It was a hot afternoon  in march.

Shreya first proposed to watch a film together. It was hearing that there released a  Bengali film “ Matir Projar Deshe” in theaters .  We went to The star Cineplex and bought three tickets. Took some snacks and drinks. Entered to the Cinema hall. There were a few people.

Just after a while all the lights got shutdown and the screen opened. A cinema (Matir Projar Deshe) started.

We were enjoying the cinema sitting on the sits in a comfortable temperature. I just don’t know how time passed. At the time of interval I discovered myself at the age of twenty four. Trust me, still  just a minute before the interval I was a boy of ten and I was walking , running and moving around my village with my childhood friend Nargis  who got married when she was only in class four.

I went to the washroom, observed  myself through the mirror. I got fresh and went back to the hall again. Cinema started again after the interval. Already I forgot that Arka and Shreya were with me. Again I traveled back to my childhood, My village where there was no electricity and there was a sufferer mom.

Don’t know what to say Bijon Imtiaz. I know You are not the best but you made me cry.

“kemon mrittur moto pashe pore acho kobita”  is that any song Mr. Director?

If I say the truth, that afternoon I was not watching “Matir Projar Deshe “

I was in a journey. A psychological journey that remembered me I am a human being.

After the show I saw all the audience to give hands together. The cinema was houseful. I know this was  to you, to your film ,to your team Mr Director but I felt it was also to me. For the first time I realized I am proud of our film. For Bengali film. Film from a third world country. 

I don’t have any idea what you got from Bangladesh film industry But you gift an asset to the history of Bangladesh film industry.

I am not waiting to see your next film soon. But I want to get another chance to have a psychological trip like the last time 

in Matir Projar Deshe. 

Ahmed Sabbir

Section Editor 

Art Culture of Bangladesh