The award winning film, Guerrilla, based on the unforgettable Liberation War of Bangladesh will be showcased at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre today. The programme, arranged in association with Asian Paints, IRCON and Marico Bangladesh, is an open for all event and requires no ticket for entry.
Directed by noted Bangladeshi film and theatre personality Nasiruddin Yousuf, the film that depicts the days of Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971 detailing the intensive struggle undertaken by progressive minded Bangladeshi nationals - muktijoddhas - against the heinous torture, crimes against humanity and subjugation by Pakistani forces to attain independence. The film tries to relive the memories of Bangladesh’s Liberation War as seen through the eyes of a female muktijoddha whose husband went missing on the infamous Black Friday of March 25, 1971, possibly nabbed by the Pakistani forces. Throughout the film, she wages a relentless covert war and provides support to her fellow muktijoddhas even through her limited means to help attain independence for her country.
The film represents a landmark in Bangladesh film history. Film lovers across the world would get an insightful picture of the details of Bangladesh’s Liberation War of 1971 through Guerrilla. Nasiruddin Yousuf was a muktijoddha himself and hence was best able to picturise this period of Bangladesh history through his film. The film received support from both the Bangladesh Government and the High Commission of India in Dhaka for its making, which has been duly acknowledged. It is a tribute to all the muktijoddhas of Bangladesh and the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre invites all progressive minded Bangladeshi nationals to view the film at the centre’s auditorium in Gulshan at 6.30 pm today.