First day, first take

Nadia Ahmed
By Cultural Correspondent
19 June 2005, 18:00 PM
It was back in mid 1990s. I acted in the television playBaro Rakom Manush, my first drama serial on television. I was very nervous because my co-artistes were prominent actors such as Subarna Mustafa, KS Firoz, Dilara Zaman and Nima Rahman. However, these senior actors helped me at every step of the way: the delivery of dialogues, posture and body language. So, it was not very difficult for me at the shooting spot and the shots were okayed at one go.

I remember a special shot with popular artiste Nima Rahman. In that shot Nima was supposed to pinch my cheeks while scolding me, because she was playing a villainous role in the play. However, for some reason the shot was not okayed in the first attempt. We had to do the shot over and over again. There was no problem in doing that shot repeatedly. But Nima was pinching my cheeks so hard that it was painful. However, I was too shy to say anything. All I could do is to pray to God to end my ordeal.