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Walton, a local electronics brand, has awarded 10 video content creators who participated in the final round of the second season of its video making contest titled ‘Smart Fridge, Smart Maker’.
The top three contestants respectively received Tk 3, 2 and 1 lakh as rewards with crests while the remaining seven were given attractive gifts and crests, read a press release.
Earlier, in the first round of the contest, the top ten content creators received Tk 50,000 as reward by which they made video contents with a maximum duration of two minutes on five selected themes given by Walton authorities for second round.
On Sunday, the video contents submitted by the top ten content creators were placed at the grand finale held at Walton corporate office in Dhaka where the winners were picked and given rewards.
National Film Award winning actress Kusum Sikder, Walton Hi-Tech Industries Ltd. (WHIL) Deputy Managing Director (DMD) Humayun Kabir and Senior Executive Director SM Zahid Hasan were the judges in the grand finale.
WHIL’s DMD Nazrul Islam Sarker, Amdadul Haque Sarker, Eva Rezwana Nilu, Walton Plaza Trade’s CEO Mohammad Rayhan, Refrigerator’s CBO Anisur Rahman Mollick, Senior Executive Directors FM Iqbal Bin Anwar Dawn, Firoj Alam and Amin Khan were also present on the occasion.
The top three video makers are- Team Falcon, Alam Morshed and Mesbah Kamal. Seven other winners are- Shoriful Islam Shamim, Kalpachitra Production, Motion Flex, Sarwar Jahan Apu, Team Pythagoras, The Story Tellers and Tanim Abdullah.
The first round of the contest was held from October 6 to November 5 where over one thousand contestants registered.
A total of four hundred videos were submitted in the first round from where top 10 contestants were chosen for second round.
Reacting to the award, Shamim Ahmed, representative of the Team Falcon, thanked the Walton authorities for organizing such event.
He said, “We are glad to be here today and as far as we know, no other organization in the country has arranged such program before. The video-making themes were also wonderful and well-timed.” He also expressed optimism that such events will be continue in the future to encourage our creativity.
