To mark the 43rd disappearance day of the eminent filmmaker Zahir Raihan, a 3-day film festival dedicated to his work and memory began yesterday at the national art gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
The festival named after him is featuring four of his popular movies and a documentary on his life.
The film festival started by screening a documentary on Zahir Raihan titled “Epoch-making Filmmaker Zahir Raihan” followed by his film Kancher Deyal (1963). Today, Anwara (1966) and Behula (1966) will be screened at the same venue at 6:30pm and 8:30pm respectively. On the concluding day, Raihan’s famous documentary “Stop Genocide,” a 20-minute documentary on the killings and atrocities by the Pakistan Army during war of liberation, was screened. It will be followed by showcasing Zahir Raihan’s popular film “Jibon Theke Neya” (1970).
Zahir Raihan went missing on January 30 in 1972.
