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Project 1: MSJ 11102 Communication Research

Course Code and Name: MSJ11102 – Communication Research Project Name: Indian Drama Serials: Source of Entertainment or Social Degradation?

Project Description: As instructed by our faculty, Students were required to submit a 2000-word research proposal as part of this course. So, I was tasked with preparing a research proposal with several other classmates on a specific topic. After reviewing articles and current events, we decided to focus on Indian Drama Serials: Source of Entertainment or Social Degradation?

Project Date: 2017, Summer 172 Project Justification: Students were expected to learn how to write a research proposal as part of this project. We wanted to know the fact that Indian Drama Serials impact on our culture by this research project.

Group Members:

Nur – A – Alam Parag - 171012084

Sk Sharifuddin Ahad - 171012009

Shayer Abu Noor - 171012068

Hafizur Rahman - 171012096

Asaduzzaman Noor - 171012086

Project: Indian Drama Serials: Source of Entertainment or Social Degradation?

Table of Contents

Abstract Introduction Literature Review Objective of the Study Research Question Materials and Method Indian Drama Serials: Source of Entertainment or Social Degradation? Educate criminal activities Impose cultural aggression Sampling Conclusion Budget Program Schedule References

Abstract

Nowadays Indian drama serials are very popular in Bangladesh. Young, old even children are interested to watch these serials. These people watch and imitate the life style portrayed in these daily soaps. This is gradually destroying our prolonged and enriched cultural norms and values. This study reveals that these Indian drama serials provoke sexual behavior, instigate pre and extra martial affair, educate criminal activity, rouse eve teasing, and nurture conflict between family members. This study also discloses that these daily soaps impose Hindu culture in every sphere of life of Bangladeshi people. This study was carried on 100 families of Dhaka city corporation area on the basis of random sampling. At the end the paper suggests some remedial measures that are indispensably needed to save our viewers from the negative consequences of Indian drama serials and stop cultural intrusion.

Introduction

Drama is a unique tool to explore and express human behavior, feeling, and emotion. It highlights the picture of a society in a dramatic style which seems to a spectator or viewer that he is performing himself as Shakespeare quoted ‘All the world's a stage’ (As You Like It 2/7), “All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players”. However, drama serial is one of the most popular forms of entertainment for all age group what can be defined as series of television programs and radio programs that rely on a continuing plot that unfolds in a sequential episode by-episode fashion. Serials typically follow main story arcs that span entire television seasons or even the full run of the series, which distinguishes them from traditional episodic television that relies on more stand-alone episodes. (Wikipedia, 2012). It consists of series of events having vivid, emotional, conflicting, or striking interest or results (Dictionary.com:2012). Indian Drama originated and developed from storehouse of Sanskrit in India. Indian drama has given its incredible impact and limit to perfection (Mirsha, 2012). Nowadays Indian drama serials (Hindi and Indian Bangla) have become the most popular entertainment in our country and it is getting more popularity. A good percentage of our population now watches Indian drama serials. Young and the old even the children are also interested to watch it. The family is hardly found where these serials are not viewed regularly. These viewers are blindly following the Indian culture what are portrayed in these serials. It is destroying our culture, values, beliefs and traditions. Bangladesh is the second largest Muslim majority country. Around 90% people of Bangladesh are Muslims which influence its culture and history (Bangladesh.com, 2012). Likewise, Hinduism is the dominant faith in India, practiced by over 80% of the population (Asian Info, 2010). It is evident that, Islam and Hindu are not only two religions but also two social orders. Because, their eating habit, clothing, speaking, script, sculpture, in a word, their entire culture is totally different. Bangladesh is a Muslim majority country mentioned above but her population is losing their local culture gradually due to Indian drama serials (Mirsha, 2012).

Literature Review

Datoo (2010) examined, these daily opera texts portray such images where a woman may have multiple relationships during her lifetime. Apart from the above, both locally and globally produced TV commercials expose females as highly contributing members, both, at home and at places of work and also show men as subordinate. Thus the image of the woman is represented as self-sufficient, confidant and an opposite equal to men a depiction that often comes into conflict with the local gender-based social structures.

Ruwandeepa (2011) identified, modern fashions and beautiful actors have become the most attractive items in these dramas for 40% of women. They tend to select the same fashion that they see in these dramas while they do shopping. The counterpart that has created about women by these dramas is a very artificial one. It emphasizes to clad with very nice clothes if you are a woman. The counterparts of women in these tele dramas are similar to artificial dolls. One woman respondent said that her grandmother whose age is 74 is getting ready for a tour to India and is trying to find a similar sari that is worn by Tulsi at “Mahagedar”.

Anthony (2011) found much stringer culture which was presented in a vivid way highly adoptable and often admirable in the Indian drama serials. Majority of women responded the attraction toward hair style dress and dishes presented and worn by Indian models and tired to do and look the same way. With dish antenna society was adopting new ways trends and lifestyle.

Butt (2005) pointed out in his research that the same operas directly and indirectly are giving maximum coverage to Hindu religion through the projection of names of gods and goddness, religious verses, religious words and history, different scenes in religious background, sounds and prayers. The researcher indicated that the projection of religion is some times the requirement of the scene but most ot the time the religious projection of Hinduism is unnecessary.

Anwar (2005) observed that the people who actually see these shows are delusional, because what these serials show are too far fetched. They are all basically the same. It is manipulating the minds of the people in our country, and as a result, India is only gaining more money. Instead of people utilizing their time, and engaging in productive activities, people indulge in this mindless drive. Indian T.V shows hardly give Bangladeshi shows a chance. He added " These shows are not in tune with reality, they are not only impractical, but are inappropriate for young children who have impressionable minds."

Morshed (2012) suggested that, we are moving away from our traditional belief and values and so every now and then we are facing numerous problems in our family and society due to addiction to Indian drama serials. But we need to be aware of such a critical situation. We must spot buying ideas from Indian serials and should not imitate the actors. We must not try such attitude in our lives. The more we will be involved in Indian serials the more we will face difficulties in our personal life.

Objective of the Study

The main objective of the paper was to identify the main subject matter of Indian Drama serials and measure its long terms effect on Bangladeshi family system. The study also included some additional objectives such as:

• to know the people’s perception toward Indian drama serials

• to find out some disorganizations of these serials that differ from our local culture

• to suggest some possible solutions to prevent negative consequences resulted from Indian drama serials.

Research Question

In order to serve the purpose of the study the respondents were asked following questions during interview:

What is the main subject matter of Indian drama serials?

How are these drama serials affecting the family system of Bangladesh?

Materials and Method

This study followed both quantitative and qualitative methods on the basis of primary and secondary data. Because, a quantitative component of a mixed research assumes the usage of deductive scientific method while qualitative component assumes inductive scientific method. Moreover, a quantitative approach collects quantitative data based on exact measurement applying structured as well as validated information collection. For instance, rating scales, closedended items and responses (Articlebase, 2007). Personal information especially democratic aspects were identified through quantitative method whereas qualitative method was used to know the in-depth information regarding Indian drama serials using introspective approach. As the main purpose of the study was firstly, to know the main subject matter of these drama serials and secondly, to measure its long terms effect on Bangladeshi social system, this interview took place in two stages. In the first stage the researcher tried to know the main subject matter and in the second stages the researcher endeavored to know the long term effects of Indian tele serials on Bangladeshi social system. Data were accumulated from five significant areas of Dhaka city corporation on the basis of purposive sampling namely Mirpur, Agargaon, Taltola, Firmgate and Tejkunipara. Later on, twenty (20) respondents from each area were selected snow ball sampling (especially who are fond of these drama serials) and total one hundred (100) people were interviewed. The significant statements of the interviewer were tape recorded by the interviewer which was interpreted in verbatim method. Besides, secondary data were collected from national and international books, articles, newspapers, published and unpublished thesis, and browsing internet.

Indian Drama Serials: Source of Entertainment or Social Degradation?

Entertainment is something that is for fun, enjoyment or relaxation. In that sense, Indian drama serials are definitely entertaining (Morshed, 2012). Due to increasing number of Indian channels and television networks, people have acquainted themselves with different kinds of daily operas. These Hindi drama channels are easy to access: Star Plus, Zee TV, Sony, Colors and Star One, Life OK and some Indian Bangla drama channels Star Jalsa, Z Bangla, ETV Bangla are popular among the people of Bangladesh. Among the drama serials ‘Saath Nivana Saatia’ Is pyer ko keya naam Du’, ‘Ek hajaro mai mere bahna hai’, ‘Ye rishta keya kehlatahe, ‘Payer ka dard hai’ and ‘Bir ki bira’ telecasted on Star Plus, ‘Love marriage ya arrange marriage’, ‘Muskan’, ‘Parwarish’, ‘Kuch to loke kahenge’, ‘Bari acchi lagtihai’ ‘Keya hua tera wada’ telecasted on Sony, ‘Rashi’ telecasted on Z Bangla, ‘Ma’, ‘Tapur tupur’, ‘Care Kori na’, ‘Sangshar sukher hoy romonir gune’, ‘Achol’, ‘Binni Dhaner Khoi’ telecasted on Star Jalsha are very popular among all ages specially women and young generation. These serials are not only a source of entertainment but also show fatal family problems. As people very carefully follow these serials they get mentally affected by what they see every single night. The point of impact is that, those serials create a bad image in their mind that; they try to compare the serial situation with their own family (Shuvo, 2009). Evidence confirms that Indian drama serials are consisted of events, full of sexual harassment, revenge, aggressions and sorrowfulness (Shuvo, 2009). Extra marital relationship is one of the common features of Indian serials. To sketch an example, despite having wife and three children the hero maintain a illegal relationship with other lady in the serial “keya Hua Tera Wada” telecasted on Star TV. Sometimes this affair is presented in a nice way by which the views of these serials are being easily influenced in this illicit affair. “Ma” is another serial which is very popular among people of Bangladesh but it teaches family dispute. It presents the cruelty of Aunts and her daughter on the heroin as well as the dispute over property. ‘Amrit Manthan’ is another popular drama telecasted on Life OK where main issue is jealousy. Besides, it is the story of two sisters who become each other's enemies. Discrimination between rich and poor is the subject matter of these serials such as Tapur Tupur and ‘Saat Pake Badha’ telecasted on Z Bangla. This serial also shows the conflict between mother in law and daughter in law like another serial ‘Rashi” and telecasted on the same channel. Indian drama also teaches revengeful behavior and criminal activity as well such as “Is payeer ka Kya Naam Do”. Apart from these, dramas entertain most of the Bangladeshis with their vulgar and absurd stories and characters and performances. It also exposes some unnecessary things such as blackmail, a higher degree of suspicion. The issue where Indian drama serials are a source of entertainment or social degradation has turned out to be more important these days. Although our people have divergent opinions about it, most of them have agreed on the common concept that these drama serials are broadcasted on the television in the form of entertainment are indicative of moral degradation. Use of vulgar words in dialogues, women’s vulgar dress-up, obscene appearance, unethical deeds undoubtedly defile the normal characters and mentalities of our people.

Educate criminal activities

Hindi drama serials educate and train people in committing criminal activities confessed by 7 percent respondents. It shows how to do harm to counterpart, how to originate discord among family members even how to kill people. It teaches to kill opposite person by mixing poison in food or hiring hoodlums to success operation. The technique of child abduction is also taught in these serials. Mamun Hossain, student of Computer science of Stamford University, resides at Mirpur told, Social crime can be learned from Hindi daily soaps. Because it demonstrates how offensive activities are occurred. So an ill person can easily get idea to commit criminal act through these serials.

Impose cultural aggression

It is alleged by 12 percent participants that Indian drama serials impose cultural aggression on our local culture. Bangladesh is the second largest Muslim country in the world where 80% people are followers of Islam (Helal, 2012). But these serials spreading Hinduism culture among Bangladeshi people. It can be observed in case of food habit, dress up, speaking style, rituals and festivals. In addition, these garbage serials are silently changing our culture, our behavioural and thinking pattern (Shahriar, 2012). So, these are silently undermining our local culture and increasing the sense of Hinduism. According to Mehedi Hasan Tanim, who lives at Taltola area of Dhaka city, the student of Textle department of Northen University Bangladesh, reported that, due to mass popularity of Hindi Drama serials, we are losing our local culture. These only reflect the culture of India which is not in accordance with our Bangladeshi culture. Thus, our blind people who have keen interest on Hindi daily soaps cannot distinguish between Indian and Bangladesh culture. Gradually they are following Hinduism avoiding our domestic enriched culture. This is very dangerous consequences of Hindi drama serials. Now it is question of identity. Because there is a proverb, if you lose your culture, you will lose your identity

Sampling

Profile of the Respondents

Variables Percentage Gender

Male 25% Female 75%

Age

20-25 22%

26-30 31%

31-35 18%

36-40 39%

Profession

Student 33%

House wife 41%

Businessmen 18%

Service 8%

Conclusion

Indian drama serials are not only popular in India but also it is much popular among the people of all age in Bangladesh. The family is hardly seen in Bangladesh where Indian drama serial (Hindi or Bangla) is not seen. People enjoy these dramas and imitate the life style depicted in these serials which is undermining our culture and spreading the culture of Hinduism. Our culture is at a stake now due to the addiction in Hindi drama serials. There is proverb, “If you lose your culture, you will lose your identity’. So, time has come to think what is telecasting in this Indian daily soaps and what we are learning. Otherwise, if we fail to identify the negative consequences of these serials we will lose our identity as Bangladeshi in the course of time.

