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Jiban Thekey Neya (1970)

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Original title
জীবন থেকে নেয়া
Directed by
Zahir Raihan
Genre
drama film
Country
Pakistan
Runtime
2h 30m
Rating
9.4 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A film that uses everyday Bengali traditions to tell a story about Bangladeshi identity. It follows characters living through their daily lives in East Pakistan.

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What happens

Jibon Theke Neya (lit. 'Taken from Life') is a 1970 Bengali-language East-Pakistani (now Bangladesh) film directed by Zahir Raihan. It has been described as an example of "national cinema", using discrete local traditions to build a representation of the Bangladeshi national identity. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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