Eminent artists including Qayyum Chowdhury, Rafiqun Nabi, Hashem Khan, Ranjit Das, Subir Chowdhury, Abdul Mannan, Nisar Hussein, Nawazish Ahmed, Filmmaker Manzare Hasin Murad, General Manager of BTV, Ali Imam, BTV producer Riaz Uddin Badshah and Husna Begum Khanom were present on the occasion.

Ali Imam, popular for his juvenile literature, said, "Mustafa Monwar was like The Pied Piper of Hamelin to the children of all ages. He used to use his wisdom and artistic ideas to make the children explore their minds." Ali imam recalled the days with Mustafa Monwar when Imam learned making creative artifacts from him. He said, "It was Mustafa Monwar who started the programme titled Phelna Thekey Khelna in 1966 where he used to teach children to make beautiful things out of waste products."

Nawazish Ahmed said, "During the time when the nation was suppressed by the military rulers, Mustafa Monwar didn't refrain from protesting against injustice despite the fact that he was in an important government post at that time."

Artist Nisar Hussein said, "When the people of Bangladesh could not explore their artistic selves because of being under the military rulers, many of the artistes were afraid of protesting against the autocratic decisions of the military government. But Mustafa Monwar painted satiric pictures and cartoons as the symbol of his protest in different exhibitions. He never stepped back from his ideology and morality."

Gallery Chitrak presented the artist an album of photographs on the Liberation War.