Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it.
In the primitive age communications took place between humans through signs and gestures. As humans began to use their vocal chords, these silent gestures were no longer used as the primary means of communication. But they did not completely disappear. They evolved as a form of art, used to entertain thousands, and came to be known as ‘mime’.
Mime touched a little boy’s heart while he was watching a performance in his village. He was so fascinated by the show that he was determined to master this art. He is no other than Partha Pratim Majumder, who won the world’s highest award in mime — Moliere Award.
Partha is undoubtedly a forerunner in the field of mime in Bangladesh. He started as a musician and his keen sense of rhythm helped him to let his limbs move and express his surroundings through gestures.
Partha Pratim Majumder is the first Bangladeshi to take up mime as a profession. He performed in a number of television shows in Bangladesh and gained popularity. In his mime, Majumder depicted the day-to-day life of the people. There was sadness, tears as well as happiness and laughter.
Majumder’s turning point of life came in 1979, when he was asked to give a solo performance in Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The then French ambassador Loic Moreau happened to be among the audience. Mr. Moreau noticed the talent in Mojumder. In 1981, the French Government offered him a scholarship so that he could get professional training in mime. This was the first time that a student was granted a French scholarship in mime. Mojumder started his training under the legendry maestro, Etiene Decroux. Through Decroux, he met another celebrated mime artist named Marcel Marceau. Marceau has transformed modern mime by taking it to an unimaginable height.
Marceau was very impressed by the Bangladeshi young talent and offered him a place in his school for mime, named ‘Ecole Internationale de Mimodrame de Paris-Marcel Marceau’. This school is the biggest and the best in the world.
During his three years training period, Majumder practiced 16-18 hours daily till each and every bone in his body would feel like breaking.
After his time with Marceau, there was no looking back for Majumder. He staged solo performances in England, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy and the USA. French, Canadian and American TV channels enthusiastically aired his shows.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1×7=7
a) Partha Pratim Majumder won the _ highest award in mime.
(i) world’s (ii) American (iii) Indian (iv) African
b) Partha is a forerunner in the field of _ in Bangladesh.
(i) mime (ii) art (iii) literature (iv) song
c) The turning point of Majumder’s life came in _.
(i) 1979 (ii) 1978 (iii) 1997 (iv) 1987
d) The govt of _ offered Majumder a scholarship.
(i) French (ii) India (iii) Nepal (iv) Pakistan
e) Majumder practiced 16-18 hours daily during his _ training period.
(i) Three months (ii) three years (iii) six months (iv) five months
f) In what form have the silent gestures evolved into?
(i) drama (ii) cinema (iii) mime (iv) dance
g) Before the use of speech, communication took place through _ language.
(i) art (ii) sign (iii) written (iv) spoken
h) Extra Practices
i) In older times the actors who performed mime used to put white paint on their _.
(i) limbs (ii) body (iii) face (iv) hair
j) In the sentence “It touched a little boy’s heart while he was watching a performance in his village.” Here touched means _.
(i) appealed (ii) requested (iii) advised (iv) taught
k) The French govt offered him a _.
(i) award (ii) scholarship (iii) reward (iv) prize
l) Before the use of speech, communication took place through — language.
(i) written (ii) sign (iii) spoken (iv) art
m) In what form have the silent gestures evolved into?
(i) drama (ii) cinema (iii) mime (iv) dance
n) In older times the octors who performed mime used to put write pain on their —.
(i) limbs (ii) body (iii) face (iv) hair
o) In the sentence “It touched a little boy’s heart while he was watching a performance in his village”. Here “touched” means——.
(i) appealed (ii) requested (iii) taught (iv) broke
p) During his three years training. Majumder practiced 16-18 hours——.
(i) daily (ii) monthly (iii) weekly (iv) fortnightly
q) In the passage primary’ is a on——.
(i) verb (ii) adverb (iii) adjective (iv) noun
r) The synonym of ‘forerunner’ is ——.
(i) harbinger (ii) hardihood (iii) locum (iv) above all
Answer the following questions. 2×5 = 10
1. When did mime touch Majumder’s heart?
2. When did the turning point of life of Majumder come?
3. When did the French Govt offer Partha a scholarship?
4. What is mime?
5. What is the name of school where Partha is placed?
Extra Practices
1. What did Majumder depict in his mime?
2. Why did the French Govt offer him scholarship?
3. Who was Marcel Marceau?
4. Who was Loic Moreau?
5. How did Partha gain popularity?
6. When did the French government offer Partha a scholarship?
7. When did the turning point of life of Majumder come?
8. When did mime touch Majumder’s heart?
Answer:
1. a. (i) world’s; b. (i) mime; c. (i) 1979; d. (i) French; e. (ii) three years; f. (iii) mime; g. (ii) sign;
2. a. Mime touched Majumder’s heart when he was a little boy and was watching a performance in his village.