REFERENCES

· Asian Info (2010) “India's Religion and Philosophy” [Retrieved on 12 January 2012] Available from http://www.asianinfo.org/asianinfo/india/religion.htm

· Anwar, B. S. (2005) “Hindi Serials” [Retrieved on 12 December 2012] available from http://www.thedailystar.net/rising/2005/10/04/special.htm

· Dictionary.com (2012) [Retrieved on 13 March 2013] available from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/drama Wikipedia (2012) [Retrieved on 10 January 2013] available from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_%28radio_and_television%29

· Morshed M (2012) “Indian Drama Serials and their impacts on Our society” Published in Daily Independent Bangladesh (English Daily) on December 06, 2012

· Al Helal, Md. Abdullah (2014) ASA University Review, Vol. 8 No. 1, January–June, 2014(http://www.asaub.edu.bd/asaubreview/data/v8n1sl18.pdf)

Self-reflection:

From this project I learned-

To know how to work with a team.

To know how to collect data and analysis.

To gain the leadership qualies

To develop a research proposal

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Project 2: MSJ11211 Mass Communication

Course Code and Name: MSJ11211 – Mass Communication Project Name: The Oppressed Box

Project Description: Students were required to create a mask as part of this course. The mask's theme was based on the term's Curriculum Integration theme, "Pedagogy of the Oppressed." This was a group project that served as the course's final project. For this project, we developed a plan and chose a friend to make a mask on his face. After designing and painting the mask, we displayed it at Shilpakola Academy.

Project Date: 2018, Spring 181 Project Justification: The project was created for the university's Curriculum Integration Program. Pedagogy of the Oppressed is a theme that refers to the education system of cost colonial societies. We were expected to learn how to make a mask and communicate a message through it. We reflected the message that our post-colonial mentality always binds our interests and goal of our life.

Group Members:

Nur A Alam Kade Parag - 171012084 Hafizur Rahman - 171012096 Asaduzzaman Noor Shahed - 171012086

Project: The Oppressed Box

 CI Theme: In this semester our CI theme is Pedagogy of the oppressed. Pedagogy is a colonial education system. It is a very bad practice for an education system. In these system student became oppressed by their teacher or the system of their studying. In this system student has no right to tell his opinion. He cannot express anything that can make his understanding easier. The thought of teacher is considered as last word. We can know about the theme in details by attending CI forum. We can also know that this system is not only applying in our education system but also in everywhere of our society. We always influenced by the powerful in our society. But it’s time to change the system. And we are the new generation we will started the change.

 Our Message: Under the theme of CI we made a mask in this semester. The title of our mask is The Oppressed Box. By making this mask we are trying to give a massage to the mass audience. Our massage is our student’s brain becomes an oppressed box day by day. And it controlled by our teacher. Our teacher always told us to think different, think big and think outside from text book. But they always rapped our mind with our curricular activities like assignment, presentation, project, exams etc. For this curriculum pressure students can’t think outside the box. It affects his brain and kills his different thinking that might be help our society or his own life makes better in future.

We chose this because we face this scenario in our daily life. There are so many students who are really good at different types of extra-curricular activities like music, art, acting etc. these could be their future profession or if they attached with those things they should do on these sector. But the pressure of our education system cannot allow them to give some time on this. On the other hand our teacher our parents always tell that u cannot do anything cannot think outside the box.

 Layout: when we first think to make the mask we decide make two mask. One will be teacher and another one will be student. Then we think about our theme and chose our theme which is the oppressed box. We are planning to install some pin in student’s head and attached some piece of paper top of the pin and write some word in the paper like assignment, presentation, project, exams etc. then we decide to put red color to teacher’s face which describe him as a oppressor and put blue color to student face which describe him as an oppressed who are trying to find peace. And we planned to add a text on the top of teacher’s head as a message he gives to his students. The message is think outside the box. By doing all these we are trying to express that our teachers always suggest us to think or doing something different but they rapped our mind by the curriculum activities.

Painting and Installation: we use acrylic color to paint our mask. We use some printed image and cotton for make brain of student. We use symbolic image like guitar, book, camera, painting tools that we use in the brain of students head. We improvise our plan during the painting.

When we started to paint our mask we made a big change to our theme. We use cotton and printed symbolic image in student’s head. We change the color of teacher’s face. We make it dark brown to describe him as a statue who is also influenced by our education system. And we paint our board by black color. By using black color on board we are describe that it’s our education system and the teachers and students are influenced by the system. We also remove the plan of install pin to students head because it’s risky to put pin on masks head. We replace these by using stick on the top of student’s head. And it also describe that the teacher controlled student’s head. And we put black and white color to students eyes for describe that he is in a hallucination because of the pressure in her head.

We face some problem while we make color. It’s our first work where we have to do painting and we have not any idea about color. So we face some problem to do painting.

Finally after facing so many problems we think we make the thing which we want. It is not fulfilling our expectation but we tried heard to visualize our thoughts. If we get some knowledge for painting we can make it better.

Exhibition: we showed our work in an exhibition which held on Bangladesh Shilpokola Academy. This exhibition organized by the Media Studies and Journalism department of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh.

We think our display was very good. This show means a lot to us. It’s a great opportunity for us to send our thoughts to the mass audience. By using this platform we can prove ourselves in front of our society and share our thinking. What our generation can think.

Most of our spectators are student from different institution. But there was a different type of spectators who belongs from different ages and cultures. There was so many guardians, teachers and some people who are interested in different form of arts. But the majority spectators are students.

If we can get any chance to showing our work in any other platform obviously we displayed our work. Because we want to share our thoughts to more people for grow these kinds of thoughts in their mind.

Feedback: we interviewed some of our spectators. We interviewed two students and one guardian.

We chose them because they are related to our work. The students can relate directly to our work. And the guardian is indirectly related to our work.

We ask them what are the first thing came in their mind when they saw our work.  What are they understand by saw this? And how was our work, is it good or bad?

We ask this question because we want to know how our work was and how they relate with this.

The students were clear about our massage. They understood the theme easily and also they like it. But the guardian said he take some minutes to understood the themes. He was not pretty much clear about it but he also likes it.

We get feedback as we expected. Because most of the spectators like our works and also they said the message is clear. They got the message easily because we are trying our best to add more details to make our message easier.

 Realization: At the end we realize that we learn a lot to do this work. We thought how generate an idea. This work increases our visualization power. We got idea about color. It also thought us how to do a team work. We also introduced with a new term which is Pedagogy of the Oppressed.

If we do it again we thought deeply to make our message stronger. The strength of our work is now we know that we can think different if we gave us some time for thinking. Because before doing this we cannot imagine that we can make this type of things which carry a message.

Our biggest fault is we cannot paint properly. If we make this type of thing in future we will gathered more knowledge about color and do it properly.

Self-Reflection:

In this project, I have learned

1. How to make a Mask Making 2. Craftsmanship 3. How to use a mask to present any theme or message.

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Project 3: MSJ11213 Principles of Public Relations

Course Code and Name: MSJ11213 Principles of Public Relations Project Name: Is staying home always safe?

Project Description: My poster refers the domestic violence during this pandemic. I tried to focus on the violence which women are facing. People are staying at home more than six months and affects the psychological side of them. Due to this lockdown the violence has grown too and women can’t say anything to anyone. Many people have lost their job which drives them into depression. This depression made them to be violent. Even we can see a husband murder his wife by coming in Facebook life. Not only this, those maids who work at home they also faced a lot harassment. People used their own frustration on someone else. This is one of the main reason that made to do this poster.

Project Date: 2020, Summer 202 Project Justification: I learned the value of public relations in this course. This poster is a visual representation of thoughts, ideas, messages of the theme what we wanted to tell.

Project: Is staying home always safe?

Self-Reflection:

In this project, I have learned

1. How to make a poster. 2. Photoshop. 3. How to use a poster to present any theme or message.

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Project 4: MSJ11203 Communication and Technology

Course Code and Name: MSJ11203 Communication and Technology Project Name: Online Blog Writing

Project Description: I was assigned to write a 1000-word blog post as part of this course. This was an individual project. The topic of the blog post can be anything. As a result, I'm writing about a Young Businessman.

Project Date: 2018, Fall 183 Project Justification: Students were expected to learn how to create and share a blog using a free blogging platform available on the internet as part of this project.

Project: A Young Entrepreneur

Success is easy, but become a successful person is much easier than you thought. Because it’s only possible if you get it during youth. As it’s the right time to commit mistakes and by growing your age you recover with those mistakes which helps you to become successful. These words have been said by Kazi Rakib, who is a young entrepreneur of an online shop “Axaro” in the E-commerce business of Bangladesh.

Axaro is an online clothing store which sales their products on both e-commerce and f-commerce sites. Axaro is one of the popular online stores in facebook with almost 1 lac likes. The main product of their business is t-shirt. Most of their designs are own made and very unique. They mainly focus on trends and youth culture.

Axaro’s journey wasn’t that much easy. He started his business at 2011 but couldn’t stablish it for lack of investment and not knowing things properly. There was no one beside him to guide properly and his family don’t want him to do business. Right after two years he came up with new idea of business which is based on E-commerce. Rakib always wanted to do something unique and challenging. His thought makes him to start this business. Asking about his inspiration he said, “the world is quiet dependent on Amazon and Ali Baba and I just tricked it with my own idea.” At the beginning he wasn’t satisfying with his new business and he was pretty much on the depression. There were not customers on online as it wasn’t much popular that time. Obviously if you don’t exist physically how you’re going to gain customers trust. And during that that time it became more challenging for him to get customers on online. While having conversation about trust he said, “I don’t do business with my customers, I make relations with them.” In the early time he used to buy products from Gulistan and sell them on online. He only got a couple of orders in a month, where he was buying more than fifty of his products. When having a zero knowledge about the market he started to roam into the market and settled with producing goods instead of buying and with his own design. So he started to buy raw materials and contacts with the local garments to make his products. This helps him to move further in his journey.

People started to like his design as he come up with some trendy and fancy, which focus mainly the young generations.

While he was making things good he got introduced with facebook marketing, which was the turning point for his business. Suddenly he realizes about growing his business as it was the right time. He appointed an employee in the marketing sector for his business to look over the other side. The facebook boosting works magically to become highlighted within the customers and it also made people to trust and rely on them. Day to day their shop is getting popular among people and they also started to receive orders from outside the Dhaka. While asking about the orders from outside Dhaka he said that he take help of S.A. Paribahan to send goods to the customers and it is one of the reliable courier service in Bangladesh. Inside Dhaka he appointed to two employees on a monthly basis salary who delivers those products to the customers.

Setting up a business is quiet tough and especially when you’re going to do it on online it become more challenging, obviously when there are plenty of shop available near us. At present Rakib got a business partner to work with him as a investor. They also came up with new products like Glass Frame and Posters. They also got sign with “Daraz” which is an online market platform. When I asked him that the whole thing was a risk. He replied with a smile that “business means taking risk and I just took it.” He started his capital only with ten thousand taka, where now yearly he is making a profit of 10 lac taka.

Self-Reflection

In this project, I learned,

1. How to open a blog. 2. How to write a blog post. 3. Interview writing 4. How to write a blog with embedded videos, hyperlinks, and other options.

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Project 5: MSJ11201 English for Media

Course Code and Name: MSJ11201 English for Media

Project Name: Draw Attention to The Nature & In to The Sea

Project Description: For this course, we were told to write a feature article for any free online blog platform, such as Tumblr. The topic of the blog post can be anything. As a result, I'm writing about Travelling.

Project Date: 2018, Summer 182

Project Justification: Students were expected to learn how to create and share a blog using a free blogging platform available on the internet as part of this project. I wrote an article about my Sylhet trip.

Project: Blog: 1 “Draw Attention to The Nature” Blog: 2 “In to The Sea”

Blog:1 Travelling is one of the key part of my life. It gives you a relief from all your busy and regular life and helps you to spent some quality time in bliss. From my childhood it attracts me to visit new places and I try to find stories from each of the places. So, my camera is one of my mate to get those beautiful moments and scenarios. I try to become a storyteller, but if I tell you my experience only just by describing things, I am pretty sure that you won’t be able to feel the situation properly. So, I try to take photos to create life in my story.

Well if I start about my story then I have to get back to a couple of years ago when I visited Sylhet. It is situated in the northern Bengal right bank in the Surma River. If you want to get some proper country site, then I must talk about Sylhet. If you’re going from Dhaka, then it won’t take a long time to reach Sylhet. I like to travel at night, because when I woke up in the morning a new day just to start. Just like the same with the morning I started my Sylhet trip and my destination is Bichanakandi and Tanua Hour. After reaching to the Sylhet you have to look for a hotel to keep your bags and important things in safe. So, we looked for a hotel which is cheap and suitable for us. When we are all set with our hotel we booked a mini bus and headed for our destination. The road wasn’t good enough, we all couldn’t sit still but it was fun for us. We sing songs together and people from outside, they were laughing by seeing us. I guess they enjoyed too. Well, after a couple of hours we see something extra ordinary scenario in front of us. We all stayed silent by seeing the beauty of Bichanakandi. There is a mountain from which lots of stones are coming through the water and the water is very cold that if you take your feet on that you will know that the nature can make peoples mind calm. All of my friends started taking shower and I started doing my job.

After spending a quality time in bichanakandi we headed back to our hotel and waited for the next day.

The next morning, we woke very early in the morning cause we have to get a local bus to get in Tahirpur from which we will go to Tangua Hour. The specialty of the Tangua its surrounded by water in a acres of area and the depth of water isn’t much deep. So, if you don’t know swimming not to worry you wont sink in there.

Blog: 2

Travelling is one of the key part of my life. It gives you a relief from all your busy and regular life and helps you to spent some quality time in bliss. From my childhood it attracts me to visit new places and I try to find stories from each of the places. So, my camera is one of my mate to get those beautiful moments and scenarios. I try to become a storyteller, but if I tell you my experience only just by describing things, I am pretty sure that you won’t be able to feel the situation properly. So, I try to take photos to create life in my story.

