The 64th birth anniversary of Ekushey Padak recipient author and media
personality Faridur Reza Sagar will be observed tomorrow. He is also the
founder and managing director of Channel i and Impress Telefilm.
Sagar,
especially well-known among the children for his popular adventure
series 'Chhoto Kaku', received Bangla Academy Award, Agrani Bank
Literature Award, Euro Child Literature Award and Romena Afaz Memorial
Gold Medal for his outstanding writings.
He was also involved
with Bangladesh Television from its very beginning. His book titled 'Ek
Jibone Television' has been incorporated as a textbook for the
Communication and Journalism Department of Chittagong University. His
four book series on the background and current state of television in
Bangladesh was critically acclaimed.
Faridur Reza Sagar is one of
the founding members of the Liberation War Museum and present executive
member of Chhayanaut. He is also a charity member of Kendriya
Kochikanchar Mela and various other socio-cultural organisations.
Sagar
was born in Dhaka, to fiction writer Begum Rabea Khatun and film
director Fazlul Haque. Fazlul Haque was the pioneer of photo journalism
in the country and the editor of the country's first cine magazine
'Cinema', which was published in 1950. Fazlul Haque directed a
children's film titled 'President'.
Sagar himself played the leading
role in Bangladesh's first children's cinema made by his father. Since
his childhood he has been involved with many children-friendly TV Shows
on Bangladesh Television. He earned fame as a young presenter, programme
conductor and involving with television programme since the inception
of Bangladesh Television.
Sagar entered Bangladeshi film industry
in 1966 as an actor, portraying lead role in first children's cinema in
Bangladesh President. He also started writing literature, some
mentionable publications are: A Story Bokk, Meghna-O-Galpa Buro, Meghna
and Aladin's lamp, Meghna-O-Eti, Cox's Bazar Kakatua or Television,
Jibober Shangee. He has written over fifty books for children.
Adventure, mystery, travel, reminiscence, horror, Liberation War,
science fiction - these are varieties of genres that he has in his bag
of creativity, for children. He has written many scripts and dramas for
children as well.[2] He is the man who changed the image of the film
industry who has solely produced at least 42 feature films.
While
Bangladesh continues to face all sorts of complexities with party
politics and rivalry, Sagar is found to be a neutralist. By his
initiatives, he has made a neutral ground for open dialogues on
Channel-i named Tritiyo Matra which is successfully going on air for the
last years. Through the programme, he has made a common ground for
opinion sharing among the political, economic, social leaders and the
mass people. Through such he has made it easier for Bangladeshis around
the world to watch their countries affairs on TV as well as express
their views.
Sagar has been a lead initiator and patron for
hundreds of other remarkable events throughout the country and with a
variety of individuals or professionals, beyond media horizons. Though
he is also a fine businessman; we see him being more remembered or
referred to by the people of all levels of the society, as they say see
him as a great man with a huge heart, a true friend and also amazingly
innovative!
