Dhaka, July 20 (bdnews24.com) — A gloomy silence has descended upon the cultural arena following the death of popular fiction writer Humayun Ahmed. Artistes and cultural activists term the moment as one of the darkest they will remember.
Humayun's friend and actor Asaduzzaman Noor found it difficult to express how he felt.
"I am at a loss for words. I had hoped he would come back after conquering cancer. But things don't quite unfold the way men think," said Noor, who has immortalised a number of Humayun's characters on screen like Baker Bhai and Mirza.
Not only Noor, but many other actors and actresses became famous and are still remembered as Humayun Ahmed's characters. And it had many an actors dream to get a role in one of the writer's plays.
Dolly Zahur is another actress famous for her portrayal of middle-class homemaker of Ei Shob Din Ratri, Humayun's debut television serial of 1980s.
"The popularity that the play had given me as an actress cannot be compared with anything else I have done since. Still now, to many, I am known as Nilu Bhabi," said Zahur.
In the words of Aly Zaker, an actor who performed in many of Humayun's plays, "He had come among us with incredible abilities. It was a pleasure to work with him."
Humayun's play became so popular in the 1980s, a time when there was just one television channel, that many middle class families saved up only to be able to buy a television set so they could watch Humayun's tv serial.
Through his almost four-decade career, Humayun penned about 322 literary pieces including novels, stories, plays, science fiction and essays. He also wrote several songs for his own films which, according to him, were a pastime he had been enjoying lately.
President of Sangskritik Jote and also a filmmaker, Nasiruddin Yusuf Bachchu identified him as the most popular Bengali fiction writer since Sarat Chandra Chattapadhyay, who died in 1938.
"Many high profile writers could not see themselves becoming popular in their lifetime. But Humayun bhai had it," said Bachchu.
"I can't believe he is no more... He was contributing in Bengali literature greatly. Humayun was a good human being," said writer Syed Shamsul Haque.
Humayun Ahmed breathed his last at a New York hospital Thursday night (Bangladesh time) losing a 10-month battle with cancer. Born in 1948 at Mymensingh, the writer is survived by his two wives and six children.
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