Kayes Chowdhury strikes back
Cultural Correspondent
The communication gap between the youth and old is an age-old problem. While old is more centric to pride and prejudice, youth is above all these traditions. Youth is a symbol of life while the old is regarded as stagnant However, to many, old is gold and youth is restless and inexperienced. This debate continues even today. However, Kayes Chowdhury, the popular writer, director of the popular TV drama serial Naa, has come forward after 10 years of Naa to solve these hoary conflicts with his new venture Uki Debey Chand. This mega serial is one the few TV programmes of the country to project the divide between old and new generations and thus help diminish the generation gap. Recently, the mahurat of this new mega serial was held at the shooting spot of Uttara following an Iftar party and a brief discussion. However, this time Kayes will not direct the drama, instead a promising young director, ZH Helal, is working behind the lens. 'Uki Debey Chand is a story of the young generation and their crisis, views, sentiments and aversion to rituals. The story has the same pattern as my previous story Naa but this is what I consider as a timeless appeal with modern theme,' said Kayes. 'The structure of the drama is so flexible that we can easily stretch it to 1,000 episodes', he added. 'The concept is very modern and the story unfolds with a package offer by Malaysian Airlines where a minimum 10 participants are needed,' continued Helal. He adds, 'Several strangers get together to visit Malaysia and thus create a new bond.' The trip to Malaysia gives many of the protagonists a new lease of life and a changed mindset on the ways of the world. As usual, Kayes' venture will promote a bunch of new artistes. However, there are also a good numbers of established artistes like Nasima Khan, Dolly Jahur, Afroza Banu, Moushumi, Rokeya Prachi, Tania Ahmed, Shams Shumon, Sohel Arman, Toni Dayes, Shahed, Deepa Khondokar, Meem and others in this serial. Kayes and Helal themselves also act in the serial. The serial has a very catchy song Megher aral jodi dheke rakhey purnima raat, bujhe neo bondhu jokhon tokhon uki debey chand sung by SI Tutul and the lyrics are by Kayes. The serial is to be aired on the first week of January on Channel-i.
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Artistes of the mega serial during shooting |
