Interview with Marzuk
I know there are quite a few fans out there. Remember the poet with long hair and long beard? I am talking about the character Marzuk Russell. He is also Marzuk Russell in his real life. So here we go.
Q: how did first you come to know about the BACHELOR?

Marzuk Russell (MR): Sarwar bhai (Mostafa Sarwar Faruqi) first told me about the BACHELOR. I had been his assistant for three years and I also acted in the prequel Charuibhati.

Q: is this your first appearance in front of the camera, or have you acted before?

MR: No. I acted in Charuibhati. Before that, I acted in Aynamohol, which was my first appearance before the camera. Aynamohol was a video-fiction. It was also directed by Faruqi bhai. It was aired on ETV in its second year.

Q: which part of the BACHELOR did you like the most?

MR: Everything. I was involved with BACHELOR in every possible way. I acted in it. I wrote four songs for it. I was the director's assistant. I did what I could do for it.

Q: How much alike is Marzuk of the BACHELOR to the Marzuk of the real life?

MR: 99%. It was just the story of my life. The only things that were different were that that the Marzuk in the movie was a BUET student and a managing partner of a cyber café. Save these two things the whole character was me.

Q: You mean there was a real Zerin in your life!

MR: Of course. I used to love her very much (I still do). I knew her. She knew me. I used to think about her all the time. Especially whenever I spotted billboards that read 'Zerin' tea or things like that I would stop for a moment to think about her. I suffered a lot. It was really hard to forget her. I couldn't resist calling her. Zerin is real and will remain real for the rest of my life.

Q: Some people disapproved of your talking with a married girl. What do you say about it?

MR: As I have told you before, this is the story of my life. So I don't know whether it is good or bad. The only thing that matters to me is that that it is the fact. What I have acted for is the reality of my own life.

Q: Some people think that BACHELOR is gender-biased. What do you say?

MR: It is true that this movie focused mainly on men and boys but it is not possible to bring everything at a time. One single movie cannot show every aspect of life. One camera can shoot from only one angle. Everything cannot be brought into a single frame.

Q: In many families it was seen that the son liked the movie very much but the father thinks it wasn't worth it. What do you think about this?

MR: Well, everyone has a different psychology. Then there is that thing, the generation gap, which doesn't always work. In many families you will see that the father liked the movie very much while the son didn't like it at all. So you cannot jump to a conclusion like that. It depends on everyone's mindset, taste etc.

Q: Whose acting did you like best among your co-actors?

MR: All of my co-actors acted very nicely so it is very hard to single out one or two. Among them Hasan Masud and Opi Karim were really excellent.