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Jan 30, 2021 · Having seen the perpetuation of exploitation and repression in the social milieu in which he produced his literary works, Zahir consciously took the side of the oppressed. His novels did not...
Mohammad Zahirullah (19 August 1935 – disappeared 30 January 1972), known as Zahir Raihan, was a Bangladeshi novelist, writer and filmmaker. He is most notable for his documentary Stop Genocide (1971), made during the Bangladesh Liberation War. [1]
Jan 30, 2021 · Zahir Raihan is a pioneer, a legend. His films and novels, portraying the social reality and depicting the veracity of the Liberation War remain classics to this date. Today marks the death
Kokhono Asheni (1961) by the legendary filmmaker Zahir Raihan with scores of visual metaphors, allegories, inter-textual references, complex psychological conditions, and phases in the characters, contradicting social classes with domination and a provoking patriarchic condition of the society.
May 17, 2018 · Raihan was an ardent patriot and had been a very active activist in all forms of social causes (he was, in fact, one of the first people arrested during the February 21 language movement demonstration) and believed in using his films to give voice to the voiceless and the powerless.
- Nabil Hossain
While reviewing the 20-minute-long documentary film, Sohul Ahmed writes that Zahir Raihan did not just want a stop the genocide, brutality, injustice and oppression, he also wanted to shed light on the issues to raise public consciousness
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Jul 2, 2024 · Eminent filmmaker, novelist, journalist, language movement veteran and freedom fighter Zahir Raihan was remembered in an online programme organised by Moviyana Film Society on Saturday. The programme, presided over by Moviyana Film Society president Belayet Hossain Mamun, was arranged to observe the 49th disappearance day of Zahir Raihan.
