Zahir raihan
He also served as the editor of Probaho in 1956. However, he later obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Bangla from Dhaka University in 1958.Īfter Juger Alo, he had worked with many other newspapers, namely Khapchhara, Jantrik, and Cinema. And that year only, he started working as a journalist for Juger Alo.Īlthough he joined medical college after completing his intermediate examination from Dhaka College in 1953, Raihan eventually dropped out. Three years later, he completed matriculation from Amirabad High School. Born as Mohammad Zahirullah on August 19, 1935, in Majupur village of the then Feni mahakuma in Noakhali district, Raihan initially studied at Calcutta Alia Madrasah in India, where his father was a professor.Īfter the Partition of India in 1947, his family moved back to his ancestral village in Feni.
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He disappeared on Januwhile trying to find his brother, Shahidullah Kaiser, who was last seen in December 1971.Thursday marks the 86th birth anniversary of the legendary filmmaker and freedom fighter Zahir Raihan, best remembered for capturing the 1971 Liberation War on celluloid. In 1971 Raihan joined the liberation war and made several documentary films on the war including Stop Genocide. The film was praised by the likes of Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Tapan Sinha and Ritwik Ghatak. The language movement influenced him so much that he later made his acclaimed film Jibon Theke Neya based on the movement.
Zahir Raihan actively participated in the language movement of 1952 and was present at the historic meeting of Amtala on February 21, 1952. His first collection of short stories, titled ‘Suryagrahan’, was published in 1955. He completed his first CinemaScope film titled ‘Bahana’ in the following year.Īpart from being a filmmaker, he was also an acclaimed writer. He also assisted Salahuddin in the film Je Nodi Morupothay and made the then Pakistan’s first colour film Sangam in 1964. He made his film debut as an assistant director in the film Jago Huya Savera in 1957. He started his career working as a journalist in 1950 and eventually became editor of Probaho in 1956. Zahir Raihan was born on August 19, 1935, at Majupur in Feni. Noted filmmaker Syed Salahuddin Zaki, film critic Anupam Hayat, Zahir Raihan’s son Bipul Raihan, and Moviyana Film Society president Belayet Hossain Mamun, among others, will be present at the programme. Besides, Zahir Raihan’s directorial debut film ‘Kokhono Asheni’, which was released in 1961, will also be screened at the venue. The programme will feature discussion on life and works of Zahir Raihan and screening of a documentary on the filmmaker-freedom fighter.
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Moviyana Film Society will hold a programme at International Digital Cultural Archive Room of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at 4:00 pm. Today is the 48th disappearance day of late eminent filmmaker, writer and freedom fighter Zahir Raihan.ĭifferent organisations will pay tribute to Zahir Raihan organising programmes. SUNAMGANJ HAOR EMBANKMENT PROJECTS 40pc works still to be done as deadline missed.New, outlying district public univs failing to woo students.Not for anyone to walk dully along, and away.Foreigners working illegally go unchecked.Follies in following in the footstep of Hindi.Indian media report warrants no response: foreign ministry.Quota-system of job distribution needs to be reformed.Government must protect civilians in frontiers.