Tini goes to Seoul
EIDF was launched in 2004 by EBS, Korea's public television. With the unparalleled TV showcase of about 100 creative and innovative documentaries for 15 hours a day on EBS-TV during the week of the festival, it received rave reviews from the critic and audience. This year, EIDF 2006 will be presented from July 10 to 16 under the theme of 'Prospering Asia, Reconciliation and Coexistence'.
The Architect and four other documentaries selected for 'Five Nation Fair' will be broadcast on EBS-TV during the festival and screened at EBS' 'Space' Art Hall at the same time.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. Nirjhar said, "Produced by the Institute of Architects, Bangladesh, Tini is a biography on the works of architect Mazharul Islam, the pioneering architect. Islam has to his credit some wonderful architectural heritages such as the spectacular Chittagong University campus, Jahangirnagar University campus, Institute of Fine Arts campus and others, where there is harmony between nature and science. Moreover, this visionary has his own socio-political views and I had long cherished a desire to make a documentary on the legend.
"In the documentary I've covered his biography and vision. Moreover I've used comments of the renowned foreign architects."
On the hurdles of making the documentary, Nirjhar said, "It is difficult to make a documentary on a temperamental person. Sometimes I had to shoot without informing him. Fuad Naser Babu's effective playback music has added emotion to the documentary. And Real Akonji has undertaken the arduous task of transforming the 20-hour footage into a 48minute documentary. And I'm also grateful to the architects Dr Abu Sayeed and Mosharruf Hossain who inspired me to make the documentary."