The first thought that we had when we reached this deserted area just outside Dhaka is a typical Bollywood movie starting. Black and white opening of a ruined place with melodramatic music and a coarse voice-over of “how a prosperous place with happy family images has been brought to dust and by whom”.
Panam Nagar, couple of hours drive from Gulshan, Dhaka referred to widely as “ the Lost city”, “Deserted city”, “Ghost city” has all the ingredients of a typical Bollywood flick. It has this immediate effect on you, and you ask “what happened and who did it in”. This impact will almost always lead you to google and find out more about this place. Architecture photography which was our main visit purpose had transformed itself to weaving an imaginary story of this historic place.
The place did provide few opportunities for architecture photography
Before I get to the past glory of Panam Nagar there is a lot to talk about its photo art settings. A narrow road is all that is there to Panam Nagar, with rows of houses (sorry you can’t call them houses because they are mansions) in dilapidated condition.