''Chitrali'' (

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

:''চিত্রালী'') was a

-language

film magazine Film periodicals combine discussion of individual films, genres and directors with in-depth considerations of the medium and the conditions of its production and reception. Their articles contrast with film reviewing in newspapers and magazines whi ...

. 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. Currently this is a defunct weekly.

History

''Chitrali'' was established in 1953 in

East Bengal ur, , common_name = East Bengal , status = Province of the Dominion of Pakistan , p1 = Bengal Presidency , flag_p1 = Flag of British Bengal.svg , s1 = East ...

, Pakistan by journalist Syed Mohammad Parvez. Later Co-editor

Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury (28 December 1947 – 6 March 2013) was a Bangladeshi film journalist, screenwriter and lyricist. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film ''Jadur Banshi'' (1977). Besides, he won Bachsas Award ...

institutionalized the magazine. Its office was in the Co-operative Book Society Building next to

Bahadur Shah Park Bahadur Shah Park, formerly known as Victoria Park, is a park located in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has a memorial dedicated to the soldiers killed by the British in the aftermath of the Indian Mutiny of 1857. It was built in 1858 at the initiat ...

in Dhaka. It was printed in the form of 'Broadsheet'. Chitrali's publishing rights were sold to the Observer House in 1959 due to losses incurred in producing the film ''

Matir Pahar ''Matir Pahar'' is a 1959 Bengali film. The film was directed by Mohiuddin Ahmad. This was the third film made in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Cast * Sumita Devi * Khan Ataur Rahman * Mesbah Shahjahan Response Film critic Ahmed Muztaba Za ...

'' by the editor. After the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, Chitrali was taken over by the government of the country. 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. Chitrali's readers' organization was formed. It was called "Chipachas". 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.

Asaduzzaman Noor Asaduzzaman Noor (born 31 October 1946) is a Bangladeshi actor, politician and activist. He has been a Jatiya Sangsad member from Nilphamari-2 constituency since 2001 and served as the Cultural Affairs Minister during 2014–2019. Noor worke ...

and

Mahfuz Ahmed Mahfuz Ahmed (born 23 October 1967) is a Bangladeshi television and film actor. He is also a television presenter, model and television producer. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor twice for his roles in ''Laal Sobuj'' (2005) and ...

have worked in this magazine.

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