The topic of current quality standards of Bangladeshi films has
already been discussed previously. However, one topic remains out of the
discussion, and that's not fair because it's just as important as any
of the others we have discussed before. This neglected matter is
theaters. Theaters are an integral part of any film culture, because
that's where the audience gets to see the films made by the industry, so
it serves as the medium through which the filmmakers connect with the
audience.
The movie business is built up of business being conducted through
theater earnings so it's hard to underplay its importance. Nowadays, due
to falling movie standards, the conditions of many of the theaters in
the capital are in really bad shape. What's more alarming is that due to
poor business, many of the theaters are being repurposed for other
businesses. If this trend continues, it won't matter if we do make good
movies because there will be no place to show it. There was a time when
going to the theater was a regular activity for almost every household.
This trend needs to be brought back and that means existing theaters
need to do proper renovation such as proper seats, cleanliness, etc.
Another thing to improve is the devices used to project films. We live
in an age of HD quality audio and video, and by comparisons, the
theaters here show very poor quality videos and sound, so these need to
be improved as well. And finally of course, we need more films of higher
quality in terms of story and acting. Many of the glorious film
production houses of old are now defunct and instead, we see that a
couple of films are made simply to launder money. Salvation may finally
be at hand with the introduction of the production house Dhonichitro
films by Asiatic JWT. This production house concentrates on professional
filmmaking and we couldn't be more pleased and we hope that this trend
continues and more production houses form to create professional level
films and hopefully bring about an end to the current slump of the
industry.
