A documentary on the life of Meherun Nesa, a pro-liberation poet who was murdered brutally on March 27 in 1971, was screened recently on the premises of Liberation War Museum in the capital. The documentary was screened on March 25 on the occasion of Independence Day and 21st founding anniversary of Liberation War Museum. The documentary is directed by filmmaker Riaz Mahmud Mithu and produced by Green University of Bangladesh and Shapnokola Cultural Bhubon Foundation.
Director of the short film Riaz Mahmud Mithu told DhakaLive that the documentary is based on the life of the Poet Meherun Nesa.
The documentary will also be screened today at 9:15am on ATN Bangla, while My TV will screen it on March 31 at 8:10pm.
Born on 20 August 1942 at Khidirpur in Kolkata, Meherun Nesa’s (1942-1971) father was Abdur Razzak and mother Nurun Nesa. She had no opportunity in getting academic education, rather she was self-educated. Her family came to East Bengal in 1950 following the partition of India in 1947. She had to take up a job at a very tender age due to financial insolvency. She worked as a copywriter in Bangla Academy for some time. Later she took a job at Philips Radio Company in 1961.
She played a noted role during the mass upsurge of 1969 as a member of the action committee formed in Mirpur. When the flag of independence was hoisted at Mirpur on 23 March 1971, she also raised the flag at her residence. At this stage, direct encounters began between the Bangalis and Biharis in Mirpur area. The Biharis attacked the residence of Meherun Nesa on 27 March and brutally killed her.