The 18th of December 2011, saw the commemorating of the 40th Anniversary of Bangladesh’s victory day and celebrating the shoot launch of the forthcoming UK Bangladesh feature film Shongram, coming soon!
Shongram, written by Munsur Ali a London based film maker, tells a tale of “Shongram” the Bengali word for struggle, is the tale of a British Bengali on his deathbed. We are invited to share his experience, his youth, lost love – Asha (meaning hope), his home land and the liberation war of Bangladesh, which like many, he unwillingly became a part of.
Although it is a work of fiction, the film is loosely based around key events and dates, such as Sheikh Mujib’s, Bangladesh’s first President after the war famous speech on the 7th of March 1971, just before his arrest, the first day of attack on the Bengali civilian population on the 25th of March 1971, while also shedding light on the atrocities that took place.
This first International film of this calibre , written and Directed by a British Bangladeshi, Shongram is a historic film in the making, it is gritty, raw, romantic and nostalgic, while having an international appeal through the production techniques and a subject matter which is still very relevant today.
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