The turning point of life of Majumder came in 1979.
The French Govt offered Partha a scholarship in 1981.
In ancient time communications took place between humans through signs and gestures. These silent gestures, at one point, evolved as a form of art and came to be known as mime.
The name of the school where Partha is placed is “Ecole Internationale de Mimodrame de Paris Marcel Merceau.”
Majumder depicted the day-to-day life of the people in his mime.
The French Govt offered him scholarship so that Partha could get professional training in mime.
Bangla Translation
আদিম যুগে মানুষের মধ্যে যোগাযোগ হতো ইশারা এবং অঙ্গভঙ্গির মাধ্যমে। মানুষ যখন তাদের কণ্ঠস্বর ব্যবহার শুরু করে, তখন এই নীরব অঙ্গভঙ্গি আর যোগাযোগের প্রাথমিক মাধ্যম হিসেবে ব্যবহৃত হত না। কিন্তু এগুলি সম্পূর্ণরূপে বিলুপ্ত হয়ে যায়নি। এগুলি শিল্পের একটি রূপ হিসেবে বিকশিত হয়েছিল, হাজার হাজার মানুষকে বিনোদন দিত এবং 'মাইম' নামে পরিচিতি লাভ করে।
মাইম একটি ছোট ছেলের হৃদয় স্পর্শ করেছিল যখন সে তার গ্রামে একটি পরিবেশনা দেখছিল। সে অনুষ্ঠানটি দেখে এতটাই মুগ্ধ হয়ে গিয়েছিল যে সে এই শিল্পে দক্ষতা অর্জনের জন্য দৃঢ়প্রতিজ্ঞ ছিল। সে আর কেউ নয়, পার্থ প্রতিম মজুমদার, যিনি মাইমে বিশ্বের সর্বোচ্চ পুরস্কার - মোলিয়ের পুরস্কার জিতেছিলেন।
পার্থ নিঃসন্দেহে বাংলাদেশে মাইমের ক্ষেত্রে একজন অগ্রদূত। তিনি একজন সঙ্গীতশিল্পী হিসেবে শুরু করেছিলেন এবং ছন্দের প্রতি তার তীব্র বোধ তাকে অঙ্গ-প্রত্যঙ্গ নড়াচড়া করতে এবং অঙ্গভঙ্গির মাধ্যমে তার চারপাশের পরিবেশ প্রকাশ করতে সাহায্য করেছিল।
পার্থ প্রতিম মজুমদার হলেন প্রথম বাংলাদেশী যিনি মাইমকে পেশা হিসেবে গ্রহণ করেছিলেন। তিনি বাংলাদেশে বেশ কয়েকটি টেলিভিশন অনুষ্ঠানে অভিনয় করেছিলেন এবং জনপ্রিয়তা অর্জন করেছিলেন। মজুমদার তার মাইমে মানুষের দৈনন্দিন জীবনের চিত্র তুলে ধরেছিলেন। দুঃখ, কান্নার পাশাপাশি সুখ এবং হাসিও ছিল।
মজুমদারের জীবনের মোড় আসে ১৯৭৯ সালে, যখন তাকে বাংলাদেশ শিল্পকলা একাডেমিতে একক পরিবেশনা করার জন্য বলা হয়েছিল। তৎকালীন ফরাসি রাষ্ট্রদূত লোইক মোরেউ দর্শকদের মধ্যে উপস্থিত ছিলেন। মিঃ মোরেউ মজুমদারের প্রতিভা লক্ষ্য করেছিলেন। ১৯৮১ সালে, ফরাসি সরকার তাকে স্কলারশিপ প্রদান করে যাতে তিনি মূকাভিনয়ের পেশাদার প্রশিক্ষণ পেতে পারেন। এটিই ছিল প্রথমবারের মতো একজন ছাত্রকে মূকাভিনয়ে ফরাসি বৃত্তি দেওয়া হয়েছিল। মজুমদার কিংবদন্তি বাদক এতিয়েন ডেক্রোর অধীনে তার প্রশিক্ষণ শুরু করেছিলেন। ডেক্রোর মাধ্যমে, তিনি মার্সেল মার্সো নামে আরেকজন বিখ্যাত মূকাভিনয় শিল্পীর সাথে দেখা করেন। মার্সো আধুনিক মূকাভিনয়কে এক অকল্পনীয় উচ্চতায় নিয়ে গিয়ে রূপান্তরিত করেছেন।
মার্সো বাংলাদেশি তরুণ প্রতিভা দেখে খুবই মুগ্ধ হয়েছিলেন এবং তাকে তার মূকাভিনয়ের স্কুলে স্থান দেওয়ার প্রস্তাব দেন, যার নাম ছিল 'ইকোল ইন্টারন্যাশনাল ডি মিমোড্রাম ডি প্যারিস-মার্সেল মার্সো'। এই স্কুলটি বিশ্বের সবচেয়ে বড় এবং সেরা।
তিন বছরের প্রশিক্ষণের সময়কালে, মজুমদার প্রতিদিন ১৬-১৮ ঘন্টা অনুশীলন করেছিলেন যতক্ষণ না তার শরীরের প্রতিটি হাড় ভেঙে যাওয়ার মতো অনুভূত হত।
মার্সোর সাথে থাকার পর, মজুমদারকে আর পিছনে ফিরে তাকাতে হয়নি। তিনি ইংল্যান্ড, বেলজিয়াম, জার্মানি, স্পেন, ইতালি এবং মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রে একক পরিবেশনা করেছিলেন। ফরাসি, কানাডিয়ান এবং আমেরিকান টিভি চ্যানেলগুলি উৎসাহের সাথে তার অনুষ্ঠানগুলি সম্প্রচার করেছিল।
