Documentary film on Anisuzzaman to be screened November 28
IGCC to hold the event at National Museum
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DL deskndira Gandhi Culture Centre is organising a screening of documentary film on Emeritus Professor Anisuzzaman titled Batighar produced by Masud Karim at Kabi Sufia Kamal Auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbag in the capital on November 28. DhakaLive has news that Professor Anisuzzaman will be present at the event. The film Batighar, which means Light House, is a documentary on Professor Anisuzzaman, an eminent writer and educationist of Bangladesh. The 45-minute documentary features Professor Anuisuzzmans personal life and his eventful career as a researcher and scholar. It also highlights his contributions to the Language Movement, the Liberation War and Bangla literature and linguistics through interviews of eminent Indian and Bangladeshi personalities.
Professor Anisuzzamans writings on national identity and educational, religious, historical and social reconstruction are considered a treasure trove by the academics of Bangladesh. His books such as Muslim Manash O Bangla Sahitya, Swaruper Sandhane, Purono Bangla Gadya, Bangali Nari: Sahitye O Samaje, Kal Nirabadhi, and Ihajagatikata O Anyanya are considered seminal works by academics working on Bangla literature and language.
Professor Anisuzzaman has received many awards in recognition of his contributions. He has been awarded the Bangla Academy Award for research, the Ekushey Padak and the Swadhinata Padak. He has been awarded the Ananda Puraskar two times by the Ananda Group of Publications, Kolkata, an honorary D. Lit. by the Rabindra-Bharati University, Kolkata, Sarojini Basu Medal by the University of Calcutta, Pandit Iswarchandra Vidyasagar Gold Plaque and Rabindranath Tagore Birth Centenary plaque by the Asiatic Society, Kolkata. The Government of India has awarded him the prestigious Padma Bhushan.
Producer of the film, Masud Karim, has completed his graduation from the University of Dhaka. He has got a Diploma in Japanese Language Literature from Tokyo. He also has a diploma on Film Making from Whistling Woods International Mumbai founded by one of Indias leading filmmakers, Subhash Ghai. Karim has made a documentary titled Krishnakoli on iconic Indian stage film actor Shri Saumitra Chatterjee in 2015. He is also working on the first album of recitation of poems written by him and recited by Saumitra Chatterjee. The album consists of poems which Karim has compiled in his anthology, Bhalobashar Kobita.
Where: Natl Museum, Shahbag
When: 6:30pm, November 28 l
