Film Studio an outfit with various technical facilities for making a motion picture. Although filmmaking began in laboratories, its subsequent growth and progress depended on studios. A studio is equipped to handle the various stages of filmmaking including shooting, dubbing, recording, editing, processing and printing. Thomas Alva Edison established the world's first film studio 'Blackmaria' in 1892. The first film studios of the subcontinent were built in the early 1920s in Bombay, Madras, calcutta and Lahore. The first studio in Calcutta was built in 1915-16 at the initiative of Madan Theatre. Another studio was built in Calcutta in 1930 by New Theatres. After Partition of Bengal in 1947, the first studio in dhaka, Finaka Studio and Laboratories, was built in 1954-55 at Tejgaon at the initiative of the East Bengal government. In 1957, the government established the East Pakistan Film Development Corporation with studio facilities. Later, some other studios were set up on private initiative.
The studio at FDC In 1957, the East Pakistan Assembly enacted a law that enabled the establishment of the Film Development Corporation (FDC) under the ministry of information. An eight-member board representing various government and non-government organisations was formed to run the FDC. The secretary of the ministry of information was its ex-officio chairman and its managing director was its chief executive. The corporation now has directors to head administration and finance, production, and engineering divisions. At present, it has a manpower of 450.
The main functions of the corporation are: to provide loans to individuals or organisations to set up studios for film production; to build its own studios and to rent out the facilities to film makers; to run research programmes in the field of cinematography; and to import films, raw materials etc.
FDC has 9 shooting floors, 12 shooting units, 3 sound theatres, a laboratory for processing colour and black and white films, 15 editing machines, optical machines, movie cameras, lighting facilities, back projection machines, vans, generators etc. It participates in producing and distributing films, arranging training courses, searching for new talents, organising film festivals and seminars, selecting films for international festivals, serving on the film censor board and on the committee for film codes, granting committees, and arranging publications.
FDC is the heart of the country's cinematography industry. At the beginning, 4/5 full-length feature films were produced in a year with the help of its facilities but the figure has now gone up to 90/92. So far about 2,500 feature films made with FDC facilities have been released. A few of these films have won prizes and accolades at international film festivals in Moscow, Tashkent, Frankfurt, Pnom Penh and Mannheim.
In 1980, the department of films and publications of the ministry of information set up a full-fledged colour laboratory at Circuit House Road, Dhaka to produce newsreels, documentaries and short feature films to publicise government activities, development projects and family planning campaigns.
Other studios There are two private-sector studios in Dhaka with facilities for producing films. Of them, the Bengal Motion Pictures Studio Ltd was established in 1969 at Rose Garden on K M Das Lane in Tikatuli. The Rose Garden was an old house of a zamindar. The house was on eight bighas of land with a large pond and very picturesque flowerbeds and plants. In 1972, the studio's founder Bazlur Rahman assumed sole ownership but subsequently, it changed hands several times. This studio is equipped mainly for shooting, dubbing and limited editing.
The second private studio, Bari Studio, is located at East Tejturi Bazar in the karwan bazaar area. Its founder M A Bari first established a studio, Eastern Theatre, at Maghbazar in the 1960s. After it was closed down under government orders, he set up Bari Studio at the present location in 1970. It has facilities for shooting, dubbing and editing. The third private sector studio of the country is at Pagla in Fatulla of narayanganj district. It was established in 1965 by three pioneer film workers, abdul jabbar khan, A Awal and Musharraf Husain Choudhury on 16 bighas of land containing a large pond, a house, gardens and large number of trees. It has facilities for shooting, editing and processing black and white films. Three other studios New Star Studio, Sinetan Studio and Sruti Recording Studio are also now operating in Dhaka. A few other organisations have grown up in the city with facilities for video filming. [Anupam Hayat]
The studio at FDC In 1957, the East Pakistan Assembly enacted a law that enabled the establishment of the Film Development Corporation (FDC) under the ministry of information. An eight-member board representing various government and non-government organisations was formed to run the FDC. The secretary of the ministry of information was its ex-officio chairman and its managing director was its chief executive. The corporation now has directors to head administration and finance, production, and engineering divisions. At present, it has a manpower of 450.
The main functions of the corporation are: to provide loans to individuals or organisations to set up studios for film production; to build its own studios and to rent out the facilities to film makers; to run research programmes in the field of cinematography; and to import films, raw materials etc.
FDC has 9 shooting floors, 12 shooting units, 3 sound theatres, a laboratory for processing colour and black and white films, 15 editing machines, optical machines, movie cameras, lighting facilities, back projection machines, vans, generators etc. It participates in producing and distributing films, arranging training courses, searching for new talents, organising film festivals and seminars, selecting films for international festivals, serving on the film censor board and on the committee for film codes, granting committees, and arranging publications.
FDC is the heart of the country's cinematography industry. At the beginning, 4/5 full-length feature films were produced in a year with the help of its facilities but the figure has now gone up to 90/92. So far about 2,500 feature films made with FDC facilities have been released. A few of these films have won prizes and accolades at international film festivals in Moscow, Tashkent, Frankfurt, Pnom Penh and Mannheim.
In 1980, the department of films and publications of the ministry of information set up a full-fledged colour laboratory at Circuit House Road, Dhaka to produce newsreels, documentaries and short feature films to publicise government activities, development projects and family planning campaigns.
Other studios There are two private-sector studios in Dhaka with facilities for producing films. Of them, the Bengal Motion Pictures Studio Ltd was established in 1969 at Rose Garden on K M Das Lane in Tikatuli. The Rose Garden was an old house of a zamindar. The house was on eight bighas of land with a large pond and very picturesque flowerbeds and plants. In 1972, the studio's founder Bazlur Rahman assumed sole ownership but subsequently, it changed hands several times. This studio is equipped mainly for shooting, dubbing and limited editing.
The second private studio, Bari Studio, is located at East Tejturi Bazar in the karwan bazaar area. Its founder M A Bari first established a studio, Eastern Theatre, at Maghbazar in the 1960s. After it was closed down under government orders, he set up Bari Studio at the present location in 1970. It has facilities for shooting, dubbing and editing. The third private sector studio of the country is at Pagla in Fatulla of narayanganj district. It was established in 1965 by three pioneer film workers, abdul jabbar khan, A Awal and Musharraf Husain Choudhury on 16 bighas of land containing a large pond, a house, gardens and large number of trees. It has facilities for shooting, editing and processing black and white films. Three other studios New Star Studio, Sinetan Studio and Sruti Recording Studio are also now operating in Dhaka. A few other organisations have grown up in the city with facilities for video filming. [Anupam Hayat]
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