Hope you enjoyed my previous blog and please do response if you have any query about my works. So let’s go to today’s blog, where I am going to share story about the Sea. The world is surrounded by water and we are lucky that we have the world’s largest sea beach. So, I feel very lucky to see it and take photos of it. So let’s back to the story when I and with my couple of friends started the journey towards Cox’s Bazar which is the world’s largest sea beach. And as I said earlier we like to start our journey at night so that we can have the whole day on our side. When we woke up from the bus, we couldn’t belief our eyes that there is endless in front of us. The long you see just the sea and with some small boats. People are enjoying themselves with the sea. I didn’t look anywhere else, just put my camera out and took a shot.

We spent some time near the sea then we headed for our hotel room. On the next day we started our journey towards St. Martin Island. And to get there you have to go by the boat. After taking our breakfast we start our journey and you wont belief that at a certain point there is only you on the sea and no one else. It would be wrong if I don’t introduce Seagulls to you, which will fly around your boat and give you a company while your going to that Island.

When we reach to the island we were tired a little but honestly I wasn’t that much tired. We didn’t have that much time to spent there and specially for me. So, take out my camera and roaming around the island to get a shot of the sea, as I have to get back on the next day. The whole place was crowded I must say. Its was tough to find that peaceful and silent zone which took a lot time to find. After getting the shot I spent my time with that silence very peacefully.

Self-Reflection:

In this project, I learned

1. How to Write a feature 2. Story formatting

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Project 6: MSJ11214 Convergence Communication 1

Course Code and Name: MSJ11214 Convergence Communication 1 Project Name: Project: The Crows Around Us Project Description: Our theme is a lady wearing sari is being harassed by others. There are also some other people who are not taking any action but do comment on that issue and take pictures.

Here, by the emojis, we portray the different emotions of people who are at the scene. As for the pieces of paper, those are the different types of comments people have when they see something like this happening. This whole thing is inside a TV. We are trying to show that when something like this happens, no one comes forward to help the victim but do comments. They behave like bystanders.

Project Date: 2018, Summer 182 Project Justification: Crows are one of the common living species around us and we don’t see them flying together and screaming ridiculously, but only when any of them face any problem a huge number of them gather and fly around him but none of the crow could help him to fly back with them. They see the whole scenario just like the other species who named as human. People saw things around them, if it is good they feel proud of it and when its worst they are ashamed of it but none of them thinks to stand of it.

We tried to merge the behavior between Crows and Human.

Group Members:

1. Nur-A-Alam Kader Parag- 171012084

2. Asaduzzaman Noor Shahed- 171012086

3. Md. Hafizur Rahman- 171012096

4. Aminul Islam Sajib- 161012002

Project: The Crows Around Us

The art that we're going to present will mostly be a performing art. We will attempt to show the behavior of crows. We see that when one crow is injured, many others start flying around that place but none of those crows actually come down to help or look closer. This is somewhat similar to what bystander effect is. So we'll try to recreate that scenario through our performing art.

We will have a background video projected using a mini-projector showing a lot of crows flying overhead. We will dress up as crows ourselves with a costume that makes us look like crows. One of us will be lying on the floor with some sort of red color/cloth depicting that he is injured. While he lies on the floor, still in his crow outfit, the rest of us group members will also be in crow's outfit, wondering around. But we won't be going close to the injured one to help. We'll really be looking at him or maybe even taking pictures of him injured, lying on the floor. Just like the people on bystander effect or the crows in nature, we'll be seeing the injured person, we'll be talking about him, but we won't actually go there to help.

Exhibition: We showed our work at "Gallery Chitrak". We got enough space for our work. The show was really effective and beneficial.

There were different people from different cultures. Students, guardians, teachers and many more people came to see the show. Everyone was interested in our project. They asked many questions to know more about this and gave feedback.

We think that our installation art also should have been shown at any other renowned gallery because we want to express our message by our artwork. We want to make people understand the impact of the bystander effect in our society.

Feedback: We took many interviews of students and guardians. Here they are;

First, we talked with a student named Ashfat Hossain Rahi. We talked with him because we noticed that he was looking delighted when he saw our project. He told us, “It was amazing work. I really like it. Everyone who is seeing the theme is also a bystander. I especially like your lighting system. With these lights you can focus our character perfectly. And about bystanders I think everybody should come forward to help others. When we take a step, the criminals will take a step back.”

Then we talked to another student, Amzad Raja. He said, “I think installation art or performance art is the perfect way to express our society. We can also express our mind. And you can do it perfectly. In one TV frame we can perfectly focus all the things that are happening around us. I think we are bystander because of our lack of courage. If we can come forward, we can solve the bystander effect.”

Realization:

First of all, I am really happy to be a part of a project where we worked on a big social issue, happening nowadays.

I got much better feedback from the audience as I expected. I believe the spectators got the message perfectly because our message that we wanted to express through artwork was pretty much clear and we got a good number of responses from the audiences. I think we are successful at our work because we can give the core message of bystander effect through our work.

Self-Reflection:

In this project, I Learned

1. To know different art forms 2. To know basics of Installation Art. 3. To develop group work

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Project 7: MSJ11202 Bangla for Media

Course Code and Name: MSJ11202 Bangla for Media Project Name: সিনেমা জগত ছেড়ে চলে গেলেন ফ���িদপুরে মৃণাল সেন

Project Description: We were assigned to write a news article for this project. So that I wrote a news on cinema legend Mrinal Sen.

Project Date: 2018, Fall 183 Project Justification: As communication students, we must learn how to write a Bangla news article. Students will be required to learn how to write a news or feature article for the media as part of this project.

Project “সিনেমা জগত ছেড়ে চলে গেলেন ফরিদপুরে মৃণাল সেন”

বাংলাদেশের মাটিতে জন্ম নেয়া কিংবদন্তী চিত্র পরিচালক মৃণাল সেনের প্রয়াণে ভারতের চলচ্চিত্র জগতে আজ শোকের ছায়া নেমে এসেছে।

সিনেমা জগতে সত্যজিত রায়ের সঙ্গে একসাথে উচ্চারিত হতো যার নাম, সেই সত্যজিতের মৃতুর ২৬ বছর পর চ��ে গেলেন সেই মৃণাল সেনও।

সত্যজিত এর সাথে তার নাম উচ্চারন হলেও তিনি কখনই দ্বিতীয় সত্তজিত ছিলেন না। তিনি ছিলেন তার মত করেই অনন্য, এভাবেই স্মরণ করলেন তার গুনমুগ্ধ পরিচালক শ্যাম বেনেগাল।

মৃণাল সেনের প্রয়াণে বলিউড অভিনেতা অমিতাভ বচ্চান টুইট করেছেন, এক অমায়িক, অনন্য ও সৃষ্টিশীল সিনেমেটিক মনের বিদায়। “অমিতাভ বচ্চনের এই টুইটি মনে করিয়ে দেয় তার জিবনের প্রথম ভয়েস অভার, যা কিনা মৃণাল সেনের বিখ্যাত ছবি “ভুবন সোম” ।

মৃণাল সেনের মৃত্যতে ভারতের চলচ্চিত্র জগতের এক অবিস্মরণীয় যুগের অবসান হল। ভারতের প্যারালাল বা সমান্তরাল সিনেমার জনক ছিলেন তিনি।

সত্তজিত রায়কে যেমন মানুষ “পথের পাচালির” জন্য চেনে, ঠিক তেমনি শুধুমাত্র “ভুবন সোমের” জন্যই সারা দুনিয়া মৃণাল সেনকে মনে রখবে।

ভুবন সোম, কোরাস, মৃগ্যয়া ও অকালের সন্ধানে-সহ ১৬ টি ছবির জাতীয় পুরস্কার পেয়েছেন তিনি। তার অন্যান্য অসামান্য সৃষ্টির মধ্যে আছে খারিজ, কলকাতা ৭১, পুনশ্চ, একদিন প্রতিদিন, পদাতিক প্রভৃতি।

প্রয়াত পরিচালক পদ্মভুষণ সম্মানে সম্মানিত হয়েছিলেন। চলচ্চিত্রে অবদানের জন্য পেয়েছিলেন দাদাসাহেব ফালকে পুরষ্কার।

গত ৩০ শে ডিসেম্বর মৃণাল সেন তার কলকাতার ভাবানিপুরের বাড়িতে শেষ নিশাস ত্যাগ করেন। মৃণাল সেনের ইচ্ছা অনুযায়ী তার দেহ আপাতত পিস হেভেনে নিয়ে যাওয়া হয়েছে। শিকাগো থেকে তার একমাত্র ছেলে ফিরলে শেষকৃত্য হবে তার।

১৯১৪ সালের ১৪ই মে বাংলাদেশের ফরিদপুরে জন্ম মৃণাল সেনের। হাইস্কুল শেষ করে তিনি কলকাতা চলে যান।

১৯৫৫ সালে “রাত ভোর” ছবির মাধ্যমে তার পরিচালনা শুরু করেণ। তার পরের ছবি “নীল আকাশের নীচে”।

“বাইশে শ্রাবণ”-এর মাধ্যমে প্রথম আন্তরজাতিক পরিচিতি পান তিনি। তবে ১৯৬৯ সালে “ভুবন সোমের” মাধ্যমে জাতীয় ও আন্তরজাতিক স্তরে খ্যাতির শীর্ষে চলে যান কিংবদন্তী পরিচালক মৃণাল সেন।

Self-Reflection:

In this project, I learned 1. Feature writing 2. Story telling

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Project 8: MSJ11215 Convergence Communication 2

Course Code and Name: MSJ11215 Convergence Communication 2 Project Name: The Broken Wind

Project Description: Students were required to make a video art installation as part of this course. The theme of the art was based on the term's Curriculum Integration theme, "Broken Window Theory". This was the course' final project, and it was a single project. we were required to prepare, shoot, edit and present a video art.

Project Date: 2019, Spring 191 Project Justification: In this video art, I want to show that how can we stop practicing this theory.

Project: The Broken Wind

Youtube Link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptZ_4FKgIwE&t=6s

Self-Reflection:

In this project, I learned 1. Shooting video 2. Editing 3. Understanding aesthetics

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Project 9: MSJ11401 Development Communication

Course Code and Name: MSJ11401 Development Communication Project Name: AWARENESS CAMPAIGN REGARDING MENSTRUAL HYGIENE IN DHAKA A CASE STUDY AMONG HOUSEMAID IN DHANMONDI 15NO. AREA

Project Description: As part of this course, students were required to submit a 4000-word development communication related campaign. This project was a group project and was the final project of the course. The campaign is about menstrual hygiene for the housemaids. I teamed up with Kazi Fariha Purni, Adrita Karim Drohee, Subrina Azad, Tahmina Yeasmin Laboni and Muhammad Ibrahim Mujahid.

Project Date: 2019, Summer 192 Project Justification: Through these project students were expected to learn how to convey a campaign from the scratch. We have chosen the project because 4 of our group members are female who shared that there are various problems in this field as nobody gives attention to house maids. Lack of menstrual hygiene can be an unknown issue amongst the housemaids who lack knowledge and information about such matter so we chose the campaign topic for the course.

Group Members:

Kazi Fariha Purni - 171012041 Asaduzzaman Noor Shahed - 171012086 Adrita Karim Drohee - 171012063 Subrina Azad - 171012089 Tahmina Yeasmin Laboni - 1710120 Muhammad Ibrahim Mujahid – 171012037

Project: AWARENESS CAMPAIGN REGARDING MENSTRUAL HYGIENE IN DHAKA A CASE STUDY AMONG HOUSEMAID IN DHANMONDI 15NO. AREA

Table of Contents

1. Introduction.

2. Analysis.

2.1 Situation Analysis.

2.2 Audience Analysis.

2.2.1 Primary Audience.

2.2.2 Secondary Audience.

2.2.3 Tertiary Audience.

2.3 Formative Research.

2.3.1 Objectives of Formative Research.

2.3.2 Sampling Method and Type.

2.3.3 Sample Area.

2.3.4 Survey Findings.

2.4 Audience Behaviour Analysis.

2.4.1 Knowledge.

2.4.2 Attitude.

2.4.3 Practice.

3. Goals and Objective.

3.1 Goal

3.2 Objectives.

3.2.1 Objectives for permanent housemaids.

3.2.2 Objectives for contractual housemaids.

4. Messages.

4.1 Core Message.

4.2 Sub Message.

5. Communication Channel

5.1 Communication Mix.

5.2 Communication Materials.

6. Timeline.

7. Budget.

8. Monitoring and Evaluation.

9. Reference.

1. Introduction

Menstruation is the process in a woman that discharges blood and other materials from the uterus once in a month. The reason why women get period is because of the menstrual cycle which causes the rise and fall of the hormones by the discharge of blood. Menstruation plays a great role in every woman’s womanhood and it is a vital matter to their health, wellbeing, empowerment, dignity and productivity.

Menstrual hygiene can be defined as “Women and adolescent girls are using clean menstrual management materials to absorb or collect blood that can be changed in privacy as often as necessary for the duration of the menstruation period, using soap and water for washing the body as required, and having access to facilities to dispose of used menstrual management materials.” (UNICEF and WHO, 2014)

In easier terms, we understand that it is the practices or conditions we try to adapt or follow during menstruation in order to maintain a standard lifestyle by being clean. So, encouraging women specially the domestic workers and women from the rural side to maintain their menstrual hygiene, remove fear and briefly explain its importance and benefits of staying clean during period can set examples for development in our society.

In 2018, the United Nations (UN) reported that the shame, stigma, and misinformation that surround periods can lead to serious health and human rights concerns. That’s why they declared menstrual hygiene an issue that affects public health, gender equality, and human rights. (UNFPA ESARO, 2018)

Being unhygienic during menstruation may leads to higher levels of urogenital infection (Das Gupta, 2008).

An article also said that Infection of reproductive tract, Uninary tract infection, yeast infection, Hepatitis B infection and Risk of cervical cancer can be happen due to poor menstrual hygiene. (Bhaswati Sarma, 2019)

Housemaids or domestic workers are part of our daily urban life. They can be classified by two types, which are:

1. Permanent Housemaid

Permanent Housemaids are housemaids who stays in a single household to help the houseowner for 24x7.

