On Sunday (15 September), the Ministry of Cultural Affairs issued a gazette notification revealing the unusual 15-member ‘Bangladesh Movie Censor Board’ committee, by the suppose of the President.
Following the ouster of the earlier regime by the student-led mass uprising, there had been significant talks regarding the Censor Board reformation.
Solid requires had been raised by film industry mavens for a reorganized committee, anxious the removal of earlier members and the formation of a brand unusual, more efficient board.
The newly formed Censor Board will now be headed by the Senior Secretary/Secretary of the Ministry of Recordsdata and Broadcasting as the Chairman, and the present Vice Chairman of the Bangladesh Movie Censor Board often is the Member Secretary.
Nevertheless, there are surprisingly unusual faces within the newly formed Censor Board, including the ‘Mohanagar’-successfully-known neatly-known filmmaker Ashfaque Nipun, actress-puppeteer and activist Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed, in vogue author Mohammad Nazimuddin, neatly-known filmmaker Khijir Hayat Khan, filmmaker-film researcher and academician Zakir Hossain Raju, author-screenwriter and filmmaker Tasmiah Afrin Mou, and film producer-author-director Rafiqul Anowar Russell, among others.
Infamous filmmaker and President of the Bangladesh Movie Directors’ Affiliation Kazi Hayat will wait on as a member of the censor board.
On the the same time, the Senior Secretary/Secretary of the Law and Justice Division, the Press Secretary from the Chief Marketing consultant’s Office, the Extra Secretary (Movie) from the Ministry of Recordsdata and Broadcasting, a representative from the Ministry of Dwelling Affairs, and the Managing Director of the Bangladesh Movie Pattern Corporation will additionally be the unusual board members.
