Mujib: The Making of a Nation (2023)

Original title

মুজিব: একটি জাতির রূপকার

Directed by

Shyam Benegal

Genre

biographical film

Country

Bangladesh

Runtime

2h 56m

Rated

15

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 63 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This film follows the life of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh. It traces his journey from a young activist to becoming the first president of the nation.

epicpatrioticsolemninspirationaldramatichistoricalreverentbiographical

What happens

Mujib: The Making of a Nation (Bengali: মুজিব: একটি জাতির রূপকার, romanized: Mujib: Ekti Jaatir Rupakar), is a 2023 epic biographical film based on the life of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and first president of Bangladesh who is popularly known as Bangabandhu (lit. 'Friend of Bengal'). A co-production between Bangladesh and India, the film was directed by Shyam Benegal and stars Arifin Shuvoo in the titular role. The film was produced on the occasion of Mujib Year. Arifin Shuvoo, Nusrat Imrose Tisha and Zayed Khan took only ৳1 as a symbolic payment for acting in this film. The film was scheduled to start production on 18 March 2020, a day after Bangabandhu's birth centenary, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Its art director is Nitish Roy. Pia Benegal is responsible for costume of the film as costume director. Dayal Nihalani is the associate Director. Its screenplay was done by Atul Tiwari and Shama Zaidi. Its executive producer is Nujhat Yasmin. Its line producer is Mohammad Hossain Jaimy. Its dialogue writer, script supervisor, and dialogue coach is Sadhana Ahmed. Its casting director is Shyam Rawat and Baharuddin Khelon. This is the first government produced biopic about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The film is also marked as the last film of director Benegal. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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