Participation of Indian artistes increases in Bangladesh

Participation of Indian artistes increased virtually in all cultural avenues in Bangladesh in 2016.
Local artistes blamed commercial mindset of producers, TV and radio channel owners and event managers for the development affecting the country’s cinema, music and dance.
As a result, they said, local artistes were increasing getting jobless.
The guests have changed the distinctive features of Bangladesh’s TV serials which drew admiration event beyond the country’s borders not too long ago. 
Nowadays, complained viewers, TV serials present somewhat unfamiliar family settings, behavior and attire leaving not so desirable social impact.
They said that these TV serials produced under alien influence was weakening family bonds and even causing breakups of married couples. 
This is in no way desirable from the nation’s cultural perspective, they said.
But there seems to be none to oversee these sensitive issues, they said. 
NBR officials said that no Indian artiste ever paid income tax in Bangladesh. 
This is not cultural exchange or collaboration which always occur by protecting domestic social, family and cultural norms and practices, pointed out playwright, actor and director Mamunur Rashid.
Airing Bangla dubbed foreign drama serials and increasing participation of Indian artistes in local films and teleplays already drew nationwide protests from the artiste community, said Mamun. 
2016 would be remembered as a bad year with the country’s domestic TV channels facilitating such alien cultural invasion, he said. 
Enraged artistes held protest demonstrations in front of four TV channels demanding an end to airing dubbed foreign TV serials and participation of Indian artistes in local teleplays. 
Screening of Indian films also drew protests from the domestic film industry.
In 2016, at least three Indian films including Kelor Kirty, Belasheshey and Abhiman were screened across Bangladesh under the South Asian Free Trade Area Agreement.
But none of the three films exported by Bangladesh under SAFTA were screened at Indian cinema halls, said film director Sohanur Rahman. 
In 2016, Indian artistes and directors got the opportunity to work in 11 out of 59 films released in Bangladesh, according to Bangladesh Film Producers Distributors Association. 
In 2015, Indian actors starred in three out of 66 films of Bangladesh.
Sohan said Indians take home huge sums by acting and directing films and teleplays for which they arrive in Bangladesh on tourist visas. 
Singer Fahmida Nabi blasted event managers, private TV and radio stations for inviting Indian singers to live shows by paying hefty sums by sidelining local singers, 
She equally criticized film producers for inviting Indian playback singers leaving the local singers in the lurch. 
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