Gias uddin selim- Lyricist of 'Monpura'

One of the most popular TV play maker of Bangladesh, Gias uddin Seilm usually writes the script of his plays. So in his first movie he is also the scriptwriter. But the element of surprise comes from somewhere else. Gias uddin selim is the lyricist of one of the songs of Monpura. The song has already achieved a huge success even before the release of the movie.

Lyrics of 'sonai hay hayre'
সোনাই হায় হায়রে (মনপুরা)
কথা: গিয়াস উদ্দিন সেলিম
সুর : সংগ্রহ
কণ্ঠ : ফজলুর রহমান বাবু

কেহ লইলো আতর লোবান
কেহ লইলো জল
কেহ লইলো বরই পাতা
কেহ লইলো পরীরে
সোনাই হায় হায়রে
সোনাই হায় হায়রে ।।

ফুল কান্দে পাখি কান্দে
কান্দে গাঙের পাড়
কান্দিয়া কান্দিয়া সোনাই
হইলো জারে জার ।।

বাবায় দিলো কন্যারে কাঁধ
শ্বশুর দিলো মাটি
বৃষ্টি পড়ে টাপুর টুপুর
মাটি ছুঁয়ে খাঁটি
সোনাই হায় হায়রে
সোনাই হায় হায়রে ।।


Lyrics of Monpura Songs

Gias uddin selim is known for TV plays of different taste. He started with 'Biprotip'- which was a story of unknown world for TV play directors. It was about teenage problems. It instantly achieved huge popularity across the country. After that he made a number of TV plays focusing on health issue, Psychological problem and many different topics.


But in the movie Monpura, Rather looking for a different topic, he relied on the most used topic in sub continental movie- love. why he walked in the much used path?

“Love stories will never lose their appeal, hence for my debut film I wanted to depict one.”- explained Gias uddin Selim.


well the topic may not be different from other movies. But the story? there is a story of love in every humans' life but are the stories same? definitely not. so you can surely find a new story out of a 'common' topic. if you consider Giash uddin selim's previous work as a TV play director, then it wont be a bad idea to spend some two and half hours for Monpura.