2. Contractual Housemaid

Contractual Housemaids are housemaids who help the houseowner for a specific period of a day. They work at different households at the different part of the day. They usually stay nearby slum or low-income neighbourhood.

Dhanmondi is one of the most populous residential in Dhaka city, where a great number of both the male & female members of the family goes to work. So almost every houses of Dhanmondi has either a permanent or contractual housemaid. Dhanmondi 15 is a specific road which is more populous than other roads and has some nearby low-income neighbourhood (e.g. Rayer Bazar, Chorokghata). We have chosen this are because studying this area will be more accessible, efficient and accurate at the same time.

The topic of this semester’s curriculum integration is The Social Norms Theory. This theory aims to understand the environment and interpersonal influences (such as peers) in order to change behavior, which can be more effective than a focus on the individual to change behavior. This means that behavior of human beings in the society is strongly influenced by the misconceptions of how our peers act and think. In our country, menstruation is considered an embarrassment or even worse, a taboo which falls under The Social Norms Theory. For which it is something that women are not comfortable talking about or being questioned about. This attitude towards menstruation in the society can be a reason for several problems which hampers the womanhood. So, it is important to break this stereotypical thought by raising awareness and acknowledging the society about the menstrual hygiene.

Lack of menstrual hygiene can be an unknown issue amongst the housemaids who lack knowledge and information about such matter. We will conduct a campaign that will create awareness and help them to plan a set of activities which will not affect them regarding infertility or other problems related to menstrual hygiene over a period of time.

2. Analysis

2.1 Situation Analysis

In our society ‘’Menstruation’’ is often referred to as a taboo and there are many stigmas surrounding this simple and natural concept. Women from lower class feel awkward or shy to talk about their period because some have been taught that having periods is shameful. With all these negative messages, it is normal for a woman to hide their menstrual problems and not talk about it. But they do not know that because of this hiding or not being open about problems which will lead to poor menstrual hygiene and ultimately, they will be victims of greater problems. Fungal infections, reproductive tract infections and urinary tract infections and most importantly, it can leave women vulnerable to infertility.

According to National Hygiene Assessment, 2018 57% of adolescents and 65% of adult women were uninformed about menstruation before their first experience.

UNICEF conducted a survey about how Bangladeshi women manage menstruation, and found that at least one third hide their rags in dirty places. One in three girls fail to change their cloths frequently or wash them with soap after use. Only just over half of the women dried their rags outside and in full sun — the conditions required to kill bacteria. Low standards of menstrual hygiene lead to wide-spread vaginal and urinary infections. (Seymou, K., 2008)

Permanent Housemaids who live apart from there family are often feel awkward to talk about her menstruation with the houseowners. So, they remain unaware which leads to many serious problems.

Contractual Housemaids who work hard all day in multiple houses to make a living are not equipped with knowledge on how to deal with their feminine hygiene. Therefore, it is an issue that needs to be addressed in the society.

Radia Tamim, a research consultant from Magnum says ‘Lower income classes (below tk.15,000 monthly household income) mostly use cloths (constituting 4% of the respondents) as well as some other methods like cotton, tissue, papers, ashes etc. This class is usually employed as clerks, attendants or maids.’

From our survey that we conducted in Dhanmondi 15 and its nearby areas, some housemaids decided to speak up about their menstruation:

Shahida, a 17 years old permanent housemaid says ‘I have been working as a housemaid for the past three years exactly when I had my first period and since I have been using cloth.’ When we asked about her opinion on sanitary napkins she says that since she has been a regular user of cloth, she would not be comfortable using any other material for her menstrual. Ferdousi, a 15 years old permanent housemaid say ‘I recently had my first period a couple of months ago and I had no idea about menstruation so I had to seek my owner’s help for my 6 time. Then she introduced me to sanitary napkins. I also used cloths few times but now I am a regular user of pads.’

Shilpi, a 21 years old contractual housemaid say ‘I was 14 years old when I had my first period and cloth has been the only material that I have used for my menstruation. Even though I heard about it but I do not have any knowledge about the sanitary napkins.’

Sufia, a 32 years old contractual housemaid say ‘I have been using cloth since my first experience. I heard that pads are more comfortable and easier to use but I never tried them because they require a sum of money and since I have two sons to take care and pay their school fees therefore I never considered using money for buying pads.’

Another factor about the locals’ attitude about menstruation in our society was observed when we went to 2/3 buildings to conduct our surveys and talk to the housemaids, the security guards of these buildings asked us about our whereabouts and after being told about the survey is about menstruation. They did not let us in to conduct the survey in those buildings and addressed the entire matter as a demeaning subject that is shameful to talk about. This sets an example on how the males from the downgrade class reacts to menstruation.

2.2 Audience Analysis

When it comes to the audience of our campaign, we have divided them into three categories:

2.2.1 Primary Audience

The primary audience are those whose behaviour is the main indicator success. They are the main bodies of the audiences. They are also known as the target audience.

in this campaign, our primary audience are :

Who ?

Why ?

Permanent Housemaid

Permanent Housemaids are sufferer of problems for being unhygienic during menstruation period due to unawareness, shyness or taboo. Our job is to aware them and ensure to make them hygiene during that period

Contractual Housemaid

Permanent Housemaids are sufferer of problems for being unhygienic during menstruation period due to unawareness, shyness or taboo. Our job is to aware them and ensure to make them hygiene during that period

Female Member of Houseowners Family

Female Member of Houseowners Family should be aware because if the are aware than they can communicate, talk and provide hygienic materials to housemaids.

Male Member of Houseowners Family

Male Members are also important, because in this society they are one who goes to market/shops to buy all the products for family

Family of Contractual Housemaid

Family of Contractual Housemaid is also important because they are the one who can easily communicate with their wife/daughter to be hygiene.

2.2.2 Secondary Audience

People whose behaviour or action strongly influence or affect the primary audience behaviour are called the secondary audience. They are a group of people that we need to identify and activate to influence the primary audiences.

For this campaign, our secondary audiences are :

Who ?

Why ?

Family of Permanent Housemaid

Family of Permanent Housemaid is also important because they are the first one to aware their daughter during puberty. If they can aware them earlier it will be easier to evade those problems

Friends/ Peers of Contractual & Permanent Housemaid

Friends/peers can also significantly reduce of the problems by sharing information

2.2.3 Tertiary Audience

Tertiary audiences are those who are capable of indirectly help or hamper the behaviour of secondary and primary audiences.

For our campaign our tertiary audiences are clinics such as Surjer Hashi Clinic or Bidyanondo Foundation which is volunteer organization in Dhaka.

Who ?

Why ?

Surjer Hashi Clinic

Surjer Hashi will be able to provide consultancy among the primary and secondary audience

Bidyanondo Foundation

Bidyanondo Foundation who are arleady selling sanitary napkins among garments workers for 10taka only, can also be part of our campaign to provide this feature for housemaids too.

2.3 Formative Research

Formative research is to refine and determine the campaign process. It provides exact and up-to-date information to improve the planning of campaign. Formative research helps to build the campaign strategy.

For our campaign, we have conducted a formative research to understand audience behaviour to develop a campaign strategy.

2.3.1 Objectives of Formative Research

- To find necessary data for conducting the campaign.

- To identify audience behaviour.

- To analyse audience behaviour.

2.3.2 Sampling Method and Type

- For our convenience, we used purposive method as sampling technique for our qualitative research.

- We have conducted In-depth Interview session with 12 contractual housemaids, 8 permanent housemaids, 3 male members from the family of contractual housemaids and 5 houseowners

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2.3.2

2.3.3 Sample Area

Sample area was same as the campaign area. So, we have picked up our samples from Dhanmondi 15 No, Rayer Bazar and Charakghata.

2.3.4 Survey Findings

Using cloth is more common among contractual housemaids

We have interviewed 12 contractual housemaids but none of them is using sanitary pad. Only one respondent showed her interest to use sanitary pad, but right now her menstruation cycle is off.

There are myths of using sanitary napkin among housemaids

Some of or respondent said they do not use sanitary pad because of they heard it is uncomfortable.

Most of contractual housemaid does not use hygiene products due to economical reason

10 of our respondents have said that they do not use sanitary pad because they cannot afford it

Some of them are completely unaware about sanitary pad

2 of our respondents have said that they are completely unaware about sanitary pad. They have no idea that what actually is it and how to is it.

Permanent Housemaids are more aware because of house owners

Thru our interview, we have found that 4 of our respondents is using sanitary pad and they have been aware by the house owners.

Some permanent housemaids do not use hygiene product because they feel shy

3 of our respondents have said that they do not use sanitary pads because of they have to go pharmacy by themselves to buy pads, but the present “taboo” situation makes them feel shy.

House owner often does not talk about menstruation with contractual housemaid

Though most house owners talk about menstruation with permanent housemaids, but only one of our house owner respondents have said that she talked about menstruation with her contractual housemaid.

2.4 Audience Behaviour Analysis

We have interviewed 20 housemaids for our campaign on menstrual hygiene. 10 of them were contractual and 10 of them were permanent. We asked them few questions to know about their behaviour towards menstruation hygiene and they are:

1. How old are you?

2. What do you use during period?

3. Do you know about sanitary napkins? (the ones who use cloth)

4. Why do you not use sanitary napkins? (the ones who use cloth)

5. How do you clean the cloth?

6. How many times you re-use the cloth?

7. Do you know how to stay healthy during your period?

2.4.1 Knowledge

· Permanent Housemaids:

All of the permanent housemaids that we interviewed had knowledge about sanitary napkins and 7 of them agreed to be knowledgeable about the menstrual hygiene or about the problems that can occur if one does not stay clean or following menstrual hygiene.

· Contractual Housemaids:

6 out of the 10 contractual housemaids said they know about the sanitary napkins and 7 out of them said they know about the importance of staying hygiene during period or the problems they might have to face later in life.

2.4.2 Attitude

· Permanent Housemaids:

8 out of them were very positive and interacting with interest regarding the subject and answered questions without being awkward or shy but 2 of them were extremely shy or we could see a bit of discomfort on their body language and face to even talk about their menstruation. One of them even admitted that the reason she never tried sanitary napkin is simply because she is too shy to go to a shop and buy it from a man.

· Contractual Housemaids:

7 of them showed positive response for menstrual hygiene and the rest 3 did not seem much interested or bothered about the menstrual hygiene. Their biggest concern was to earn their bread and to eat rice 3 times a day with their family.

2.4.3 Practice

· Permanent Housemaids:

Out of 10 only 3 housemaids use sanitary napkins and the rest 7 uses cloth or materials during their period. Most said it is the cost that do not make them purchase the sanitary pads and the 3 housemaids who use the sanitary pads are because their owners bear the cost and buy them their pads.

· Contractual Housemaids:

None of the contractual housemaids use sanitary pads. This was a sad part of our survey. They said since buying food and paying for their children school fees already cost them a lot. They do not want to buy the sanitary pads with some extra cost.

3. Goals and Objective

3.1 Goal

To create awareness about menstrual hygiene among the housemaids and the domestic workers of Dhanmondi 15.

3.2 Objectives

3.2.1 Objectives for permanent housemaids

4. Messages

We have created developed two core messages and two sub messages for our campaign. Our core message are “Poricchonnotai Susthota” and “Sustho Thaki, Shundor Rakhi” and our sub messages are “Poricchonno Thakuk Mashik er Shomoy” “Poricchonno Thakuk Period er Shomoy”. We have chosen Bangla as our message language to make the communication easier.

4.1 Core Message

Core Message 1 :

Message

পরিচ্ছন্নতাই সুস্থতা

Message is English Alphabets

Poricchonnotai Susthota

Translation in English

Cleanliness is wellness

Core Message 2 :

Message

সুস্থ থাকি, সুন্দর রাখি

Message is English Alphabets

Sustho Thaki, Shundor Rakhi

Translation in English

Stay Helthy, Stay Beautiful

The core message was chosen because it rhymes. The target of rhyming is engaging people with short message.

4.2 Sub Message

Sub Message 1 :

Message

পরিচ্ছন্ন থাকুন মাসিকের সময়

Message is English Alphabets

Poricchonno Thakuk Mashik er Shomoy

Translation in English

Stay Clean During Menstruation Period

Sub Message 2 :

Message

পরিচ্ছন্ন থাকুক পিরিয়ডের সময়

Message is English Alphabets

Poricchonno Thakuk Period er Shomoy

Translation in English

Stay Clean During Menstruation Period

Our sub message is for aware our audience about the situation with a short line.

5. Communication Channel

5.1 Communication Mix

Planning methods of communication with mixing various communication tools is an very important. Success of any campaign depends on its method of delivering the message to the audience. There can be many ways to deliver the message to the audience by using different communication tools.

5.2 Communication Materials

Designs used for some materials developed for the awareness campaign are shared below:

Materials and Images of Design:

Poster: 1

Poster: 2

T-Shirt

Pen

Badge

Mug

Plate

Leaflet

X-banner

Backdrop of Seminar

7. Budget

Seminar - 12000 Door to Door Campaign - 80000

Poster -10000

T-Shirt - 3000

Pen - 600

Badge - 1000

Mug - 40000

Plate - 28000

Leaflet - 4000

X-banner - 200

Backdrop of Seminar - 500

Facebook - 0

Website - 3000

Promotional Video - 5000

Total: 1,87,300 tk

8. Monitoring and Evaluation

To evaluate the campaign, we will keep all the records. After every Door-to-Door campaign we will monitor our progress. We will do an evaluation after the seminar. We will do a final evaluation after the campaign.

Our evaluation timeline will be :

No.

