UNB, Dhaka :Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday asked the filmmakers to produce movies that will save the country and society from militancy, terrorism, hatred and confrontation by portraying the images of the bad elements.”The country and society have to be saved from militancy, terrorism, hatred and confrontation. The bad impacts of these have to be placed before the society and the people have to get constructive messages through cinema,” she said.The PM said this while addressing the National Film Award-2013 after handing over the awards among film artistes and technicians in 25 categories for their extraordinary performances in the industry.Ministry of Information organized the function with its Minister Hasanul Huq Inu in the chair at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC).Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Ministry AKM Rahmatullah MP was present as special guest, while Information Secretary Martuza Ahmed delivered the welcome speech. The Prime Minister asked the people related with the film industry to be more sincere to bring the society-reforming incidents in front of the audiences through their works.Talking about various steps of the government to make the people visit cinema halls, she said that the government has decided to install modern technology in the cinema halls across the country.”The government has pointed out 300 cinema halls across the country to transform them into digital halls gradually, and a committee has been formed in this connection,” she said.Sheikh Hasina mentioned that tax rebate has been given for setting up Cineplexes to spread modern technology across the country and to attract more and more people towards cinema halls.”We have also withdrawn 35 percent supplementary tax on cinema screening to flourish this industry,” she said.Terming the present time as the period of free flow of information and information technology, the Prime Minister asked the film makers and other related people of this industry to prepare themselves to compete with the world through information technology more and more.”We have to improve our quality more to compete with the world, we have to include information technology in our cinemas. The government will provide all out support in this connection,” she said.The Prime Minister said that, the supreme sacrifice and the greatest achievement of the nation through the great liberation war have to be reflected in the films.She said that the National Film Awards would encourage creative, talented and patriotic film makers, singers and artists to come forward in making healthy films in the country.In this regard, she called upon film makers to produce life-oriented movies and cinemas saying producers will have to make films which will flourish human quality and build peace in the society.
