e_Paper 1-12-2016

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2016
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TV artists protest, demand end of
‘malpractices’
Tilda Swinton has a
reason for not liking
Harry Potter films
• Showtime Desk
With the slogan “Shilpey baachi
shilpo baachai” (Living in art,
liberating it), Bangladeshi actors,
directors and crew who work
for television formed a day-long
protest yesterday at the Central
Shahid Minar in the capital.
Through a five-point demand, they
urged the government to end some
“malpractices” which existed in
TV industry.
Organised by Federation
of Televison Professional
Organisation (FTPO), the rally saw
participation of members of seven
other organisations including
Artist Association, Directors’
Guild, Producer Association and
Screenwriters’ Association.
In the gathering, the FTPO
leaders declared a five-point
demand. Their demands included
to stop the airing of foreign TV
series dubbed in Bangla on private
TV channels, TV officials not any
outside client or agency should
handle purchasing and transmitting
of TV programmes, re-settlement
of minimum and logical rate of AIT
in TV industry, prevention of illegal
foreign artists and crew and to stop
the airing of local TV commercial
on foreign channels through
downlink channels.
In their demand, they
suggested that foreign artists
and crew can work on special
occasions if they are registered
with the relevant organisations
upon the government’s nod.
The day-long rally commenced
through placing wreaths by the
entrants at the Central Shahid
Minar at 11:00am. Later, leaders of
the organisations delivered their
speeches. •
Chaiwala stars in a music video
• Showtime Desk
With sharp cheekbones and blue
eyes, Arshad Khan, the Pakistani
tea vendor, took the internet
by storm earlier this year. His
photo surfaced around social
media, which was captured by
photographer Jiah Ali and soon
#ChaiWala started trending on
Twitter.
Arshad became an internet
Photo: Sazzad Hossain
sensation among the Indian
subcontinental ladies. After
landing a modelling job- he went
on to give interviews on Pakistani
national televisions, where he
expressed his ambitions of making
it big as a model. Later on, even
SRK made comments on him,
wishing him the best.
The blue-eyed vendor
turned model recently made an
appearance on the music video of
a tack titled, “Chaiwala,” by Sid
Mr Rapper. The video has been
viral in its own right so far, but the
reactions are a bit polarized. Some
are saying that the rapper is making
fun of the naïve Arshad, other
are saying that it was just for the
fun. The song will probably never
termed as a classic for its music, but
it does have a catchy beat with a lot
of comic relief shots. •
• Showtime Desk
Its normal to have opinions
about Hogwarts, the British
school where young witches and
wizards were sent to learn about
all things magical, for Harry
Potter aficionados.
However, Tilda Swinton
seems to have a beef with
Hogwarts due to its portrayal of
boarding schools.
Recounting her time at West
Heath Girls’ School in Kent
during an interview with Scots
magazine, the Michael Clayton
actress said, “I think they are
a very cruel setting in which
to grow up and I don’t feel
children benefit from that type
of education.”
“Children need their parents.
That’s why I dislike films like
Harry Potter, which tend to
romanticise such places,” she
added.
“Several pupils’ fates are
also somewhat pre-ordained at
Hogwarts, which is fine if your
destiny is to slay dragons, but
not so great in the more prosaic
real world. I grew up under
privileged circumstances and
was expected to marry a duke,”
Swinton explained.
“I spent a lot of time and
energy making certain that I
would not find myself living a
life that had been pre-ordained
for me.”
The actress is passionate
about education, to the extent
that she even set up her own
independent school in 2013
with an emphasis on “art based
practical learning.” •