People on Sunday paid their tributes to film director Tareque Masud and ATN News chief executive officer Ashfaque Munier, widely known as Mishuk Munier, as their bodies were taken the Central Shaheed Minar in Dhaka for public viewing.
Tareque and Mishuk, along with three others were killed in a traffic accident on the Dhaka-Aricha Road at Ghior in Manikganj on Saturday. Others who died in the accident were the driver of the microbus that was carrying them and two assistants of Tareque's film production team. The microbus became smashed as it collided head-on with a bus when the production team was coming back to Dhaka after selecting a shooting location for Tareque's film Kagajer Phul.
Tareque's wife Catherine Masud, also a film producer, and Dhali Al Mamun, a teacher of fine arts in Chittagong Univeristy and his wife painter Dilara Begum Jolly, were injured in the accident.
The condition of the three injured, being treated in Square Hospitals, are stable, Masud's family and physicians said on Sunday.
The mourners who gathered at the Central Shaheed Minar demanded a thorough and acceptable investigation of the accident and the trial of people who were responsible for the accident.
People from all walks of life such as politicians, ministers, lawmakers, former advisers to the caretaker government, academics, rights, cultural and film activists, litterateurs, artistes, painters, journalists, relatives, fans and well-wishers stood queues to pay their homage.
Both the coffins that were taken there in a solemn procession about 10:30am, became covered with flowers within minutes.
Three namaz-e-janazas of the duo were held in three places - in front of the ATN News office, in the central mosque in Dhaka University and on the premises of the Film Development Corporation.
The families of both the deceased will later decide where to bury them. Munier's family said they would wait for the arrival of his elder brother who lives abroad.
Masud's family said that his wife Catherine would make the decision after she would recover.
Abdus Sobhan Golap, the private secretary to the president, Zillur Rahman, placed floral wreaths on the coffins on behalf of the president. Saifuzzaman Shekhor, assistant personal secretary to the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, placed wreaths on her behalf.
The finance minister, Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, the education minister, Nurul Islam Nahid, the information minister, Abul Kalam Azad, the food minister, Abdur Razzaque, the foreign affairs minister, Dipu Moni, and the state minister for law, Quamrul Islam, also placed floral wreaths on the coffins.
The Awami League's joint general secretary Mahbubul Alam Hanif and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party's joint secretary general Ruhul Kabir Rizvi placed wreaths on the coffins on behalf of the parties.
Former chief adviser to the caretaker government Habibur Rahman, adviser Sultana Kamal, Professor Anisuzzaman, litterateur Syed Shamsul Haque, Abul Hasnat Abdul Hye, film director Tanvir Mokammel, Dhaka's mayor Sadeque Hossain Khoka, economist Debapriya Bhattacharya, Daily Star editor Mahfuz Anam, New Age editor Nurul Kabir and Amader Samay editor Naeemul Islam Khan also paid their tributes.
Actress-turned-lawmaker Sarah Begum Kabori, singer-turned-lawmaker Mamtaz Begum, lawmaker Asaduzzaman Noor, theatre activist Ramendu Majumdar, cultural activist Kamal Lohani, and actor Tawkir Ahmed also placed floral wreaths on the coffin.
Leaders of the Workers Party of Bangladesh, Jatiya Samajtnatrik Dal, Communist Party of Bangladesh, Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal, Gana Forum, Samyabadi Dal, Ganatantri Party, Ganasanghati Andolan, and students and youth fronts of the parties and leaders of the Sectors Commanders Forum and Ekatturer Ghatak-Dalal Nirmul Committee also paid their tributes.
Leaders of the Sammilita Sangskritik Jote, Mahila Parishad, Udichi Shilpi Goshthi, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies, Bangladesh Short Film Forum Association, Bangladesh Gram Theatre, Kendriya Khelaghar Asar, Directors' Guild, Chhayanaut, Dhaka University, Dhaka University Teachers' Association, Film Development Corporation, National Museum, Liberation War Museum, Dhaka Theatre, Dhaka University Film Society, Sangstkriti Mancha, Samageet Sangskriti Prangan and Ranesh Das Gupta Chalachchitra Sangsad and others paid their last respect to the duo at the Shaheed Minar.
The day's mourning programme began with the Alumni Association of Mass Communications and Journalism Department of Dhaka University first going to the Shaheed Minar.
Ordinary citizens and students expressed their shock and placed flowers on the coffins after standing in queues for hours.
Many carried banners demanding an acceptable and thorough investigation of the accident and trial of the people responsible for it.
The bodies were then taken to the Dhaka University central mosque for the second namaz-e-janaza after zuhr prayers. Their third namaz-e-janaza was held at the Film Development Corporation.
Earlier, journalists burst into tears when the bodies were carried to the ATN News office for the first namaz-e-janaza.
The organisations include Robi Axiata, Bangladesh Economic Association, Families United against Road Accidents, Forum for Secular Bangladesh and Trial of War Criminals of 1971, Advertising Club, Janata Bank Limited, Karamjibi Nari and Expression Limited.
Tareque was born at Bhanga in Faridpur and was a student of history in Dhaka University.
His Matir Moina (The Clay Bird) was the first Bangladeshi film to be nominated in the international film category at the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film and it also won the FIPRESCI (Fédération Internationale de la Presse Cinématographique International Federation of Film Critics) prize for directors' fortnight at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.
Tareque directed 'Adam Surat' (Inner Strength), 'Muktir Gaan' (The Song of Freedom) in 1995, 'Antarjatra' (The Homeland) in 2006, 'Runway' in 2010, 'A Kind of Childhood' in 2002, 'Narir Kotha' in 2000, 'Muktir Kotha' (Words of Freedom) in 1999, 'In the Name of Safety' in 1998, 'Voices of Children' and 'She' in 1993.
Munier is son of the martyred intellectual Munier Chowdhury. He also taught in the department of mass communications and journalism in Dhaka University.
He took charge of the ATN News in November 2010, having previously worked with the Real News, a Canada and US-based television news and documentary network.
Born in 1959, Mishuk had worked as a videographer for the British Broadcasting Corporation in different south-east Asian countries. He had worked as the head of news at the country's first private terrestrial television channel Ekushey Television.
Source : New Age
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