Evaluation Type

Date

1

Door-to-Door Evaluation 1

1st November, 2019

2

Door-to-Door Evaluation 2

1st February, 2020

3

Door-to-Door Evaluation 3

1st May, 2020

4

Seminar Evaluation

29th May, 2020

5

Door-to-Door Evaluation 4

1st August, 2020

6

Final Evaluation

30th September, 2020

9. Reference

Current Situation of Menstrual Health in Bangladesh. Retrieved from https://consult-magnum.com/2018/02/04/current-situation-of-menstrual-health-in-bangladesh/?fbclid=IwAR3H35VJjEmZFJDcEX84-15f1DIHxNz5nsKR_wo0V3_fBDAap0VYN_fpzCk

Dasgupta, A & Sarkar, Madhutandra. (2008). Menstrual Hygiene: How Hygienic is the Adolescent Girl?. Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine. 33. 77-80. 10.4103/0970-0218.40872.

Menstrual Hygiene: World Vision International. Retrieved from https://www.wvi.org/clean-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-wash/menstrual-hygiene

Mohammed, M. K. (2018, November 4). Breaking the silence: menstrual hygiene in Bangladesh. Retrieved from https://www.thedailystar.net/health/health-tips/menstrual-hygiene-in-bangladesh-breaking-the-silence-1655668

Sarma, Health Risks of Poor Menstrual Hygiene.” Heyday, 29 July 2019, https://www.heydaycare.com/blog/5-health-risks-of-poor-menstrual-hygiene/.

Seymou, K. Bangladesh Tackling Menstrual Hygiene Taboos . UNICEF, 2008.

Tellier, Siri, et al. Menstrual Health Management in East and Southern Africa:a Review Paper.

Zaheen, A., & Shuvo, Z. R. (2019, July 10). HEALTH & HER. Retrieved from https://www.thedailystar.net/shout/cover-story/news/health-her-1769785

Self Reflection: 1. Proper Research 2. Understanding People 3. Slogan making 4. Printing

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Project 10: MSJ11231 Visual Communication

Course Code and Name: MSJ11231 Visual Communication Project Name: Respect Existence or Expect Resistance

Project Description: Students were required to paint a wall art as part of this course. The art's theme was based on the term's Curriculum Integration theme, which was "social norms." This was a group project that represented as the course's final project.

Project Date: 2019, Summer 192 Project Justification: The theme for Curriculum Integration Summer Semester 2019 of Media Studies and Journalism dept. of ULAB is “Social Norms Theory”. Introduced by H.W. Perkins and A. D. Berkowitz, the theory of social norms aims to understand the environment and change behavior in interpersonal influences. The theory was first used in 1986 to address student alcohol use patterns. Subsequently the social norms approach is best known for its effectiveness in reducing alcohol consumption and alcohol-related injury in college students. The approach has also been used to address a wide range of public health issues including tobacco use, driving under the influence of prevention, seat belt use, and more recently sexual assault prevention.

Peer influence, and the role it plays in individual decision-making around behavior, is the primary focus of the theory. The theory posits that our behavior is influenced by the misperceptions of how our peers think and act. Social norms interventions aim to present accurate information about peer group norms in an attempt to correct misperceptions. Accordingly, the theory states that correcting misperceptions of perceived norms will most likely result in a decrease in problem behavior or an increase in desired behavior.

Group Members:

Saif Khan Fahad Khan Abdullah Raju Ahmed Tushar Khan Asaduzzaman Noor Shahed

Project “Respect Existence or Expect Resistance”

This is our theme title. According to the social norms theory we tried to represent the true fact of our male dominating society towards women. So, for that reason we draw this Wall Art to resist this taboo from our society and also culture.

Layout

As we can see from the layout, in the middle of the wall there is a women sitting and a hand is trying to grab her. The hand plays as the norm here and there is a key attach with the women which will be operated by the hand. Behind of this both we see a sun and a dark city. This represent that though we see the hope but we still do nothing to resist those norms from the society

Left Wall The left wall is painted with a cage and an angel. This represent as someone have to be a savior to save the women from the norms which were making women caged. As the color is natural so it means freedom than that dark city.

Middle wall As we can see from the layout, in the middle of the wall there is a women sitting and a hand is trying to grab her. The hand plays as the norm here and there is a key attach with the women which will be operated by the hand. Behind of this both we see a sun and a dark city. This represent that though we see the hope but we still do nothing to resist those norms from the society.

Right Wall The third wall is typography. We gave our message, “Respect Existences or Expect Resistance”. It means we should accept the living life without any narrow minded thoughts.

Realization: My realization after this wall art that we should aware people though painting and where institution is giving us such kind of platform to show our work, so we should do more this kind of activities. Not only this theory, there are more norms inside our society and we need to break it down and Wall Art could be a strong weapon for this.

Final Wall Art

Self-reflection: To learn visual scenes. To know the basics of visual. To improve communication skills with art. To know the basics of color, stencil and crafting.

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Project 11: MSJ11332 Media Presentation and Performance

ourse Code and Name: MSJ11332 Media Presentation and Performance Project Name: Othoba Mrittu

Project Description: Students were required to perform a drama as part of this course. This was a class project in which every student in the class took part in the drama. The project was the course's final project.

Project Date: 2021, Summer 212 Project Justification: Students were expected to learn how to perform a drama as part of this project. We chose the script based on the theme.

Group Members:

Md. Hafizur Rahman Nowsad Ahmed Siddique Asaduzzaman Noor Shahed Zopari Lushai

Project: Othoba Mrittu

Production Link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1sutm75Z3jT-tu95XEQH4LrtE2Xb8VcfN/view

Poster

Project

“Othoba Mrittu”

Production Type

Short film (Fiction)

Duration

5 min

Background

In our country there is several incidents happened in past twenty years, that is murder of progressive protester were killed by different extremist group. These incidents are always giving us an inner pain and pushed to thought about it. We tried to tell a story about those incidents. ‘Othoba Mrittu’ is the result of our thoughts. We always want a world where people can think and express anything they want without hurting anyone. But we know that’s not possible in a way. So we chose this story to express the pain a human feels when he got bothered to express his feelings.

Objective

In this film we try to talk about a communist protester who tries to tell the truths. We try to talk about the People who really want a world without bloodshed. But these thoughts become the cause of their murder. They are protesters. Their protest says that they want to make world better but the extremist didn’t understand the depth of their words and murder the souls to makes world tougher. We try to visualize the moments what type of pressure and pain they feel when they got pressurized by the extremist and society. Our main objective is to communicate with the people and give them the feelings that feel progressive people.

Key massage

In this film we tried to focused on the people who gets pressurize and murder by the extremist. Our key massage is to the people that we have to change our thoughts and make our acceptance skill too high so we can respect each other thoughts and make the world better.

Secondary massage

We tried to point that after 50 years of our independent we cannot get the freedom of speech properly and cannot share our thoughts freely. It’s an indication to the people of our country.

Target Audience

Our target audience of this film is basically the person who belongs to the age 18 and above. We really love to share our film to all types of people and wants to know their thoughts. So the people who are educated and able to accept anything is our target audience.

Cast

We had to act in our own production and no one here is professional. So each of us played our role for the first time.

Ashiqur Rahman Anik as Anik Da

Hafizur Rahman as Comrade Kowshik

Nowshad Ahmed as Siddique

Zopari Lushai as Comrade Zopari

Noman Zishan as Comrade Zishan

Crew Profile Ashiqur Rahman - Director Noman Zishan - Assistant Director Nowshad Ahmed Siddique - Edit and Color Zopari Lushai - Casting Director MD. Hafizur Rahman - Location Sound Asaduzzaman Noor - Cinematographer Arafat Hossain - Production Manager Location Report For this project we were searching for a vintage house then we found one which belongs to one of our friend. In this set we got all facilities that we need for our shooting. We chose our location by the scene and also care about the facilities we need for doing our shoot smoothly. And we think that we meet to all the requirements and could do our shoot without any crisis. Rehearsal Report

We do rehearse total three days before our shooting. In our rehearsal session our whole team was present and we do a meeting first. The purpose of our meeting is to introduce each and every one. And distribute all the work among the team. Also it was an eyes breaking session of our cast because we were work for the first time together. After that we were rehearse for a long time. First day of our rehearsal I try to brief my protagonist the whole script. We describe each and every emotion, depth of the dialogue, scene description. And also got the feedback from him and try to improvise things. Than second day we do each and every scene in an empty room. We do each and every scene for at least twice and trying to find out the problems. Also we do a pronunciation session that helps our cast to pronounce the word correctly. And finally the third day we repeat the rehearsal session but on that day we use the camera and try to make our protagonist camera friendly. This rehearsal session is really helpful for my whole team. It makes us fast and understandable on the shooting days.

Peer Assessment To make ‘Othoba Mrittu?’ we were decided to work with a small team. One of its reason is we are more comfortable to work with the little team. Because we believe that more we less the chaos more furnished work will be produced. We were only seven people in the team. But we were presided about our role in the production before we go for the shoot. Each of the members was playing multiple roles in pre-production, production and post-production. In pre-production stage our whole team was collecting all the resource that we need in our shoot. And in post-production session we do a lot of meeting and watch the film several times to find out our weakness and tries to recover it. It is really hard for us to evaluate our mates. Each and every member gave their level best efforts to make this project successful. Without our team we won’t be able to make this film.

Self-reflection: To learn tv script writing To know the basics of perform To improve communication skills with the artist To know the basics of sounds, lights, costumes, makeup and set deigns.

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Project 12: MSJ11333 Writing for Film and Television

Course Code and Name: MSJ11333 Writing for Film and Television Project Name: একজন চিত্রকরের গল্প – Story of a storyteller

Project Description: Students were required to submit a script for a short film, feature film, or television series as part of this course. We've submitted a screenplay for a Television Series. This was a group project represented as the course's final project.

Project Date: 2019, Fall 193 Project Justification: Students were expected to learn how to write a script for film and television as part of this project. We chose this story because I think there are some unseen stories in the lives that remain unnoticed.

Group Members:

Estiak Karim – 162012060 Jahidul Islam Khandaker - 163012020 Asaduzzaman Noor Shahed - 171011086 Bidhan Chandra Das - 172012027 Mohammad Farhad Hossain Fahad- 173012012 Shafayet Muttaky – 181012027

My Contribution

In this project, we all brainstorm with different story ideas together. Then we took a plot. finally, I developed the story and written the full script. But we were instructed that each of us should write Climax separately.

Project "একজন চিত্রকরের গল্প – Story of a storyteller”

ইনডোর - ডার্ক স্ক্রিন – দিন

দু’জন মানুষের ফোনালাপ হচ্ছে

সাজ্জাদ (নার্ভাস ভয়েসে) হ্যালো, হ্যালো স্লামালিকুম। ডা. রশীদ ওয়ালাইকুম আস সালাম। সাজ্জাদ ডাক্তার সাহেব, আমি সাজ্জাদ! ডা. রশীদ গলা শুনেই চিনতে পেরেছি।

সাজ্জাদ জ্বি, দেখা করতে চাচ্ছিলাম। ডা. রশীদ কবে, বলেন?

সাজ্জাদ এই সোমবার

ডা. রশীদ দুপুরের পর পরই আসুন তাহলে।

আউটডোর - ব্যস্ত ফুটপাথ - দিন একটা ব্যস্ত ফুটপাথে সাজ্জাদ (২৬), পরনে হাফহাতা শার্ট আর জিন্সের প্যান্ট, দৌড়াচ্ছে। অন্যদিকে তাকিয়ে দৌড়াতে দৌড়াতে ফুটপাথের পাশে এক চায়ের দোকানের ফিল্টারের সাথে ধাক্কা খেয়ে কোনমতে সামলে নেয় নিজেকে।

দোকানদার আরে আরে, কোনদিকে তাকায় দৌড়ান মিয়া!

সাজ্জাদ কথার উত্তর না দিয়ে চলে যায়। পকেট থেকে ফোন বের করে, ফোনে লেখা একটা ঠিকানা দেখে ঘুরে ঘুরে খুঁজে। আশেপাশে বিল্ডিংয়ের নাম্বারপ্লেট দেখে। খুঁজে পেয়ে সেই বিল্ডিংয়ে ঢুকে।

ইনডোর - সিঁড়ি – দিন সাজ্জাদ সিঁড়ি দিয়ে উঠতে থাকে তাড়াতাড়ি। একটা দরজা দিয়ে ঢোকে। ঢুক্লে বুঝা যায় এটা কোন ডাক্তারের চেম্বারের ওয়েটিং রুম। ইনডোর - বাসার বসার ঘর – সন্ধ্যা (ফ্ল্যাশব্যাক) একটা বাচ্চা ছেলে (৫), বসার ঘরের সোফায় বসে আছে। পাশের ঘর থেকে বাবা(৩৫) –মার(৩১) ঝগড়া শোনা যাচ্ছে।

বাবা পারবোনা আমি, যা খুশি করো।

মা তুই সারাদিন নেশা করবি, আমি বললেই দোষ!

বাবা এই কী বললি! কী বললি টুট! চুপ!

