Why are you seen more on private channels than BTV?

The plays of private channels are well organised and carefully crafted. The technical quality and the high production values are absent in the government-owned channel. It is not that I don't want to work for BTV, but apparently there is a lack of co-ordination. And quality is an element of the past.

What is your most memorable experience on stage?

We studied one of Stanislovsky's theories about maintaining the pace of a play in case any artiste forgets the dialogue, does not get any cue or fails to come on stage in time. But it was different in practice. For instance, in a sequence of the drama Kirtankhola, actress Rita Abdullah was supposed to come on stage after I delivered a dialogue. But somehow, she didn't show up. Along with my co-artistes, I stood still for about a minute. Meanwhile, I was trying hard to remember those theories of Stanislovsky to bring back the concentration on stage. Finally, she came on stage after a minute which seemed like an eternity to us. However, from this incident I realised that it is quite difficult to apply the theories in practice when we are in trouble on stage.

Are you satisfied with your performance as an artiste?

May be there are performers who would reply in the positive. But, frankly, I am not yet satisfied because of a different reason. I don't think I have any God-gifted quality as an artiste. What I do is out of sheer practice and perseverance. I feel that I don't have the spontaneity like other good actors. I have a feeling that I can't perform even one tenth of what I really wanted to.

What is your philosophy of life?

My major goal is to lead a peaceful family life. I am content with whatever I have.

Any weird experience in outdoor shooting?

We have to maintain different bags of costume for different plays. When we go outside we take the necessary costumes from these bags. Once, I had to rush to a shooting spot carrying whatever I could lay my hands on. I brought out my costume, which was supposed to be a Pajama Panjabee but to my utter surprise I found that instead it was my wife's costume bag. Guess what happened next?

Breakthrough performance

I have a good number of breakthrough performances. I believe the artistes have turning points in their careers when they might change track. I think my performances in Joniki Jwale, Zero Point, Bidirno smritir album, Dipto bashona, Tar rahashyamoy hashi, Housewife and many more are the most noteworthy.

Dream role

I played the famous character of freedom fighter, Rumi in the play Ekatturer Dinguli by litterateur Jahanara Imam, which was my dream role. I played the role of a physically challenged boy in the play Katha Chhilo that was adapted from the Oscar-winning movie Rainman. In the play Hathodai I played the character of Shylock in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice. All of these plays were my breakthrough performances.