Read the passage carefully and answer the questions following it.
Partha Pratim Majumder was born in 1954 in Pabna to a family of artistes. He spent most of his early years in his ancestral home, one of the biggest houses, situated in a small locality known as Kalachandpara. At that time Kalachandpara was well known for its cultural activities. There were festivals and various types of cultural shows round the year. Majumder’s father, a photographer by profession was an art lover. He taught and inspired his son to appreciate different forms of art.
Majumder went to live with his aunt in Chandernagar, 30 kilometres away from Kolkata in 1966. It was there that he first came across a mime artiste named Jogesh Dutta. The way Dutta narrated stories without uttering a single word, left Majumder spellbound. He took lessons on mime from Dutta in Jogesh Dutta’s mime academy in Kolkata from 1966 to 1972.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 1×7=7
a) Majumder went to ----- live with his aunt.
(i) Chandpur (ii) Chanderhat (iii) Chandernagar (iv) Chunasughat
b) Majumder’s ----- was a photographer.
(i) father (ii) brother (iii) uncle (iv) cousin
c) The birth place of Partha Pratim is -----.
(i) Patna (ii) Pabna (iii) Paharpur (iv) Parbatipur
d) He was highly inspired by his -----.
(i) father (ii) mother (iii) sister (iv) brother
e) Chandernagar is ----- away from Kolkata.
(i) forty kms. (ii) thirty kms. (iii) thiry miles. (iv) fifty kms.
f) Majumder was born in -----.
(i) 1954 (ii) 1945 (iii) 1950 (iv) 1854
g) His father was born in -----.
(i) artist (ii) art lover (iii) honest man (iv) educationist
Extra Practices
h) ----- was well-known for its cultural activities.
(i) Kalyanpur (ii) Kalachandpara (iii) Khamarpara (iv) Kamarkhali
i) He went to Chandernagar in -----.
(i) 1996 (ii) 1966 (iii) 1954 (iv) 1960
j) Majumder took lessons on ----- from Dutta.
(i) mime (ii) sports (iii) photography (iv) drawing
Answer the following questions. 2×5 = 10
a) Why did Majumder go to Chandernagar?
b) Who inspired him to appreciate different forms of art?
c) Where did he take lessons on mime from Dutta?
d) What was Majumder’s father?
e) What made Majumder spellbound?
Extra Practices
1. When was Partha Pratim Majumder born?
2. Where did he spend most of his early years?
3. What was Kalachandpara well known for?
4. Where was Chandernagar?
5. Did Partha take lessons on mime?
1. a. (iii) Chandernagar; b. (i) father; (ii) Pabna; d. (i) father; e. (i) thirty kms; f. (i) 1954; g. (ii) art lover; h. (ii) Kalachandpara; i. (ii) 1966; j. (i) mime.
2. a. Majumder went to Chandernagar to live with his aunt.
Partha’s father inspired him to appreciate different forms of art.
He took lessons on mime from Dutta in Jogesh Dutta’s mime academy in Kolkata.
Majumder’s father was a photographer and arts lover.
The way Jogesh Dutta narrated stories without uttering a single word made Majumder spellbound.
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