....remarkable achievement!
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> Entertainment
> Dhaka goes to Hollywood
> Jasim Uddin Khan
>
>
>
> Monstrous make-up. On Dhaka EPZ Kryolan Bangladesh makes fake
wounds
> in rubber for Hollywood. Top left, Yesmin Ipphat, chief executive
officer
of
> Kryolan Bangladesh. Right, a hanging scar made by the company. Bottom
left,
> an actor uses rubber horns produced at the Dhaka plant Photo: Syed Zakir
> Hossain
> It took the intervention of James Bond actor Sean Connery, but now the
label
> "Made in Bangladesh" appears on some of the most gruesome make-up
products
> used by Hollywood and on film sets and theatres around the globe.
>
> From bloody wounds and oozing gashes, to false chins and devilish horns,
> Kryolan's small plant on Dhaka's Ex****t Processing Zone is supplying the
> world's leading professional make-up artists.
>
> "When we first started the German owners were concerned about using a
Made
> in Bangladesh label," said Yesmin Ipphat, chief executive of Kryolan
> Bangladesh.
>
> "But one day on a film set someone asked where the make-up came from and
> people were surprised at the answer. Sean Connery said he didn't care
where
> it was from as long it was Kryolan quality. Since then we have used the
> Bangladesh label and I am very proud of that," she added.
>
> It's an odd niche, but according to Yesmin the Banglade**** plant is a
world
> leader when it comes to providing make-up for cut-throats, split open
> stomachs and the scars caused by hanging.
>
> These 3-D special effects, along with false noses - Kryolan has a range
of
> 18 different types - ears, chins, and bald caps, are crafted in rubber
by
a
> team of around 35 skilled workers.
>
> The group also makes false eyelashes assembled from human hair brought
in
> from South Korea.
>
> Based in Berlin, Germany, Kryolan set up its Dhaka plant in 2001. "The
> company wanted to spread its operations into the third world and there
was
a
> Banglade**** German working for the company who convinced them to come
here,"
> Yesmin explained.
>
> Globally the group produces creams and professional grease paints.
>
> "Our company supplied the make-up and costume for the box office hit
> 'Titanic,' Yesmin said.
>
> "When the heroine Kate Winslet finds her lover frozen to death in the
icy
> water, the make up her and Leonardo di Caprio are using is supplied by
> Kryolan," she added.
>
> The company also produces military camouflage that is used by several
armies
> including the US. "The company plans to talk with the Bangladesh Army to
see
> if they will use the products," she said.
>
> At the Dhaka plant the range is at present limited to around 15
products.
> Staff sit at desks with paints and brushes carefully decorating rubber
> wounds and scars.
>
> One of them, Jostna Banu, 35, is putting the last dots on a small rubber
> horn, ready to be used to turn an actor on the other side of the world
into
> a ghoulish beast.
>
> Jostna doesn't know the film it will be used in, in fact she's not
really
> sure where Hollywood is, but she works methodically, ensuring there is
no
> smudging and that the design she is given is followed.
>
> Like Yesmin, she is proud that monsters are 'Made in Bangladesh'.
>
>
> Jasim@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
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