The Dhaka Times Desk Qatar-based television Al-Jazeera aired a documentary on Prime Minister and Bangabandhu's daughter Sheikh Hasina made by late David Frost, an internationally renowned journalist.
Frost is known to have completed the documentary while he was alive. David Frost held several meetings with the High Commissioner and the Minister of Information to gather information for the documentary. In the beginning of this documentary of 47 minutes and 36 seconds, it is said - 'Sheikh Hasina, Prime Minister of Bangladesh. One of the most powerful women in the world'. The documentary features some rare footage of Bangabandhu. It also includes footage of Biman entering independent Bangladesh in early 1972. Frost was the first foreign journalist to interview Bangabandhu on the soil as the leader of independent Bangladesh. Part of Bangabandhu's interview was also broadcast. This documentary contains all the video footages of martyred President Ziaur Rahman's assumption of power starting from 1972.
In that interview, Sheikh Hasina said about the opposition party leader, my father never thought about himself or his family. He thought about the country and its people. He has also proved it with his life. In response to a question from David Foster about opposition leader Khaleda Zia, Sheikh Hasina said, "There are only some political differences between her and me, I have no enmity with her (Khaleda Zia). Actually people envy both of us. And so we both think so.
After 1972, Frost stepped on the soil of Bangladesh for the last time in June this year. Frost also went to Tungipara by helicopter with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to collect information for the documentary. At that time, in a discussion with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at Bangabhaban, he said, 'I came back to Bangladesh after 41 years.' At that time, he promised Sheikh Hasina that he would visit Bangladesh again in the future. But, the inevitable death did not give him that chance. 74-year-old famous British television presenter, journalist, commentator and author Sir David Frost died of heart disease on August 31. While delivering a speech at the British emcee MS Queen Elizabeth, she suddenly suffered a heart attack and fell to her death. 'The Frost Report', 'That Was The Week That Was' are some of the famous television shows he presented, which once enthralled the television audience across the globe. But in a long television presenting career, he mainly became famous for interviewing the world's famous statesmen. He also interviewed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman right after the independence of Bangladesh, starting with US President Nixon. David Frost's name was also associated with the development of Bangladesh. He interviewed Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman soon after the war of independence. In that interview, Bangabandhu described the brutal torture of Pakistani forces on the people of this country. He clearly expressed the fact that 3 million people were martyred in the war of liberation. Sometimes Frost went to Bangabandhu's office, sometimes in his famous little blue government car, sometimes in the bedroom, balcony or lawn of the house at number 32 to interview him. Bangabandhu also answered all David Frost's questions while busy. After that interview was aired on BBC, the image of Bangladesh was created anew around the world.
David Frost was born on April 7, 1939 in Kent, United Kingdom. Studied at Cambridge University. In a long and illustrious career, he was involved in various activities including journalism, television presentation, fiction writing. David Frost joined the Qatar-based television channel Al-Jazeera in 2006 after a long stint at the BBC. He is the only television personality to have interviewed eight British Prime Ministers in office from 1964 to 2010. He also had the unique feat of interviewing 7 US presidents in office between 1969 and 2008. He was also the last person to interview Reza Shah Pahlavi, the ruler of Iran who was deposed by the Islamic Revolution.
It should be noted that this documentary was aired on September 20 at 20:00 GMT. This was the last documentary produced by David Frost before his departure from Earth. Frost visited Bangladesh in June this year to collect information for this documentary. At that time, along with Sheikh Hasina, he visited Tungipara Bangabandhu's grave and also interviewed Sheikh Hasina and her son Sajib Wazed Joy. There were many whispers after Frost's death as to whether the documentary was finished. Finally, by publishing it, the whispers came to an end. Source: Online.
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