| Categories | Film magazine |
|---|---|
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Founder | Syed Mohammad Parvez |
| Founded | 1953 |
| Company | Observer House |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Language | Bengali |
Chitrali (Bengali:চিত্রালী) was a Bengali-language film magazine. Its publisher was the Observer House. It was a weekly magazine, published every Friday. The magazine was very popular. Syed Mohammad Parvez was editor and Syed Shamsul Haque was the co-editor of the magazine at the time of establishment.[1] Currently this is a defunct weekly.
History
Chitrali was established in 1953 in East Bengal, Pakistan by journalist Syed Mohammad Parvez.[2] Later Co-editor Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury[3] institutionalized the magazine.[4] Its office was in the Co-operative Book Society Building next to Bahadur Shah Park in Dhaka.[1] It was printed in the form of 'Broadsheet'.[5] Chitrali's publishing rights were sold to the Observer House in 1959 due to losses incurred in producing the film Matir Pahar by the editor.[2] After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, Chitrali was taken over by the government of the country.[6] It was a literature, culture and film based magazine. It had popularity in the region from 1960s to 1970s. It published film performers related news, their rumors, film related news, articles from columnists etc. In 2004, according to Ramen Bhowmik, then senior editor of the weekly Chitrali, the magazine had a circulation of 115,000 to 120,000 copies in the years following 1971, which was then rare.[7] Chitrali's readers' organization was formed. It was called "Chipachas".[2] The magazine was at the top in the seventies. In the late 1980's, the magazine was defunct after a long period of hard work under pressure from other magazines and the dispute between owner and workers at the Observer House.[8] Asaduzzaman Noor and Mahfuz Ahmed have worked in this magazine.[9]
References
- 1 2 Haider, Rashid (3 March 2016). "'চিত্রালী'র চিত্রাবলী" [Story of 'Chitrali']. Shaptahik.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 April 2016.
- 1 2 3 Azad Abul Kashem (2 April 2022). "বাংলাদেশের চলচ্চিত্র সাংবাদিকতার অন্যতম পথিকৃৎ সৈয়দ মোহাম্মদ পারভেজ" [Syed Mohammad Parvez is one of the pioneers of film journalism in Bangladesh]. Binodonbichitra (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ↑ "প্রথম যেদিন খবরে" [The first day in the news]. Ajker Patrika (in Bengali). 28 June 2021. Archived from the original on 3 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ↑ "কিংবদন্তি আজাচৌ এর ৩য় মৃত্যুবার্ষিকী" [The 3rd death anniversary of the legendary Ajachau]. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). 6 March 2016. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ↑ Noor, Jahid Reza (26 November 2019). "ববিতা হয়ে ওঠেন অনেকের হৃৎস্পন্দন" [Babita became the heartbeat of many]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ↑ Golam Rahman and Helal Uddin Ahmed (2012). "Newspapers and Periodicals". In Sirajul Islam; Miah, Sajahan; Khanam, Mahfuza; Ahmed, Sabbir (eds.). Banglapedia: the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Online ed.). Dhaka, Bangladesh: Banglapedia Trust, Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. ISBN 984-32-0576-6. OCLC 52727562. OL 30677644M. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
- ↑ Hasan, Khandaker Mahmudul (25 November 2017). "বিজ্ঞাপন যেভাবে শুরু" [The way advertising starts]. Samakal (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ↑ Mutsuddi, Chinmoy (12 January 2017). "নতুন ধারা তৈরি করেছে 'বিচিত্রা'" [Bichitra created new trend]. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 25 June 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ↑ Ahsan, Sohel (4 July 2019). "সংবাদকর্মী থেকে বিনোদন জগতের তারকা" [From journalist to star]. Jugantor (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
Further reading
- Zakir Hossain Raju (2014). Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern?. ISBN 9780815392200.