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SAH: I did not focus on so many things at that time. TDS: Why did not you then think of carrying your name? But had it been the case from the very beginning, it might have started slowly before picking up the pace.

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TDS: Do you think you could have gotten similar response had the books of Masud Rana or Kuasha series been published by your name instead of Qazi Anwar Hossain? The royalty money is deposited in the writers' names every month and they have the liberty to take the money any time they wanted. In an interview in 2008, he said he pays royalty to each of his writers. SAH: I have got the proof that he has been paying royalty to different writers for the last 36-37 years. TDS: Were you supposed to get the royalty? Wasn't that one-off amount? I have learnt from an incident that I'm not getting the royalty that I deserved. TDS: Do you claim that you were supposed to get more than what you were paid for writing books? He, however, failed to show any appointment letter. He never disputed that I have written 260 books. Then he retracted and said Sheikh Abdul Hakim wrote books for both Masud Rana and Kuasha series through appointment. He once said I did not write a single book of Kuasha series. He also said he paid the expenses for your bypass surgery. TDS: Do you feel you were deprived? Qazi Anwar Hossain claimed that you have got the promised amount. Around 2,000 copies were published during his time while it was 18,000 during my time and many books sold over one lakh copies. And Masud Rana is known to readers more for my style of writing. I have always tried to follow my own style. And because of that some people said I have tried to copy the style of Qazi Saheb. He gave me a general concept while I built a story. TDS: Did Qazi Anwar Hossain discuss the plot of each and every book of Masud Rana series with the writers including you? (Along the way) so many dramatic events had taken place… I stopped writing for him on a number of occasions. At one point of the discussion, Qazi Saheb said: 'Don't get upset, you start writing again.' My brother who was also present at that time told him (Qazi Anwar Hossain): 'He can easily write you can pay him Tk 500 for each write-up. After three months, he came to my home and offered me to write for Masud Rana series. At one stage, I told him I will no longer write for him and returned home. So, I demanded Tk 300 for each write-up and he agreed.

After writing a few more books, I could realize that there was a lot of demand for my write-ups. TDS: So, you have agreed to write this way.

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