‘It’s time to think who should be referred to as actors, models’

Actors Equity Bangladesh (Obhinoy Shilpi Shongho), a dedicated and professional organisation of television actors, has issued a statement in response to the ongoing debate over the arrests of model and former TV presenter Faria Mahbub Piyasha and model Mariam Akhter Mou.

Shared from the organisation’s official Facebook page, the statement has disputed the attributes or accomplishments that permitted the disgraced duo to identify themselves as actors or models.

“Nowadays, anyone who appears in the photoshoots for tailoring shops or a few billboard ads or television and online commercials doesn’t hesitate to call themselves actors or models; without having the dedication, concentration, knowledge, philosophy, preparation, social and professional responsibility and other necessary attributes that are required to become a model or an actor,” the organisation said through the statement.

Echoing their support to the statement, several actors and media personalities shared the post from their own Facebook profiles including Jaya Ahsan, Fazlur Rahman Babu, Sazu Khadem, Rafiath Rashid Mithila and more.