কাঁচের কিছু ভাঙ্গার শব্দ হলো। বাচ্চা ছেলেটা ভয় পেয়ে ঘরের কোনায় যেয়ে পা মুড়ে বসে। ইনডোর - চেম্বারের ওয়েটিং রুম - দিন সাজ্জাদ চেম্বারের ওয়েটিং রুমে বসে আছে। তার পাশেই একটা ফলকে ডা. রশীদের পুরো নাম আর ডিগ্রি লেখা। তিনি একজন মনোরোগ বিশেষজ্ঞ, সাইকোলজিস্ট। সাজ্জাদের বসে থাকার ধরণের সাথে আগের দৃশ্যর বাচ্চার বসার ধরণে মিল আছে। সাজ্জাদের বিপরীত দিকে দুইজন বৃদ্ধ মানুষ বসা আর ডেস্কে মহিলা রিসিপশনিস্ট (৩২) কাজ করছেন। হঠাৎ ডাক্তারের রুম থেকে বিরাট চিৎকার শোনা যায়। রিসিপশনিস্ট বাদে সবাই সেদিকে তাকায়। ডাক্তারের ঘর থেকে দু’জন লোক এক রোগীকে(৩৩) টেনে বের করছে। যাকে বের করা হচ্ছে সে চিৎকার করছে।

রোগী আমার সাথে এইরকম কইরেন না। আমি ভালো আছি। আমারে আপনারা বাচান।

সাজ্জাদ কৌতুহলী চোখে দেখে পুরো বিষয়টা। রোগীকে লোক দু’টো টেনে নিচে নিয়ে যায়। সাজ্জাদ তাদের পেছন পেছন সিঁড়ি পর্যন্ত যায়। এই সময় রিসিপশনিস্ট সাজ্জাদকে ডাকে।

রিসিপশনিস্ট সাজ্জাদ?

নাম শুনে সাজ্জাদ ঘাড় ফিরে তাকায়। রিসিপশনিস্ট চোখের ইশারায় বুঝান যে ডাক্তার ডাকছেন। বুঝে সাজ্জাদ ডাক্তারের রুমে যায়

ইনডোর - ডাক্তারের চেম্বার - দিন টেবিলের সামনে ডেস্কে হেলান দিয়েডা. রশীদ (৪৮), হেলান দিয়ে দাঁড়িয়ে আছেন। পরনে হালকা গোলাপি একটা শার্ট আর কালো গ্যাবাডিনের প্যান্ট। টেবিলের পেছনে ডানের দেয়ালে একটা জানালা। জানালা দিয়ে আলো ডেস্কের কিছুটা অংশে আর ডাক্তারের কাঁধে রোদ পড়ছে। কাঁধে রোদ পড়ার কারণে তার চেহারা কিছুটা অন্ধকারে। সাজ্জাদ চেম্বারে ঢুকলে তিনি দুই পা এগিয়ে এসে হ্যান্ডশেক করেন সাজ্জাদের সাথে।

ডা রশীদ সাজ্জাদ, রাইট?

সাজ্জাদ কিছু বলে না, মৃদু হেসে হ্যাঁ সূচক মাথা নাড়ায়। দুইজন হ্যান্ডশেক করে চেয়ারে বসেন। আগের রোগীর দিকে ইঙ্গিত করে সাজ্জাদ বলে,

সাজ্জাদ খুব কঠিন দিন যাচ্ছে বলে মনে হচ্ছে!

ডা রশীদ এরকম কিছু পেশেন্ট মাঝেমাঝেই আসে।

সাজ্জাদ ইন্টারেস্টিং!

ডা রশীদ তাই বলে আবার ভাববেন না সব পেশেন্টই এরকম!

সাজ্জাদ

না না। আমি চিন্তা করতেছিলাম যে প্রফেশনাল লাইফে আমরা কতো ভিন্ন ভিন্ন জিনিস ফে’স করি।

ডা রশীদ

যেরকম?

সাজ্জাদ

এই মনে করেন, আপনাকে এরকম পেশেন্ট ফে’স করতে হবে মাঝে মাঝে। আমাকে অন্যরকম ক্লায়েন্ট হ্যান্ডেল করতে হয়।

ডা রশীদ ক্লায়েন্টের কথায় খেয়াল হলো...মুনা কেমন আছে?

সাজ্জাদ মুনা তো ক্লায়েন্ট ছিলো আমার!

ডা রশীদ সেজন্যেই জিগ্যেস করা! ওর সাথে আপনার যোগাযোগ হয়?

সাজ্জাদ আসলে কী, প্রোজেক্ট শেষে ওভাবে আর সব ক্লায়েন্টের সাথে যোগাযোগ থাকে না। তবে কিছু এক্সেপশন তো থাকেই।

কথা বলতে বলতে সাজ্জাদ রুমের ডেকোরেশন খেয়াল করে। দেখে পাশে একটা ইজি চেয়ার রাখা।

সাজ্জাদ ইজি চেয়ার কীসের জন্যে? ডা রশীদ আপনি এর আগে কখনো সাইকোলজিস্টের চেম্বারে আসেন নি? অনেক পেশেন্টই ইজি চেয়ারে বসে কথা বলতে বেশি কমফোর্ট ফিল করেন। সাজ্জাদ তাই নাকি? ডা রশীদ চেষ্টা করে দেখবেন নাকি আপনিও? সাজ্জাদ বেশ। আমাকে তুমি করে বলবেন।

সাজ্জাদ যেয়ে ইজি চেয়ারে হেলান দিয়ে বসে। পাশের চেয়ারে ডা রশীদ বসে। ইনডোর - স্টুডিও - রাত একটা রুমে ছবি তোলার জন্যে লাইট আনা হচ্ছে। একপাশে সাজ্জাদ ক্যামেরা হাতে দাঁড়িয়ে আছে। পাশে একজন তাকে শ্যুটের থিম বুঝায় দিচ্ছে। সাজ্জাদ মন অন্যদিকে। চোখের কোনা দিয়ে সে আর্টিস্টকে খেয়াল করছে। পাশেই আর্টিস্ট (২৩) বসে আছে। একজন তার মেক আপ ঠিক করে দিচ্ছে। লাইট সেট করা হয়ে গেলে সবাই সবার পজিশন নেয়। প্রোডাকশন ম্যানেজার হাবীব (৩৭) মেজাজ খারাপ করে হাটাহাটি করছে।

হাবীব প্রত্যেক দিন একটা না একটা ফ্যাকড়া! হয় লাইট ঠিক নাই, নাইলে আর্টিস্ট আসে নাই, নাইলে প্রপস ঠিক নাই! টুট করে সবাই!

আনোয়ার (২৪)দৌড়ে এসে সুসংবাদ জানায়।

আনোয়ার ভাই লাইট রেডি হয়ে গেছে! হাবীব তাইলে, সবাই রেডি? সাজ্জাদ রেডি!

সাজ্জাদ ক্যামেরা দিয়ে ছবি তুলতে থাকে। ছবি তোলার শব্দ হয়। ইনডোর - সাজ্জাদের রুম - দিন ক্লান্ত চোখে সাজ্জাদ একটা সিংগেল সোফায় বসে সকালের নাস্তা করছে। সামনে ছোট একটা টেবিলে নাস্তার প্লেট। প্লেটে একটা কলা আর দুইটা পাউরুটি রাখা। টেবিলে ফোন, লাইটার আর সিগারেটের প্যাকেটও আছে। ফোনআসলো। হাবীব ফোন দিয়েছে।

সাজ্জাদ

হ্যালো?

হাবীব

ভাই আপনি কই?

সাজ্জাদ

আমি তো রাস্তায় আছি

হাবীব

ভাই, কলটাইম ১০টায় ছিলো। এখন বাজে ৯ঃ৩০। এরকম করলে কীভাবে ভাই!

ফোন রেখে সাজ্জাদ একটা দীর্ঘশ্বাস ফেলে বিড়বিড় করে গালি দেয় একটা।

সাজ্জাদ

টুট কোথাকার!

গালি দিয়ে সেপ্যাকেট থেকে একটা সিগারেট বের করে খালি করতে থাকে। ইনডোর - স্টুডিওর পার্কিং - দুপুর পার্কিংয়ের দেয়ালে হেলান দিয়ে বিরক্তমুখে সাজ্জাদ একটা সিগারেট ধরায়। সিগারেটটা সাধারণ সিগারেটের থেকে একটু ছোট এবং সিগারেটের মুখটা বন্ধ করা। পাশে স্টুডিওর সেট ডিজাইনা আনোয়ার দাঁড়িয়ে আছে। তাড়া আছে বলে আনোয়ার একটু চঞ্চল।

আনোয়ার ভাই নিমাই করেন!

সাজ্জাদ আরে ব্যাটা দাড়া না!

আনোয়ার তাড়াতাড়ি যাইতে হবে ভাই, হুট করে শুরু হয়ে যাবে

সাজ্জাদ সিগারেটে একটা লম্বা টান দিয়ে বুকে ধোয়া আটকে রেখে আনোয়ারকে সিগারেটটা দেয়।

সাজ্জাদ ওরকম মনে হয় যে শুরু হয়ে যাবে। আর্টিস্টই আসে নাই এখনো, টুটের শুট মারায়!

আনোয়ার আর্টিস্টের শুনলাম ঝামেলা আছে!

সাজ্জাদ মানে?

আনোয়ার শুনছিলাম ওর ফ্যামিলির নাকি একটু প্রবলেম আছে, একা ছাড়ে না মেয়েরে!

শুনে সাজ্জাদ একটু বিরক্ত হয়।

সাজ্জাদ এই কাস্টগুলারে সিলেক্ট করে কে?

আনোয়ার ওই যে ওই নতুন ছেলেটা!

সাজ্জাদ ওরে দিছে ক্যান এই কাজ! অন্যকিছু দিতো। হাবীব ভাই…!

সাজ্জাদ দীর্ঘশ্বাস ফেলে। আনোয়ারের ফোনে কল আসে। পকেট থেকে ফোন বের করতে করতে সে সাজ্জাদের সাথে কথা চালিয়ে যেতে থাকে

আনোয়ার

হাবীব ভাই-ই ফোন দিছে মনে হচ্ছে। চলেন আগাই।

ফোন ধরতে ধরতে আনোয়ার আর সাজ্জাদ এগোয়। সিগারেট এর মাঝেই শেষ হয়ে গেছে, ফেলে দেয় আনোয়ার সেটা।

আনোয়ার (ফোন ধরে) হ্যাঁ, ভাই, আসতেছি আমরা।

স্টুডিওর সিঁড়ি দিয়ে উঠতে উঠতে দুইজন কথা বলতে থাকে। ইনডোর – সিঁড়ি – দিন

সাজ্জাদ

আর্টিস্টের নাম কী?

আনোয়ার

মুনা।

নাম বলা শেষে দুইজন দরজা দিয়ে রুমে ঢুকে দেখে হাবীব ভাই মুনার (২৪) সাথে কথা বলছে। মুনা তার মার (৫১) ঘাড়ে মাথা রেখে হেলান দিয়ে বসে আছে।

ইনডোর - স্টুডিও রুম – দিন

সাজ্জাদ রুমে ঢুকতেই হাবীব ভাই ফিরে তাকায়।

হাবীব সাজ্জাদ, এই আমাদের আর্টিস্ট, মুনা।

সাজ্জাদ মুনার দিকে তাকিয়ে সৌজন্যমূলক মাথা নাড়ে। এরপর পাশে মুনার মায়ের দেখে হাবীব ভাইয়ের দিকে জিজ্ঞাসু দৃষ্টিতে তাকায়। হাবীব ভাই মাউথ রিড করে বলেন, ‘মা।’

হাবীব তাহলে আমরা কাজ শুরু করে দেই, কী বলো?

সাজ্জাদ মাথা নেড়ে ক্যামেরা নেয়ার জন্যে যায়। আনোয়ার লাইটের পজিশন ঠিক করতে থাকে। হাবীব ভাই এসে মুনার মাকে পাশের রুমে যাবার জন্যে অনুরোধ করে।

হাবীব ছবি তোলার সময় আপনাকে একটু বের হতে হবে আন্টি। স্যরি। মুনার মা আচ্ছা সমস্যা নেই হাবীব আপনাকে দেখিয়ে দিচ্ছি আমাদের ওয়েটিং রুম। কোন সমস্যা হলে আমাকে জানাবেন। মুনা মা, সাবধানে যেয়ো। বলে মুনা একটু হাসে। মুনার মা তুই সাবধানে থাকিস

সাজ্জাদ ���ুরো বিষয়টা আড়চোখে খেয়াল করে। লাইট ঠিক হয়ে গেলে, মুনা রেডি হয়। সাজ্জাদ ছবি তোলা শুরু করে। সাজ্জাদ

মুনা, রেডি?

মুনা

হুম, রেডি।

সাজ্জাদ

এই ছবি কোথায় যাবে?

মুনা

একজন পরিচালক চেয়েছেন।

সাজ্জাদ

সিনেমায় নামলে কবে?

মুনা

মনে ক্রুন আপনার হাত ধরেই।

সাজ্জাদ মুনার দিকে তাকিয়ে একটু মুচকি হাসি দেয়।

সাজ্জাদ

তাহলে আমরা চারটা এঙ্গেলে ভিন্ন ভিন্ন শট নিতে পারি।

মুনা

সেটা আপনি ভাল বুঝবেন আশা করি।

সাজ্জাদ

একটু প্রফাইলে দেখি, চিন ডাউন, একটু আলতো হাসি থাকবে, খুব ক্লোজ যাব এবং একটু এক্সপ্রেশন দিবা, ঠিক আছে?

মুনা সাজ্জাদের কথা মতো পজিশনে থাকে, সাজ্জাদ ছবি তোলা শুরু করে।

সাজ্জাদ

এবার একটু আড় চোখে তাকাও।

হুম, ঠিক আছে।

হাবীবের ফোনটা বেজে উঠে হঠাত করে। সাজ্জাদ হাবীবের দিকে রাগান্বিত দৃষ্টিতে তাকায়। পরক্ষণে হাবীব ফোনটা নিয়ে রুম থেকে বেরিয়ে যায়।

সাজ্জাদ

মুনা, ড্রেসটা চেইঞ্জ করে আসো।

মুনা

কি রকম চাচ্ছেন?

