Muktir Kotha
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{{Infobox film
| name = Muktir Kotha
| image = Muktir Kotha (1999).png
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| native_name = Words of Freedom
| director = {{Plainlist|
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| producer = Tareque Masud
| writer =
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = Bangladesh Liberation War
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| starring =
| music =
| cinematography = Mishuk Munier
| editing = {{Plainlist|
- Catherine Masud
- Fauzia Khan
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| studio = Audiovision
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| released = {{Film date|1999}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = Bangladesh
| language = Bengali
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Muktir Kotha ({{langx|bn|মুক্তির কথা}}, Words of Freedom) is a 1999 Bangladeshi drama film directed by Tareque Masud and Catherine Masud. Muktir Kotha follows a group of young men and women began traversing the far corner of Bangladesh projectionists from 1996 to 1999, showing Muktir Gaan, a documentary on the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. The film screenings prompted the villagers to share their own stories of wartime suffering and resistance. Often the projection space would be spontaneously transformed into a folk concert. Through these interactions with village audiences, the young projectionist came to 'relearn' the wider history of the Liberation War, and the continuing struggle of ordinary people for a more just and democratic society.{{cite web|url=http://tarequemasud.org/films/muktirgaan/about-us.html |title=Muktir Kotha |publisher=tarequemasud.org |date= |access-date=2013-07-05}}
Synopsis
Muktir Katha is a film about the liberation struggle of 1971. The film is an archive of how the ordinary people fell victim to atrocities of the war. The struggle is still raging in the countryside, and struggle for a more just and democratic society.{{cite web |url=http://www1bpt.bridgeport.edu/~himalaya/muktir_kotha.html |title=Words of Freedom |publisher=University of Bridgeport |date= |access-date=2013-07-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130705143658/http://www1bpt.bridgeport.edu/~himalaya/muktir_kotha.html |archive-date=2013-07-05 |url-status=dead }} The combined footage shot used in the film was taken from American film maker Lear Levin.{{cite web|url=http://www.ektaonline.org/events/tfsa2004/films/Masud.htm |title=Muktir Kotha |publisher=ektaonline.org |date= |access-date=2013-07-05}}
DVD
The DVD of Muktir Kotha was released on 25 March 2012 by Laser Vision. It is thought to be the first interactive DVD in Bangladesh.{{cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=227834 |title=DVDs of "Muktir Gaan" and "Muktir Kotha" launched |work=The Daily Star |date=2012-03-27 |access-date=2013-07-05}}{{cite news |url=http://news.priyo.com/film/2012/03/27/muktir-gaan-and-muktir-kotha-r-48854.html |title=Muktir Gaan and Muktir Kotha released in DVDs |work=Priyo.com |date=2012-03-27 |access-date=2013-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205215952/http://news.priyo.com/film/2012/03/27/muktir-gaan-and-muktir-kotha-r-48854.html |archive-date=2013-12-05 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=tt1244090|title=Muktir Kotha}}
{{Tareque Masud}}
Category:1999 documentary films
Category:Bengali-language Bangladeshi films
Category:Bangladeshi documentary films
Category:Films based on the Bangladesh Liberation War
Category:Films directed by Tareque Masud