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Artistic Depictions Of The Bengali Language Movement
The Bengali Language Movement was a political effort in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) that advocated the adoption of Bengali as an official language. The movement faced violent opposition by the government before finally succeeding. Numerous songs, poems, novels and plays were written to commemorate the movement, as well as films and memoirs. Songs *''Ekusher Gaan'' (The Song of Twentyfirst) by Abdul Gaffar Choudhury *''Ora Amar Mukher Kotha'' (They are my Words) by Abdul Latif *''Ekushey February'' (21 February) by Kabir Suman Poems *''Kadte Ashini Fashir Dabi Niye Ashechi'' (I have not come to mourn but to appeal for hanging) by Mahbub Ul Alam Choudhury *''Bornomala, Amar Dukhini Bornomala'' by Shamsur Rahman *''February 1969'' by Shamsur Rahman *''Amake ki malyo debe dao'' by Nirmalendu Goon *''Chithi'' by Abu Zafar Obaidullah *''Shobhyotar Monibondhe'' by Syed Shamsul Haque Sculpture and architecture * Shaheed Minar ( "Martyr Monument") in Dhaka, Bangladesh. * Mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaheed Minar Roehl
''Shaheed'' ( , , ; pa, ਸ਼ਹੀਦ) denotes a martyr in Islam. The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); the latter sense acquires wider usage in the ''hadith''. The term is commonly used as a posthumous title for those who are considered to have accepted or even consciously sought out their own death in order to bear witness to their beliefs. Like the English-language word ''martyr'', in the 20th century, the word ''shahid'' came to have both religious and non-religious connotations, and has often been used to describe those who died for non-religious ideological causes. This suggests that there is no single fixed and immutable concept of martyrdom among Muslims and Sikhs. It is also used in Sikhism. Etymology In Arabic, the word ''shahid'' means "witness". Its development closely parallels that of the Greek word ''martys'' ( gr, μάρτυ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moder Gorob
Moder Gorob or Our Pride is a sculpture situated in front of Bangla Academy building in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It was dedicated to the memory of those killed during the Bengali Language Movement demonstrations of 1952, when protesters demanding Bengali as a state language of former Dominion of Pakistan were massacred by Pakistan Police. Structure There are five different metal sculptures of Abdus Salam, Rafiq Uddin Ahmed, Abdul Jabbar, Shafiur Rahman and Abul Barkat. These are situated on a base. In the rear part, there is a long wall rising. There are three steps on the upper part of the wall. Both sides of the wall and other brick-made parts are ornamented by frescoes of the Language movement of 1952. History ''Moder Gorob'' was completed and installed at a cost of 1.3 million taka (equivalent to US$19,000 in 2007). Telecom company GrameenPhone donated 1 million taka, the remainder came from Bangla Academy funds. The sculpture was unveiled on 1 February 2007 by Fakhruddin Ah ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekushey Book Fair
The Ekushey Book Fair ( bn, একুশে বই মেলা, Ekuśe Bôi Mela), officially called Amar Ekushey Grantha Mela ( bn, অমর একুশে গ্রন্থ মেলা, lit='Immortal Book Fair of the Twenty-first f February}), is the national book fair of Bangladesh. It is arranged each year by Bangla Academy and takes place for the whole month of February in Dhaka. This event is dedicated to the martyrs who died on 21 February 1952 in Bengali Language Movement, a demonstration calling for the establishment of Bengali as one of the state languages of former East Pakistan. History Muktodhara Publishing house started a little sale in front of Bangla Academy in the 21 February 1972, the Shaheed Day, later International Mother Language Day. Chittaranjan Saha of Muktodhara took the initiative.http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/search_index.php?page=detail_news&news_id=24088 Ekushey Book Fair begins today Later, other book publishers joined unofficially. Gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekushey Padak
