Cinephiles wait for Mujib biopic finally ends
BSS :
Long wait for Shyam Benegal’s movie “Mujib: The Making of a Nation” which depicts the life and political odyssey of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman comes to an end as the biopic is going to hit over 200 cinema halls in Bangladesh simultaneously on Friday.
“The film, acted by young film stars, depicting the life and works of architect of independent Bangladesh will deeply connect the new generation with the historical accounts,” said Habiba Rahman, chair of television, film and photography (TFP) department of Dhaka University.
Film is a powerful medium and the youths will get the opportunity to visualize the time and history watching the movie, she said.
“It’s a very tough job to entirely portray a towering personality like Bangabandhu in a single film.
We are very much hopeful about the film directed by Shyam Benegal and produced under the supervision of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, elder child of Bangabandhu,” said Durjoy Chakrabarty, a copywriter and Bangladeshi student of Film, TV and New Media Production at Mumbai University.
Durjoy said a good number of eminent Bangladeshi and Indian artistes contributed to the film for a long time as no other film saw such a large number of film stars in a single movie.
“So I am very much eager to watch the film on the very first day,” he added.
“Our expectation over the film is much higher than mountains.
The film depicts a political icon whose personality, philosophy and entity are intertwined with our national hopes and aspirations.
Hopefully Shyam Benegal, a talented filmmaker, has received best works from the artistes,” said film activist Sami Al Mehedi, a Bangladeshi TV show anchor on film.
Making a film on a celebrated political personality is very tough as a filmmaker must have to think of different dimensions and perspectives, he said.
A thorough research and portraying the actual time, history and dialogues is also very important to make all contents of the film agreeable to all quarters, he added.
“The initial trailer of the film was released in May 2022.
To make it more accurate and perfect many corrections have been made before giving final touch.
So, we are very much hopeful about the film,” he said.
Talking to BSS, Khandaker Rubyat Mursalin, a faculty of TFP at Dhaka University, described Bangabandhu and Bangladesh as intertwined saying this message will be portrayed to the new generation through the film.
