Don't depict police simply because cruel in movies: DMP Commissioner
Dhaka Metropolitan Law enforcement (DMP) Commissioner Shafiqul Islam on Wednesday requested directors and artistes never to represent the authorities in "cruel and unrealistic manners" in films.
The DMP chief made the request to several film directors and artistes met him at the DMP Headquarters on Wednesday.
They met the authorities as filmmaker Ananya Mamun and actor Shaheen Mridha were arrested in late December 2020 in connection with a case filed against them for allegedly tarnishing the image of the police in a film.
In the interacting with, DMP chief asked them to portray the authorities "in an artistic manner therefore the audience won't have any bad impression on them."
The police was the first ever to act against Pakistani army's atrocities in the Independence War, but this is hardly portrayed in films, said the DMP commissioner.
Mentioning the picture of 'Nawab LLB' motion picture, Shafiqul stated that the portrayal was "not sensible and it would discourage people from taking legal supports from the police."
In a scene of the motion picture, actress Sporshia was seen going to a police station to record a case as a rape victim. A sub-inspector, performed by actor Shaheen Mridha, asked her offensive problems about the rape. The authorities objected about that scene in a circumstance.
DMP senior officers, president of Bangladesh Film Directors Association Mushfiqur Rahman Gulzar and standard secretary Bodiul Alam Khokon, amongst others, were present at the assembly.
