MAD GENIUS

Sketch: Yafiz Siddiqui

AUDREY TAUTOU

Audrey Justine Tautou is a French actress and model. In 1998, she made her acting debut on television and her feature film debut the following year. Tautou achieved recognition for her lead role in Améle in 2001, which met with critical acclaim and was a major box-office success. Amélie won Best Film at the European Film Awards; it won four César Awards (including Best Film and Best Director), two BAFTA Awards (including Best Original Screenplay), and was nominated for five Academy Awards.

"I never want to do the same things twice. I like surprises.

I've never really had a relationship with Hollywood. I've never had a desire to work there.

When I was a little girl, I loved monkeys. I wanted to be a primatologist. I went to the careers office to ask how. Because nobody could give me a good answer, I opted for acting.

I understand that we cannot make other people happy when they are unhappy."

Arifur Rahman Nayeem

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Oitijjhiya started its journey as a publication house 14 years back. Apart from publishing fictions, novels and short storie, Oitijjhiya also publishes non fictions, essays, biographies, satire, travelogue and books of many other genres. Readers' contentment and making books available to everyone are two of the main objectives of Oitijjhya; Arifur Rahman Nayeem, chief executive of the publication house believes so.

Favourite Author
Rabindranath Tagore
First publication from Oitijjhya
Muktijuddher Golposho-mogro by Biprodash Barua
First fiction that you read
Adventures of Huckleberry Fin, published from Sheba Publications.
Inspiration
Readers and their love for books inspire me to publish new books.
Something that you are looking forward to do
To offer books at a affordable rates
If you were not a publisher
I have always wanted to do creative work. Maybe I would have ended up doing some other form of creation.
To the readers
We are yet to develop the habit of reading books in the street. The time that we waste on streets sitting in traffic jams, we can easily brush up our reading skills. We need to keep in mind that there is no alternative to reading.

— Fayeka Zabeen Siddiqua