Serpentine queues formed outside the Hall of Fame of Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on April 9 where the Meril-Prothom Awards 2009 was to be declared.
The evening began with editor of Prothom Alo, Matiur Rahman delivering a welcome speech, followed by that of managing director of Square Toiletries Limited, Anjan Chowdhury.
Dhallywood star Ferdous who has previously anchored this event twice over, along with five Bangladeshi artistes -- Monalisa, Momo, Badhon, Munmun, Prova; four foreign artistes -- Sofi, Adwina, Jessica, Diana and a number of professional dance artistes participated in a show mingling both eastern and western tunes.
Followed the spirited performance, Ferdous unveiled two 'Bagher Bachcha' (tiger cubs) -- Chanchal Chowdhury and Mosharraf Karim and assigned them to anchor the programme. The fun-loving audience gave them a hearty round of applause. Lux-Channel i stars Ishana and Orsha assisted them in anchoring.
Subtle humour, satire, jokes and even poetic anchoring, nothing was left out from the bags of the witty anchors.
Spectators were at the edge of their seats as eminent artist Qayyum Chowdhury with Matiur Rahman and Anjan Chowdhury was about to declare the Lifetime Achievement Award. In a welcome end to the suspense Shudhin Das was declared the personality of the year. The lucky winner was awarded a cheque for Taka 100,000, a crest and uttario.
Though born in Bikrampur (Munshiganj), Shudhin Das had a close cultural affinity with Comilla. The veteran artiste has dedicated his entire life to promoting Bangla music. Aside from promoting the songs of Panchakobi, he has popularised the songs of mystic bard Lalon by authoring two books. However, he stands out for his accomplishment of notations of songs of our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam in more than 20 volumes. He is also an Ekushey Padak recipient (1988).
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