She caused a flutter in young hearts
13 October 2013, 18:07 PM
UPDATED
14 October 2013, 18:58 PM
As the train whizzed past Dolly, director Mashiuddin Shaker noticed the terrified look of the train driver, his forehead glistening with perspiration. Within a few moments, though, Dolly was persuaded by the cast to come down from the railway tracks and a terrible accident was averted. Shaker let out a sigh of relief as he had managed to overcome yet another hurdle in the shooting for the film Shurjo Dighol Bari. He already had to cope with changing two previous actresses for the unconventional role and he couldn't bear another mishap.
Dolly won a National Film Award for her role in the film Shurjo Dighol Bari. But the story could have ended that very day if the determined Dolly had decided to end her life on the railway tracks while the shooting was in its infancy.
Coming from a family deeply entrenched in cultural activities, Dolly was eyed by movie directors from very early on as the potential lead actress for the ground breaking productions that were being developed at that time. She did not disappoint.
In post-liberation Bangladesh, Dolly's dedication to her art and her natural ability to get "into the skin" of her roles ensured her a meteoric rise to stardom. "Ajmeri Zaman, Ferdousi Majumdar and Dolly Ibrahim were the most sought after actresses of the golden era of BTV drama", says noted actor director Abdullah Al Mamun in the compilation.
Very few people knew at that time the deep-set issues that were affecting her personal life. While donning the role of Joigun in Shurjo Dighol Bari, her eyes seemed to have lost that ever-present sparkle as she started to struggle with her demons. A determined Dolly tried her best not to let that dampen her spirits. But as some people noted, she hardly called for the make-up man anymore when she needed to shed tears on the set playing the role of a distressed mother, an oppressed wife.
Dolly was a rebel at heart and far ahead of her time. Determined to be in control of her life, she finally cut her ties to her husband while working on the unconventional role of Joigun in her debut film. After sometime, she thought she had found her soul mate in eminent photographer Anwar Hossain.
Aditiyya Dolly provides an insight into how Dolly felt misunderstood by society, her friends and family. She started to falter in her beliefs until one fateful night when Dolly's younger sister answered a call from the Dhaka Medical College. The gifted actress had performed one last act from where there was no return. She had truly waved the world goodbye. But through these recollections of her life she seems to have left behind her script. So her story does not remain untold.
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