Entertainment Report :
Noted puppeteer artist, fine-arts professor and media personality
of the country, Mustafa Monwar turned 85 on September 1.
Born on this day in 1935 in Jashore to renowned poet Golam Mostafa – the Ekushey Padak winner eminent artist has served the country through being a maestro in the field
of arts, after independence
of Bangladesh in 1971.
The former chairman of Bangladesh Shishu Academy, Mustafa Monwar is known as one of the popular entertainers to the children all over the country and the ‘Puppet Man of Bangladesh,’ for his brilliant contribution as a masterful puppeteer. During the Liberation
War in 1971, he organised puppet shows at the refugee camps in
West Bengal, India to make people aware about the war.
His television puppet show Moner Kotha ran on BTV for 12 years,
narrating the story of Parul, a little girl, and her seven brothers who were cursed and turned into champa
flowers, based on the folklore Saat Bhai Champa. The show garnered
him widespread popularity in the 90’s, for creating social awareness
on important issues through the thought-provoking yet entertaining conversations of the puppets.