Ekushey Padak ( bn, একুশে পদক; lit. "Twentyfirst Award") is the second highest civilian award in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Bengali Language Movement of 1952. The award is given to recognize contributions in a number of fields, including culture, education, and economics. The Ministry of Cultural Affairs administers the award. The award consists of an 18 carat gold medal weighing 3 tolas and a certificate of honour. The medal was designed by the artist Nitun Kundu. The amount of the cash reward was originally ৳ 25,000, but it was subsequently increased to ৳ 100,000 in 2015. Next it was increased to tk 2,00,000 in 2017 and to tk 4,00,000 as of November 2019. Etymology The name ''Ekushey'' is important to Bengali nationalism, referring to 21 February 1952, commemorated as Language Movement Day and International Mother Language Day, when students campaigning for official status of the Bengali language within Pakistan were killed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munier Chowdhury
Munier Choudhury (27 November 192514 December 1971) was a Bangladeshi educationist, playwright, literary critic and political dissident. He was a victim of the 1971 killing of Bengali intellectuals, mass killing of Bangladeshi intellectuals in 1971. He was awarded Independence Day Award in 1980, by the then president Ziaur Rahman's government, posthumously. Early life and education Choudhury's ancestors were originated from Noakhali. He was born on 27 November 1925 in Manikganj. His father was Khan Bahadur Abdul Halim Chowdhury, a district magistrate and Aligarh Muslim University graduate. His mother was Umme Kabir Afia Begum (d. 2000). Because of his father's official assignment, Choudhury lived in Manikganj, Pirojpur and other parts of East Bengal. The family moved to Dhaka permanently in 1936. Then he grew up in the residence ''Darul Afia'', named after her mother, among 14 siblings. He completed his matriculation from Dhaka Collegiate School in 1941 and intermediate examinat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tauquir Ahmed
Tauquir Ahmed (born 5 March 1966) is a Bangladeshi architect and actor, turned director in both television and cinema. His films won many international and national awards including Bangladesh National Film Awards in the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director, Best Director, Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Screenplay, Best Screenplay and Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Story, Best Story categories for the films ''Joyjatra'' (2004) and ''Oggatonama'' (2016). Education Ahmed studied in Jhenidah Cadet College (JCC) for his Secondary School Certificate, SSC and Higher Secondary (School) Certificate, HSC exam. In JCC he actively took part in inter-house drama competition. He then studied architecture in Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). He completed film diploma from New York Film Academy in 2002. He had training in theatre direction from Royal Court Theatre, Royal Court Theatre, London (British Council Scholarship, 1995) and acting ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fagun Haway
''Fagun Haway'' ( bn, ফাগুন হাওয়ায়, lit=In Spring breeze) is a Bangladeshi historical drama film based on the novel ''Bou Kotha Kou'' by Tito Rahman. This movie based on the Bengali language movement during 1952 in East Pakistan. This was the sixth film directed by Tauquir Ahmed simultaneously released in February 2019 at 52 cinema halls across the country. Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies (BFFS) nominated this film for the Best International Feature Film category at the 92nd Academy Awards. Faridur Reza Sagar's Fagun Haway and Star Cineplex’s film No Dorai have jointly won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Film of 2019. Cast * Siam Ahmed as Nasir * Nusrat Imrose Tisha as Deepti * Yashpal Sharma as Jamshed * Abul Hayat as Deepti's grandfather * Afroza Banu as Nasir's mother * Rawnak Hasan as Obayed * Saju Khadem as Manju * Fazlur Rahman Babu as Chandor * Shahidul Alam Sachchu as Amzad * Faruque Ahmed as Moulvi * A K A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shahidul Islam Khokon
Shahidul Islam Khokon (15 May 1957 – 4 April 2016) was a Bangladeshi filmmaker and producer. Career Khokon debuted as a director on 1985 through his film ''Rokter Bondi''. He directed more than 30 films and most of them were commercially successful. Works References External links * 1957 births 2016 deaths People from Barisal District Bangladeshi film directors Neurological disease deaths in Bangladesh Deaths from motor neuron disease {{Bangladesh-film-director-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangla (2006 Film)
