Dhaka, Dec. 20 -- The festival committee of 15th International Short & Independent Film Festival Dhaka'19 recently arranged a master class which was conducted by the eminent Indian filmmaker Kumar Shahani. Centering on the subject 'Mise-en-scene', the class was held on December 10 at the Jatiyo Chitrashala Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, Segunbagicha in the city. In cinema, 'Mise-en-scene' is a French term used to refer to everything that appears before a camera and its arrangement-composition, sets, props, actors, costumes and lighting.

Shahani was born in Larkana, Sindh (now in Pakistan) in 1940. After the partition of India in 1947, Shahani's family shifted to the Mumbai city in India. He received honours degree from the ...