সাজ্জাদ

আমি কিছুটা হালকা চাচ্ছি, তোমাকে বেশ ডিপ লাগছে? তোমাকে আরো জড়তা কাটাতে হবে। আরো বেশি মুড আনতে হবে এক্সপ্রেশনে।

মুনা সেট থেকে ড্রেসিং রুমের দিকে যায়। সাজ্জাদ চোখে কেমন একটা খুদা নিয়ে তাকিয়ে থাকে। মুনা সাজ্জাদের চোখের ভাষা বুঝতে পারে।

মুনা একটা ছোট টপ আর শর্ট জিন্স পরে আসে। এসে দেখলো হাবীব সাজ্জাদকে কানে কানে কি যেন বলছে। হাবীব মুনাকে দেখে আবারো স্টুডিও থেকে বেরিয়ে যায়।

মুনা

দেখুনতো ঠিক আছে, কিনা?

সাজ্জাদ

তুমি যে কত জনকে তোমার মায়ায় বেঁধে ফেলবে তা তুমি নিজেও যানো না।

মুনা

আমার বাঁধনে আবদ্ধ হওয়া এতো সহজ না। আসেন শুরু করি, মা অপেক্ষা করছে।

এই ধরনের পোশাকে নারী সাজ্জাদের কাছে নতুন নয়। তারপরেও কেন যানি, তার নিজের চোখও আজকে কোথায় থেমে যাচ্ছে।

সাজ্জাদ

একটু বসে পড়ো, হাঁটু ভাজ করে, হাতটা থাকবে কপালে, একটু গম্ভীর।

মুনা

আপনি পাড়েনও বটে

সাজ্জাদ

এতটুকু যদি নাই বললাম তাহলে কাজ হবে না তো

একে একে ছবি তোলা শেষ হলো। হাবীব, আনোয়া দু’জন সেট গুছানোর কাজে ব্যস্ত হয়ে পড়েছে। সাজ্জাদ মুনাকে এগিয়ে দিচ্ছে, মুনার মা এর মধ্যে গাড়ীতে অপেক্ষা করছেন।

মুনা

ছবিগুলো কবে পাচ্ছি?

সাজ্জাদ

তোমার কবে হলে ভাল লাগবে?

মুনা

যদি বলি কালকে?

সাজ্জাদ

ঠিক আছে, কালকে বিকেল ৫টা, আমি ফোন দিলে দেখা করো।

মুনা মুচকি হেসে এগিয়ে যায়।

মুনা

আপনাকে বেঁধে ফেললাম না তো ।

মুনা স্টুডিও থেকে বেরিয়ে যায়। হঠাত করে রুমের দরজাটা অনেক জোরে বন্ধ হয়ে যায় সাজ্জাদের সামনে। সাজ্জাদ আবারো পুরোদিনে ফিরে যায়।

ইনডোর – বাসা – রাত (ফ্ল্যাশব্যাক)

বাচ্চা ছেলেটি দরজার পাশে সিঁড়ি থেকে উঠে এসে দরজার সামনে এসে দাঁড়ায়। দেখে তার মা মাটিতে পড়ে আছে। আশে পাশে কাঁচ ছিটানো। মা ছেলেকে দেখে অনেক কষ্টে উঠে পড়ে, হাতে ইশারায় ছেলেটীকে কাছে আসতে নিষেধ করে। ছেলেটি মাথা নিচু করে অসহায়ের মতো দাঁড়িয়ে থাকে।

ইনডোর – সাজ্জাদের ঘর – দিন

বিছানায় শুয়ে শুয়ে সাজ্জাদ চিন্তা করে তার বাবা-মায়ের কথা। ইনডোর – সাজ্জাদের ঘর – দিন (ফ্ল্যাশব্যাক) ব্যবসায় সবকিছু হারিয়ে তার বাবা আস্তে আস্তে নিঃস্ব হয়ে পড়ছে, কিন্তু সব অন্ধকার নেমে আসছে তার মায়ের উপর। পদে পদে সব নির্যাতন সহ্য করে তার মা। এক সময় তার মাও তাকে ছেঁড়ে চলে যায়। হটাত করে সাজ্জাদের ফোন বেজে উঠে,

মুনা

আজকে আসছেন, তো?

সাজ্জাদ

আমি খুবই দুঃখিত ছবি গুলোর কাজ এখনো শেষ করতে পারিনি।

মুনা

আমি জানতাম, তারপরেও আজকে একটু ফ্রি ছিলাম, ভাবলাম আপনিও যদি ফ্রী থাকেন তাহলে বিকেলটা অন্যরকম হতো।

সাজ্জাদ

ঠিক আছে, আমি আসবো, বলুন কোথায়?

মুনা

সময় না হয় আপনারটাই থাক, স্থান আমি জানিয়ে দেব

সাজ্জাদ

ঠিক আছে, তবে তাই হোক।

সাজ্জাদ হাবীবকে টেক্সট করে জানিয়ে দেয়, আজকে তাঁকে কেউ যেন বিরক্ত না করে।

ইনডোর – রেস্টুরেন্ট – দিন

সাজ্জাদ অপেক্ষা করছে এক পাশে বসে। সাদা শাড়ি কালো ব্লাউজ পড়ে এসেছে মুনা। দূর থেকেই মুনাকে সাজ্জাদ খেয়াল করেছে। তার পরেও চোখে চোখ পড়ার আগেই সাজ্জাদ নিজেকে সামলে নেয়। মুনা সাজ্জাদকে বসা অবস্তায় দেখতে পেয়ে তার উল্টো পাশের সোফাতে বসে।

মুনা

একটু দেরি হয়ে গেলো।

সাজ্জাদ

মেয়েদের একটু দেরি হয় সবসময়।

মুনা

অনেক অভিজ্ঞতা আছে মনে হয়।

সাজ্জাদ

থাকাটাই তো স্বাভাবিক, তাই নয় কি?

মুনা

উফ, আপনার সাথা কথায় পারব না। আমার ছবি গুলো দেখেছেন?

সাজ্জাদ

কোন ছবিটা বলেন তো?

সাজ্জাদ একটু ইতস্তত ভাব করে। কারন সে এখনো কিছুই দেখেনি। কিন্তু সেটা মুনাকে বুঝতে দেয়া যাবে না।

সাজ্জাদ

ও হ্যাঁ, দেখেছি, কয়েকটা। কিন্তু কিছু একটা মিসিং।

মুনা

কি ব্লুন তো।

সাজ্জাদ

আপনারা স্টুডিও ফটশুটে এত পাগল কেন? অন্য কারোটা বলছি না, ধ্রুন আপনি যে শাড়িটা আজকে পেরেছেন, সেটা যদি কোন এক পাহাড়ের চূড়ায় হতো তাহলে কত ভাল লাগতো। কিংবা কোন এক জীবন্ত ঝরনার সামনে।

মুনা

আপনি এক্টূ বাড়িয়ে বলছেন

সাজ্জাদ

বাড়িয়ে বললে কি আমাকে পেমেন্ট বেশি দেবেন?

মুনা

আপনি এমন কেন? আমি কি তাই বললাম?

সাজ্জাদ

আজকে তো আপনি দাওয়াত দিলেন, আমি এসে পরলাম। চলুন তাহলে আমার সাথে সাজেক। আপনাকে প্রকৃতির সাথে মিশিয়ে দেবো

মুনা

এতো দূরে!!! দেখি মায়ের সাথে কথা বলে।

সাজ্জাদ

অপেক্ষায় থাকলাম, কিন্তু বেশি করবেন না। সর্বোচ্চ দুইদিন।

মুনা

ঠিক আছে, দেখছি ব্যাপারটা। এখন বলুন আপনি কি একাই থাকেন? না পরিবারের কেউ আছে?

সাজ্জাদ পরিবারের কথা শুনে ইতস্তত বোধ করলো।

ইনডোর –রেস্টুরেন্ট – রাত (ফ্ল্যাশব্যাক)

সাজ্জাদ এমনি কোন এক রেস্টুরেন্টে সে তা মা বাবার সাথে এসেছিল। তার এক পাশে বাবা অন্য পাশে মা। তাঁকে আদর করে খাইয়ে দিচ্ছে। সেও মনের আনন্দে খাচ্ছে। তার বাবার হঠাত কোথা থেকে যেন একটা ফুল তার মাকে উপহার দিয়েছে।

মুনার ডাকে সাজ্জাদ আবারও স্বাভাবিক হয়। সাজ্জাদ এদিকে ওদিকে তাকায় কিন্তু অন্যান্য মানুষ ছাড়া সে কাউকেই দেখতে পায় না।

ইনডোর –রেস্টুরেন্ট – রাত

মুনা তাদের দুজনের জন্য খাবারের অর্ডার দেবে বলে সাজ্জাদকে আবারো ডাকে।

মুনা

আপনার কি শরীর খারাপ লাগছে?

সাজ্জাদ

না ঠিকআছি। আপনি কবে যেতে চান তা শীঘ্রি জানাবেন। আজ আসি

মুনা কিছু বলার আগেই সাজ্জাদ তাড়াহুড়ো করে সেখান থেকে বেরিয়ে যায়।

আউটডোর – রাস্তা- রাত

যান্ত্রিক শহর��র কোলাহল সাজ্জাদকে ঘিরে রেখেছে চারপাশ জুরে, সে রাস্তার একপাশে দাড়িয়ে থাকে, সারি সারি গাড়ি তার সামনে দিয়ে মুহুর্তেই চলে যাচ্ছে, অসংখ্য পথচারী চলছে যার যার গতিতে, শুধু তার মনে হচ্ছে সে কোথাও যেন আটকে গেছে।

ইনডোর – সাজ্জাদের রুম – রাত

কম্পিউটারে বসে সাজ্জাদ কাজ করছে, হাতে সিগারেট, পাশেই মদের গ্লাস। মুনার গত দিনের ছবিগুলো সে ভাল করে দেখছে। অনেক ক্ষন ধরে তার ফোন ভাইব্রেট করছে, সেদিকে তার কোন খেয়াল নেই। হঠাত ফোন খুজতে গিয়ে দেখলো খাটের উপরে ভাইব্রেট হচ্ছে, সে রিসিভ করতে করতে একপর্যায়ে ফোন কেটে গেলো। সে দেখতে পেলো মুনার অনেক গুলো মিস কল এসেছে। সে ফোনটা ব্যাক করলো।

সাজ্জাদ

হ্যালো

মুনা

হ্যাঁ হ্যালো, আপনি ঠিক আছেন তো?

সাজ্জাদ

হ্যাঁ। আমি ঠিক আছি, ব্লুন।

মুনা

আমি যাচ্ছি আপনার সাথে।

সাজ্জাদ

আর আপনার মা?

মুনা

মাকে বুঝালাম, অনেক করে।

সাজ্জাদ

আচ্ছা ঠিক আছে। গাড়ির টিকেট বুকিং দিচ্ছি আমি।

মুনা

আমি তো ওইটা জানার জন্যই ফোন দিলাম, কবে বুকিং দিলে আপনার সুবিধে।

সাজ্জাদ

আমি দাওয়াত দিলাম, আর আপনি বুকিং দিচ্ছেন, এইটা কেমন হলো?

মুনা

কাজটা তো মূলত আমার, তাই না হয় আমিই দিলাম। আপনি অন্য কিছুতে পুশিয়ে নিলেন।

সাজ্জাদ

আমি আগামী শুক্র, শনিবার ফ্রি আছি।

মুনা

ঠিক আছে তাহলে আজ তো মঙ্গলবার শেষ, আমি কিছু শপিং করবো কালকে, আমরা পরশু রাতেই যাচ্ছি আমরা।

সাজ্জাদ

শাড়ি নিতে ভুলবেন না যেন। আর বাকি গুলো আপনার খুশি।

মুনা ফোন রেখে দেয়ার পড়ে, সাজ্জাদ মনে মনে কিছুটা খুশি হয়। সে আবারো আরেকটা সিগারেট জালিয়ে পুরোদমে কাজ করতে থাকে।

আউটডোর – বাস টার্মিনাল – রাত

মুনা টার্মিনালে পোঁছে গেছে সাজ্জাদের আগেই। পড়নে তাঁর কূর্তি আর লেগিন্স, গলায় ওড়না। সাথে একটা ছোট ট্রলি ব্যাগ। সাজ্জাদ কিছুক্ষণ পরেই এসে পড়লো। তার সাথে হাবীবো এসেছে। সিএনজি থেকে সাজ্জাদ মুনার দিকে এগিয়ে এলো। হাবীব ব্যাগ-পত্র নিয়ে পিছু পিছু।

সাজ্জাদ

আমি খুবই দুঃখিত, একটু দেরী হয়ে গেলো।

মুনা

কোন ব্যাপার না, লাস্ট দিন আমার হয়েছে, আর আজকে আপনি, শোধ হয়ে গেলো।

তারা দু’জন বাসে ওঠে গেলো, হাবীব ব্যাগ-পত্র উঠিয়ে দিয়ে বিদায় নিলো। বাস ছেঁড়ে দেবে কিছুখন-এর মধ্যে। দুজনই যার যার সিটে বসেছে। তাদের যাত্রা শুরু হলো।

আউটডোর – হোটেলের সামনে - দিন

সকাল সকাল তারা দু’জনই বাস থেকে নামলো। রিক্সা করে হোটেল এর দিকে রওনা দিলো। হোটেল এর সামনে এসে রিক্সা থেকে নেমে প্রবেশ করলো হোটেলে। দুটো সিঙ্গেল বেড রুম বুকিং ছিলো তাদের। সাজ্জাদ রুম বুকিং এর ব্যাপারটা আগে থেকে জানতো না। সে ভেবেছিলো ডাবল বেডের একটি রুমে থাকবে তারা। মুনা কিছু বুঝতে না দিয়ে তারা যে যার যার রুমে চলে গেলো।

ইনডোর- হোটেল রুম – দিন

তারা দুজন প্রথমে মুনার রুমে আসলো, এবং সেখানে ব্যাগ-পত্র রেখে সোফায় বসেছে। মুনার রুমের বারান্দা থেকে বাইরের মনোরম পরিবেশ দেখা যাচ্ছে।

সাজ্জাদ

আমি তো ভেবেছিলাম আলাদা আলাদা বেডের একটি রুমে দুজন থাকবো। তো যাই হোক তুমি বিশ্রাম করো আমরা লাঞ্চ এর পরে বের হবো।

মুনা

আজকে না বের হলে হয় না? আজকে বিশন ক্লান্ত লাগছে। সাজ্জাদ এক্টূ রেগে গেলো।

সাজ্জাদ

সব কিছু যদি তোমার প্ল্যান মতো হবে তবে আমাকে এনেছ কেন?

