They were girlfriends. The two have also acted in some plays together. However, after Humayun Ahmed married Meher Afroz Shaon to Shila Ahmed, the friendship broke down. They were never found together again.
Shawn and Shila are one to protest against the commercial use of Humayun Ahmed’s creations without permission. They also demanded compensation of Tk 3 crore from Grameenphone for violating the intellectual property law.
A legal notice has been sent to Grameenphone alleging that four popular characters of legendary writer Humayun Ahmed have been used commercially without permission and violated the intellectual property law. The author’s family has demanded compensation of Tk 3 crore there
Barrister Hamidul Mizbah, a lawyer for the Supreme Court, sent the notice on behalf of the family members, including the late author’s wife Meher Afroz Shaon. Lawyer Hamidul Mizbah confirmed the notice.
The notice was sent to Meher Afroz Shaon, wife of late Humayun Ahmed, daughter Nova Ahmed, Sheela Ahmed, Bipasha Ahmed, son Nuhash Humayun and brother Zafar Iqbal.
Their lawyer said, “Today, on Tuesday, July 26, I sent a notice to Grameenphone by registered mail. Earlier, I also e-mailed last Sunday night. ‘
The notice asked Grameenphone to remove the four promotional videos in violation of the copyright law within three days.
At the same time, it has been directed to pay compensation of Tk 3 crore 15 lakh 96 thousand to the family members of Humayun Ahmed within 15 days for violating the intellectual property law.
Otherwise, a case will be filed against Grameenphone, said Mizbah, the lawyer who issued the notice. It is known that the mobile phone company Grameenphone 2020 is the month of July
A few episodes titled ‘How are they’ airs a series of promotional programs. The title of the event was ‘How are they dedicated to Grameenphone’.
The show was aired on Grameenphone’s Facebook page and YouTube channel and continued. On this occasion, four popular characters written by the late writer Humayun Ahmed, Buck’s brother (nowhere),
Elachi Begum (Ayomay), Sobhan Saheb (Bahubrihi) and Tayyab Ali (Flying Birds) are used. For this, Grameenphone did not take any permission or license from the family members or heirs of Humayun Ahmed.
As a result, the copyright law has been violated. So Grameenphone has been sent a noticedemanding compensation as well as removal of promotional videos.
