Bangladesh, July 3 -- hairul Anam Shakil, a leading Nazrul sangeet singer of Bangladesh, carries a fond memory of his childhood in the late 1960s when he appeared at the audition for the popular television show, Notun Kuri and was interviewed by Mustafa Monwar. That was a moment of inspiration for him. After the interview, Shakil performed live in the programme, which was visualised, conducted and produced by Monwar. Many others in Bangladesh had such artistic encounters with Monwar in their early childhood, which had a lasting impact on their mind. There is a limit to such personal contacts, but Monwar transcended such constraints as his medium was television, whereby personal became public. In independent Bangladesh, Notun Kuri became ...