betar. She has worked in BTV's in house production called Kaloho Kabbyo (a TV play which she did in December last year). She has also done plays by individual producers in different channels. These are called package dramas. To cite examples, there is Adho Alo Adho Chhaya(directed by Gazi Rakayat), Eet Patkel (directed by Tarek Mintu). Then there is Shubho Drishti (directed by Atiqul Haque Chowdhury) based on a Tagore play. Other directors she has worked with are Abul Hayat, Saidul Anam Tutul, Shayer Khan Kollo and Khalid Mahmud Mithu.

What's Anonna's next venture? As an in house producer of Channel i, she has to make special programmes for important occasions such as the Independence Day or Eid. This Eid she has two programmes up her sleeve: One for children and the other for adults. The latter will have artistes from different sectors such as a musician, sportsperson, writer, dancer, newscaster, film actress and TV actor. The aim is to focus on the personality's less known aspect.

Anonna's aim is to persevere and produce quality TV programmes, in addition to modeling and acting. Going by her impressive credentials, that is not a distant dream.