The competition for the creation of one OTT platform after another that has started in the country has been reduced a little and if the concerned officials enter the competition for better construction, it will be a relief for all. Being built with crime, suspense, or romance. Whatever. Besides, if ‘Historical film’ is a standard web series about the liberation war, what is the harm?
Alex Rutherford wrote a great fiction series focusing on the diverse history of the Mughal Empire; ‘Allbanglaboi
Empire of the Moghul ‘.The first book in the series, Empire of the Moghul: Raiders from the North, has been released on the streaming site Disney Plus Hotstar. There has been a lot of discussion about the various aspects of this web series even before its release. Huge budget, spacious set design, colorful life of Emperor Babur, the founder of Mughal Empire. The interest of the viewers in this construction was so high that some even started calling this series ‘India Game of Thrones’.
| ‘The Empire!’ |
But overall, the experience of this web series was not very pleasant. Akashkusum did not match the expectation. In some cases, gonjamil has been observed with history following the customs of the past. The set design in the money craft may have been excellent, but the original story has gradually become untouched. All in all, therefore, there is no construction to recommend ‘The Empire’. But still, there is an excellentness to this web series. That excellence is the excellence of thinking beyond traditional boundaries. Where there is an excess of crime, thriller, suspense in terms of web content, the courage showed by this production in bringing ‘Historical film’ in front of the audience is undoubtedly highly appreciated.
Working with ‘Historical film’ in the context of the subcontinent is always risky. There are several reasons behind this. Firstly- Research. To make a neutral historical film, in-depth research is needed to bring a particular period of history to the screen perfectly. Other industries, including Hollywood, have separate teams to do the research. We do not have the plague of essay in this land. If there was such a team, then the narrative called ‘Historical film means history distortion would not have been established. The second reason is the budget. The budget required for a historical film is always higher in the context of any construction in the subcontinent. Satyajit Ray once lamented-
Everyone should learn from the directors of India how to make a good movie even in the midst of a monetary crisis.
Satyajit Ray’s story is still relevant. Where Himshim Khan producers are setting the budget of the movie, there is the budget of the historical film. One thing is like a golden stone bowl. But if you get the right budget, you don’t have to go far to become a world-class historical film in the subcontinent. Shoojit Sircar’s ‘Sardar Udham’ is the only way to understand the truth.
| Fascinated by ‘Sardar Udham!’ |
However, we see more or less historical films in the subcontinent every year. Whatever the distortion of history, ‘Historical film’ is nothing new in cinema in this region. But if we think of the web series that came on the OTT platform, the lack of ‘Historical film’ is quite evident. Although it has worked like ‘The Empire’. But that is not enough at all. Why ‘Historical film’ is not coming in the web series, the previous reasons behind it will also come. Lack of research, budgetMoreover, to bring ‘Historical film’ in the series, a huge amount of research is required and what will be the design of each episode and how the episode will start, and which episode will end in a cliff hanger absence of such people is evident in this industry.
But this is the hope, despite all these contradictions, many producers of the subcontinent are thinking about ‘Historical film’ in the web series. ‘The Empire’ has been mentioned before. It can also be said of ‘Bose: Dead / Alive’, ‘A Suitable Boy’, ‘Ramyug’ or ‘Chhatrasaal’.It is to be expected that the people concerned will overcome the obstacle of executing ‘Historical film’ in the web series by making ‘Historical film’ gradually. And in the same way, if these special people can be established in the web series, it will be good news for the culture lovers in the end, needless to say.
| The construction of ‘Bose: Dead / Alive’ was also excellent! |
At the same time, there will be an expectation that there will be regular work on ‘Historical film’ on OTT platforms in Bangladesh. The competition for the creation of one OTT platform after another that has started in the country has been reduced a little and if the concerned officials enter the competition for better construction, it will be a relief for all. Being built with crime, suspense, or romance. Whatever. Besides, if ‘Historical film’ is a standard web series about the liberation war, what is the harm? Since there is still a lot to discover in this genre, does anyone have any doubt that if the talented creators look back, it will start something extraordinary? Or, should there be any doubt at all?