Bangla ( bn, বাংলা, links=no) may refer to: * Bengali language, an eastern Indo-Aryan language *The endonym of Bengal, a geographical and ethno-linguistic region in South Asia *''Bangla-'', a prefix indicating Bangladesh * West Bengal, a state in eastern India, also known as Bangla Businesses and organisations * Bangla Academy, an academy in Bangladesh * Bangla College, a college in Dhaka, Bangladesh Television * ATN Bangla *Bangla TV * BBC Bangla * Colors Bangla * DD Bangla * Jago Bangla * Sun Bangla * Zee Bangla Others * Bangla (band), a folk-rock band from Bangladesh * Bangla (drink), an alcoholic drink from West Bengal * ''Bangla'' (film), a 2019 Italian film * ''Bangla - La serie'', a 2022 Italian television series * Bangla, Nepal * ''Dak Bangla'' or ''bangla'', originally referring to a bungalow, used to mean "a house in the Bengali style" * ''.bangla'', the secondary Internet country code top-level domain for Bangladesh See also * * Bengali (disamb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jibon Theke Neya
''Jibon Theke Neya'' () is a 1970 Bengali-language Pakistani film directed by Zahir Raihan. The film is a political satire based on the Bengali Language Movement under the rule of Pakistan metaphorically, where an autocratic woman in one family symbolizes the political dictatorship of Ayub Khan in East Pakistan, and stars Shuchanda, Razzak, Rosy Samad and Shawkat Akbar. It is the first political film of Bangladesh. According to Ahmad Ishtiaq, writing in ''The Daily Star'', the film is considered to be Zahur Raihan's best. ''Jibon Theke Neya'' has been described as an example of "national cinema", using discrete local traditions to build a representation of the Bangladeshi national identity. It is considered a milestone for Bangladeshi cinema and also a classic. Plot The story of the film is based on a very ordinary family of Bengal. In one family there are two brothers, Anis (Shawkat Akbar) and Farooq (Razzak), the elder sister Raushan Jamil and the sister's husband Khan Ataur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selina Hossain
Selina Hossain (born 14 June 1947) is a Bangladeshi novelist and the current president of Bangla Academy since February 2022. Her major works include ''Hangor Nodi Grenade'' (1976) and ''Poka Makorer Ghor Boshoti'' (1996). She earned all major national awards – Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1980, Ekushey Padak in 2009 and Independence Day Award in 2018. Her novels and short stories have been translated into English, Russian, French, Japanese, Korean, Finnish and Malay. She served as the chairperson of Bangladesh Shishu Academy from 2014 until 2018. Early life and education Hossain was born to A. K. Mosharrof Hossain and Mariamennesa Bakul. She earned MA degree in Bengali language and literature from Rajshahi University in 1968. Career In 1994–95, Hossain won a scholarship from the Ford Foundation for her novel, ''Sandhya Gayatri''. Hossain retired as the director of the Bangla Academy. She served as a member of the National Human Rights Commission of Bangladesh and the re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shawkat Osman
Sheikh Azizur Rahman (known as Shawkat Osman; 2 January 1917 – 14 May 1998) was a Bangladeshi novelist and short story writer. He won the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 1962, the Ekushey Padak in 1983 and the Independence Day Award in 1997. Early life and education Osman was born in Sabalsinghapur, Hughli, West Bengal. Osman was educated at the Aliah University, and at the St. Xavier's College, Calcutta from where he graduated in 1938. He then earned his master's in Bengali literature from the University of Calcutta in 1941. Career Osman migrated to East Pakistan (present-day Bangladesh) after the partition of India in 1947. He started teaching at Chittagong Commerce College. He then served as a faculty member at Dhaka College during 1959–1972. Literature Osman's first prominent novel was ''Janani'', a portrait of the disintegration of a family because of the rural and urban division. In ''Kritadasher Hashi'' (Laugh of a Slave), Osman explored the darkness of contempo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
