Zahir Raihan

Director

August 19, 1935 (36 years)

† January 30, 1972

Feni District, Bangladeshi

Biography

Zahir Raihan was a prominent Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He is considered to be the greatest filmmaker of Bangladesh. He is most notable for his documentary Stop Genocide, made during the Bangladesh Liberation War. He was posthumously awarded Ekushey Padak in 1977 and Independence Day Award in 1992 by the Government of Bangladesh. Raihan disappeared on 30 January 1972 trying to locate his brother, a notable writer Shahidullah Kaiser, who was captured and killed by the Pakistan a…

Filmography

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Jibon Theke Neya

A political satire of Bangladesh under the rule of Pakistan metaphorically, where an autocratic woman in one family symbolizes the political dictatorship of Ayub Khan in East Pakistan.

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Behula

Behula is a 1966 Bengali film directed by Zahir Raihan and stars Razzak and Shuchanda as lead pair. It was based on the Hindu mythology of Behula, who fights vehemently to goddess Manasa for her husband Lakhindar's life.

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Sangam

Sangam is a Pakistani Urdu film released in 1964, directed by Zahir Raihan starring Rosy Samad, Khalil, Haroon Rashid and Sumita Devi. This is the first full-length colour movie made in entire Pakistan. This was the fourth film by Zahir Raihan (1935-1972) who later went on to direct more films in Urdu and Bengali during the 1960s. Zahir Raihan became one of the most important filmmakers of East Pakistan, which later became Bangladesh in 1971. Although Sangam was an Urdu film, but most of the cast, playback artistes and crew were from the Bengali-speaking Eastern province.

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Sonar Kajol

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A State Is Born

A short documentary, charting Bangladesh's quest for freedom from Pakistan.

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Anowara

Anwara is a 1967 Bangladeshi film which stars Razzak and Suchonda in lead roles. It is one of the six films where Razzak and Suchonda shared screen time

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Day Shall Dawn

Based on he daily lives of the fishermen of East Bengal.

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Never Came

The emergence of the educated middle-class. Shawkat’s life as a bohemian artist perfectly illustrates the life of an artist in Dhaka during the 60s. When Shawkat’s father loses his job, and eventually dies, the reality of living in a capitalist society as an artist dawns on him

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Stop Genocide

A documentary film about to resist the brutal action taken by Pakistan occupy army against general people of Bangladesh (previously East Pakistan) in between 26 March, 1971 and 16 Dec, 1971.

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Bahana

Bahana is a 1965 Indian Urdu film directed by Zahir Raihan under the banners Saregama. The film (Bahana), starring Sajjan, Meena Kumari, Anwar, Kumar, Pramila, Azurie, Sheela Vaz, was released in theatres in 1965. The film’s songs are composed by Madan Mohan Kohli and lyrics written by Rajendra Krishan.

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The Glass Wall

The story is about a girl who grows up almost like an orphan in a joint family of two brothers and their families. She has lost her mother (a sister of the brothers) in childhood and her father is a habitual gambler with a bad luck. She develops romance with one of the two cousins in the house.

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Jaltey Suraj Ke Nichey

A Bangladeshi film released in 1971.

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