মুনা

আমি তো শুধু বললাম ক্লান্ত লাগছে।

সাজ্জাদ

তুমি না বড় পর্দার মডেল হবে, এতো অল্পতেই কাহিল হলে, সামনে তো আরো রাস্তা বাকি পড়ে আছে।

সাজ্জাদ হুট করে বের হয়ে গেলো, কিন্তু রুম লক করেনি, মুনা তখনও সেখানে বসেই আছে।

ইনডোর – হোটেল রুম – রাত

সাজ্জাদ রুমে শুয়ে শুয়ে সিগারেট খাচ্ছে, আর মুনা ফেইসবুক, ইন্সটাগ্রাম নিয়ে ব্যস্ত। সাজ্জাদ মুনার রুমের দিকে এগিয়ে যায়, লক ঘোরানের আগেই তা আস্তে করে খুলে যায়। মুনা ফোনে তখন বারান্দায় তাঁর বন্ধুর সাথে কথা বলছে। সাজ্জাদ কিছু না জিগাসা করেই রুমে প্রবেশ করে। বারান্দার বাইরে পর্দার আড়ালে সে দাঁড়িয়ে থাকে। মুনার কথাও এখান থেকে একটু একটু শোনা যাচ্ছে।

মুনা

আর বইলো না, সে মনে করছে, আমরা এক রুমে থাকবো। আমি তো চিনি এসব মানুষকে। কিছু হলেই আমাদের বিছানায় পেতে চায়। এরাও জানে না, আমিও এদের সাইজ করতে জানি, শুধুমাত্র ফটোশুট হয়ে গেলেই আমি বিদায় নেবো এখান, ডিরেক্টরস প্রেফারেন্স এ এসেছি এর কাছে, না হলে এই পাগলের পাল্লায় কে পরে বলো?

মুনার বন্ধু

তাহলে তো স্টুডিও তে কাজ হতো, এখানে যাবার কি দরকার ছিলো? তোকে বিছানায় নেবে বলে বেটা এই মতলব করেছে।

মুনা

সেটা তো আমিও জানি, কিন্তু আমি এতো সুযোগ তো দিব না তাই না।

সাজ্জাদ সব কিছু শুনে আস্তে করে সোফায় বসে পরে। অন্য সবার মতো মুনাও তাঁকে ভুল বুঝেছে। ঠিক ঐ সময় মুনা বারান্দা থেকে রুমে এসে দেখে সাজ্জাদ রুমে বসে আছে। মুনা একটু বিস্মিত হয়।

মুনা

আরে আপনি কখন এলেন?

আমি পরে কথা বলছি। (মোবাইলে)

সাজ্জাদ

এইতো মাত্র, দেখলাম তুমি কথা বলছো তাই আর ডাকি নি।

মুনা

কিছু বলবেন? সাজ্জাদ একটু ভারী কণ্ঠেই,

সাজ্জাদ

কালকে সকাল সকাল বের হবো, রেডি থেকো।

মুনা

কোথায় কোথায় যাব?

সাজ্জাদ

আমার প্ল্যান-এ যাবে, না তোমার প্ল্যান আছে?

মুনা

আপনি কি এখনো রেগে আছেন?

সাজ্জাদ

সেটা বড় বিষয় না, আমাকে আবার পরশুর মধ্যে ঢাকা ফেরত যেতে হবে।

সাজ্জাদ কিছুটা রাগ্বানিত ভাবেই রুম থেকে বেরিয়ে গেলো।

আউটডোর – হোটেলের সামনে – সকাল

হোটেল এর সামনে সাজ্জাদ এবং মুনার জন্য একটি প্রাইভেট কার দাঁড়িয়ে আছে। গত কালকের রাগ এখনো কাটেনি সাজ্জাদ এর। গাড়ির ভেতরে মুনার জন্য অপেক্ষা করছে সাজ্জাদ। মুনা শাড়ি পরে হোটেল রুম থেকে বের হয়ে গাড়ি তে এসে বসে।

মুনা

দুঃখিত, অনেক্ষন ওয়েইট করালাম।

সাজ্জাদ

মেয়েদের এটা নেচারাল, এই অভাস থাকবেই।

মুনা

আপনি এখনো রেগে আছেন?

সাজ্জাদ

রাগ হলে আপনি এই কথা জিজ্ঞেস করার সুজোগ পেতেন না

মুনা

সুজোগ পেতাম না মানে?

সাজ্জাদ

কিছুনা। চলুন আমরা হিমছরি এর দিকে আগাই। খুবই সুন্দর এবং নিরিবিলি। মানুষ এর তেমন আনা গোনা নেই। কাজ করতে কোন ঝামেলা হবে না। (সাজ্জাদ এর মুখে একটু বাকা হাসি)

মুনা

চলুন তাহলে আর দেরি না করি।

সাজ্জাদ এবং মুনা গারি তে করে হিমছরি এর উদ্দেসে রওনা হয়। ঘণ্টা খানেক এর মদ্ধে তারা হিমছরি পউছে জায়।

আউটডোর – হিমছরি – দিন

মুনা

আমাদের কি এখন এর চুরায় ওঠা লাগবে?

সাজ্জাদ

কেন ভয় পাচ্ছেন নাকি আমার সাথে জেতে?

মুনা

ভয় পাব কেন? আপনি বাঘ না ভাল্লুক?

সাজ্জাদ

মানুষ এর থেকে ভয়ঙ্কর আর কিছু হতে পারে না, তো ভয় পেতেও পারেন।

মুনা

আপনি কি চান আমি আপনাকে ���য় করব?

(এ কথা বলেই মুনা হাটা শুরু করল)

সাজ্জাদ

(এক্টু তারাতারি হেটে এসে)

শাড়িতে কিন্তু আপনাকে বেশ লাগছে

মুনা

তাই তো দেখছি, সারা রাস্তা খবর নেই এখন বলছেন এ কথা।

সাজ্জাদ

হাহাহা, ওকে সরি ফর দেট

মুনা

ইটস ওকে

সাজ্জাদ

শিট, আমি মেমরি কার্ডটা গারিতে ফেলে আসেছি। আপনি উঠুন আমি নিয়ে আসছি।

মুনা

ঠিক আছে।

সাজ্জাদ তারাহুরো করে কার্ড নিতে চলে আসে। কার্ড নিয়ে আসার সময় হঠাত একজন মদ্ধ বয়স্ক (৪৫) মানুষ এর সাথে ধাক্কা লেগে হাত থেকে তার কেমেরা পরে জায়।

সাজ্জাদ

ও আইম সরি, খেয়াল করিনি আমি।

বয়স্ক লোক

এতো তারা কিসের? চোখে দেখেন না নাকি?

সাজ্জাদ

(কেমেরা তুলে দিতে দিতে)

আই সেইড আইম সরি, তাও এভাবে বলছেন কেন? নন্সেন্স।

(কথা না বারিয়ে সাজ্জাদ চলে গেল)

ওপরে উঠে সাজ্জাদ মুনা কে খুজে পাচ্ছে না। সব দিকে তন্ন তন্ন করে খুজে বেরাচ্ছে। কিন্তু কথাও পাচ্ছে না। এই নির্জ়ন পরিবেশ এ হঠাত মুনা কথায় হারিয়ে গেল তাই ভেবে পাচ্ছে না সাজ্জাদ।

আউটডোর – হাইওয়ে – দিন

গারির ফ্রন্ট মিরর এ একজন মদ্ধ বয়স্ক লোককে দেখা জাচ্ছে। মুখে বাকা হাসি। পেছনে একটি মেয়ে এবং তার চোখ মুখ বাধা। গারির রেডিওতে গান বাজছে “আজকে না হয় ভালোবাস আর কনোদিন নয়” ।

End of episode 01

Self-refection:

In this project, I learned,

To learn how to write film script.

To learn how to build up the characters.

How to write a story, bedsheet, logline and synopsis.

[shahedasaduzzaman-blog]

Project 13: MSJ11334 Digital Cinematography

Course Code and Name: MSJ11334 Digital Cinematography Project Name: Tumi Zodi Eihane Thakta

Project Description: Students were required to make a music video using the techniques they learned in this course as part of this course. This was an individual project and the course's final project. For this project I decided to make a visual poetry which was made by me.

Project Date: 2020, Fall 203 Project Justification: Students were expected to learn how to use a camera make composition practically. I decided to shot this video because I wanted experiment with camera for visial poetry.

Project:

Tumi Zodi Eihane Thakta

Visual Poetry Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wR7cOqA0gmQ&t=2s

Self-refection: In this project, I learned, Cinematography Storyboard Colour sense Pathographic Composition

[shahedasaduzzaman-blog]

Project 14: MSJ11336 TV Infotainment Production

Course Code and Name: MSJ11336 TV Infotainment Production Project Name: Agdum Bagdum Songbad

Project Description: Students were required to make a satire TV programmed using the techniques they learned in class as part of this course. This was the course's final project, and it was a group project

Project Date: 2020, Spring 201

Project Justification: Students were expected to learn how to make a satire program as part of this project. At the beginning of this course, we plan and script the production in detail. But in the middle of the course, when the university was closed in corona, we had to make a short satire video at home.

Project:

“Agdum Bagdum Songbad”

Production Link:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PlBjqFmkQRRFU3VAIE7xK7heO9yuRZgc/view

Self Reflection:

Due to corona virus we couldn’t do our desired production.

[shahedasaduzzaman-blog]

Project 15: MSJ11431 Documentary Production

Course Code and Name: MSJ11431 Documentary Production Project Name: Fight For Existance

Project Description: Students were required to make a documentary using the techniques they learned in class as part of this course. This was the course's final project, and it was a group project. Our documentary was based on Santal community. The subject of this documentary was how the Santals lost their language and land.

Project Date: 2021, Spring 211 Project Justification: Students were expected to learn how to use a camera and compose photographs through this project. The village of Santals next to my village house in the documentary. So, I have been watching since childhood. Which inspires me a lot in this project.

Group Members:

Ashiqur Rahman Anik Asaduzzaman Noor Shahed

Project:

“Fight For Existance”

My contribution

In this project I along with my group mate Ashiqur Rahman Anik done this together. The research part and the script was prepared by Anik. I concentrate on the making, treatment and the cinematography part. Documentary Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1g87pU_jPrBHoI6jiu5tRWRHxoo9jl3Un/view

Production Dairy of Documentary

We have made the documentary on the Santal community. More specifically, we have worked on the language of the Santals and the issue of losing their land. We worked in three santal villages in Chatra Union of Pirganj Upazilla of Rangpur District. The villages are Shiptari, Kangurpara, Garopara. We were a team of five people working there for 2 weeks. In first week two of us interacted with them and collected data. Next week we started shooting with the whole team. We have found that the Santals are socially, linguistically, religiously, economically, culturally and politically discriminated by Bengali Muslims and the state. We also found that the Santals are deprived of basic rights and state benefits. But in our documentary, we focused on the linguistic inequality and linguistic inequality of the Santals as a reason for losing their land. We named our documentary 'Ajker Hull'. We all know that the Santals rebelled against the British. That movement is known as ‘Hull’. We found by this documentary is that they are still fighting with this society for their rights, for their survival. For this documentary we interviewed school students, college students, university students, teachers, missionary sisters, panchayet prodhan and local people of their community, lawyer and writer.

Budget: Traveling Dhaka -Rangpur - 1500 Fieldwork mobility - 1500 Food - 3500 Contingency - 500 Cast revenue - 500 Total - 7500

Interviewed: Summon Hasda Hemocandra Joseph Hasda Dhonesh tudu Juel Hasda Sister Ayrin Afrina Hasda Terej Murmu Bithika Hasda Dulali Hasda Kazi Lumumba Lumu S.M Chandon

Self-Refection: In this project, I earned,

To developed storyboard

To learn Documentry narrative

To learn how to manage shooting crew

How to select proper cast

How to choose location

[shahedasaduzzaman-blog]

Project 16: MSJ11432 Fictional Narrative Production

Course Code and Name: MSJ11432 Fictional Narrative Production Project Name: Laal Jama

Project Description: As part of this course, students were required to make a film using the techniques we have learned. This was a group project that represented as the course's final project. In this fiction project we wanted to tell a fisher man story who was fighting with his psychological dilemma.

Project Date: 2020, Fall 203 Project Justification: Students were expected to learn how to use a camera and compose photographs through this project. We shot this project on covid-19 pandemic situation. That’s why I picked my hometown Pirganj, Rangpur as a location.

  Group Members:

Ashiqur Rahman Anik Asaduzzaman Noor Shahed

 Project:

“Laal Jama”

My contribution

I was the Cinematographer of this project. We discussed every side of the cinematography to achieve the best shot according to the story. We did basic story boarding and shooting plan to execute the production.

Fiction Link: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MKIkNaLbGpxXcdyt0xpmnnZQgh4TSrlV/view

Self-Refection: In this project, I earned,

To developed storyboard To learn fictional narrative To learn how to manage shooting crew How to select proper cast How to choose location

[shahedasaduzzaman-blog]

"I used to worry that all the trees in the jungle would be cut down to make paper for their reports on how to save the forest!" -Nick Birch #nature #bangladeshiphotographer #forest #photooftheday #photography #photooftheweek #instagood #insectphotography #nikon #500px Dhaka/Bangladesh (at Botanical Garden জাতীয় উদ্ভিদ উদ্যান Mirpur Dhaka)