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16. Madhusree Dutta, “Alfred Cinema”, ; M.V.Chandrashekhar, “The Big Banner Man”, The Hindu,
08.06.2004,www.majlishbombay.org/www.Rulturstiftung-des-bundes.de/media_archive/
1046784911672.pdf; www.thehindu.com; Don Morrison, ‘Indian Posters Lose Local Touch’, The
Christian Science Monitor, October 06, 2003, .
17. Rachel Dwyer and Divia Patel, Cinema India, The Visual Culture of Hindi Film, (New Delhi 2002).
18. Ibid., 105-110.
19. Ibid., 110-119.
20. Ibid., 119-135.
21. Ibid., 13-14, 105-110.
22. Ibid., 106-109.
23. Madhusree Dutta, op.cit.
24. Rachel Dwyer and Divia Patel, op.cit., 110-119.
25. The author’s interview of Abdul Wahab, (Syedpur 9 July 2005). But it is not known who these Telengas
are and what kind of work they did or where they learnt if from and how.
26. S.Moyeen, a senior artist was born, brought up and learnt painting in Kolkata. He worked in different
organizations from the early 50’s till the communal riot of 1964.
27. The author’s interview of S.Moyeen, (Dhaka 15 June 2005).
28. Interview by the author of S.Moyeen, ibid.; Harimangal Das, (Dhaka: 6 June, 2005).
29. Rachel Dwyer and Divia Patel, op.cit., 110-111.
30. Author’s interview of, S.Moyeen, op.cit.
31. Author’s interview of, Subhash Chakrabarty, (Dhaka, 17 July 2005).
32. Partha Mitter, Art And Nationalism in Colonial India 1850-1922, (Cambridge 1994), 167.
33. ‘Dada Art’ (1947/48) is the oldest organization in Syedpur. But it is hard to name the oldest organization
of cinema banner painting in Dhaka. We can mention the ‘Art House’ of Pital Sur but it did not seem
that he painted the banners on fabric. On the other hand, cinema banners were painted in Mohammad
Selim’s residence located in Rankin Street in 1948. But we do not know whether it had an
organizational structure or if it did, what its name was . But three other organizations were active in
Dhaka in the 50’s which is quite significant in the history of cinema banner painting. The first one was
‘Evergreen’ (1952?) founded by some Mr. Khwaja and artist A.Z. Pasha. Subhash Dutta once worked
(1953-1955) in this organization in Jhulanbari Lane. This organization is extinct now. There was
another organization named ‘Jupiter Publicity’ in the Court House Street that was established in 1954
(a part of this ‘Jupiter Publicity’ still exists as ‘Shilpi Art’). ‘Filmistan’ (a part of this is known as
‘Rupayon’ now) was another organization established in 1958. Mr. Khwaja was its owner .
34. Author’s interview of, Abdul Wahab, (Syedpur 9 July 2005); Ahmed Ali, (Syedpur 9 July 2005);
Mokhsedul Alam Babu, (Syedpur 9 July 2005); S.Moyeen and Mojammel Haque, (Dhaka 15 June
2005); Harimangal Das ( Dhaka 6 June 2005).
35. Nitun Kundu used to paint cinema banners from 1950-1954 in Dinajpur and from 1954-1959 in Dhaka.
Azizur Rahman worked in ‘Minar’ cinema hall of Shantahar from 1951-1952. He worked as a cinema
banner painter in Dhaka from 1953-1960.
36. The author’s interview of S.Moyeen, (Dhaka 15 June 2005).

Translated by Nadia Afroza Zaman, Instructor, American Institute of Bangladesh Studies