meherjaan

• Jaya Bachchan as Meher
• Victor Banerjee as Khwaja Saheb (Grandfather)
• Omar Rahim as Wasim Khan (Pakistani Soldier)
• Shaina Amin as Young Meher
• Reetu A Sattar as Neela (Birangona/Freedom fighter)
• Azad Abul Kalam as Shumon (Communist Party worker)
• Humayun Faridi as Khonker (Razakar)
• Sharmili Ahmed as Meher's Mother
• Khairul Alam Sabuj as Meher's Father
• Monira Mithu as Meher's Aunt
• Nasima Selim as Sarah (Warchild)
• Rubaiyat Hossain as Salma
• Ashique Mostafa as Shimul (Freedom fighter)
• Shatabdi Wadud as Khalil
• Iqbal Sultan as Major Baset (Pakistani Major)
• Rifat Chowdhury as Arup
• Arup Rahee as Rahee
• Rajeev Ahmed as Sami
• Tansina Shawan as Joba (Freedom Fighter)

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Meherjaan has been participated in many film festivals including Kolkata Film Festival,{{cite web |url=http://kff.in/schedule/ |title=Schedule | Kolkata Film Festival |website=Kolkata Film Festival |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120818054450/http://kff.in/schedule |archive-date=2012-08-18 |access-date=2013-08-16}} Festival International de Films de Fribourg,{{cite web |url=http://www.fiff.ch/en/programme-2012/movies/terra-incognita-bangladesh/meherjaan.html |title=Meherjaan |website=Fribourg International Film Festival |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502180125/http://www.fiff.ch/en/programme-2012/movies/terra-incognita-bangladesh/meherjaan.html |archive-date=2012-05-02}} Festival de Cine de Bogotá,{{cite web |url=http://xxix.bogocine.com/?s=meherjaan |title=30 Festival de Cine de Bogotá 2012 – Pagina Oficial |website=Xxix.bogocine.com |access-date=2013-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012053827/http://xxix.bogocine.com/?s=meherjaan |archive-date=2013-10-12 |url-status=dead }}Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay,{{cite web |url=http://www.cinemateca.org.uy/festivales.html |title=Cinemateca Uruguaya |website=Cinemateca.org.uy |access-date=2013-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816050736/http://cinemateca.org.uy/festivales.html |archive-date=2013-08-16 |url-status=dead }} London Asian Film Festival,{{cite web |url=http://www.tonguesonfire.com/events/meherjaan/ |title=Meherjaan |website=London Asian Film Festival |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311183119/http://www.tonguesonfire.com/events/meherjaan/ |archive-date=2012-03-11}} Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian & Arab Cinema.{{cite web |url=http://cinefan.osians.com/film-sub/?film_id=3363 |title=Meherjaan |website=Osian's Cinefan |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801020253/http://cinefan.osians.com/film-sub/?film_id=3363 |archive-date=2012-08-01}}

Meherjaan wins a handful of awards at International film festivals and competitions including Best Critic Award (Jaipur International Film Festival),{{cite web |url=http://www.jiffindia.org/documents/JIFF%202012%20Award%20Winners.doc |title=JIFF 2012 Award Winners |website=Jaipur International Film Festival |format=DOC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121215194911/http://www.jiffindia.org/documents/JIFF%202012%20Award%20Winners.doc |archive-date=2012-12-15}} Jury Award and Audience Award (Northampton International Film Festival), Orson Welles Award (Tiburon International Film Festival){{cite web |url=http://www.tiburonfilmfestival.com/filmInfo.php?film_id=7482 |title=Tiburon International Film Festival |website=Tiburon International Film Festival |date=2012-04-22 |access-date=2013-08-16}}

The film was withdrawn from movie theatres in Bangladesh due to the objections of different groups of people. "The film Meherjaan, which was released in Dhaka in January 2011, was quickly pulled out of theatres after it created a furore among audiences. The hostile responses to the film from across generations highlight the discomfort about the portrayal of a raped woman, and its depiction of female and multiple sexualities during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. The film's stance against nationalism also created a stir among audiences."{{cite journal |last=Mookherjee |first=Nayanika |date=2011-03-19 |title=Love in the Time of 1971: The Furore over 'Meherjaan' |url=http://www.epw.in/commentary/love-time-1971-furore-over-meherjaan.html |url-access=subscription |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |volume=46 |issue=12 |pages=25–27 |jstor=41151989}}

On 3 November 2011, there was a special film event and a panel discussion at Harvard University sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Boston, South Asia Initiative at Harvard University, Consortium on Gender, Security and Human Rights at UMass, and the CARR Center for Human Rights, Harvard Kennedy School. The film was screened in advance of a panel discussion by Cambridge/Boston academics.{{cite web |url=http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/events/2011/month11/SAI_FILM_info_03.pdf |title=Special Film Event: Meherjaan, directed by Rubaiyat Hossain |website=Carr Center for Human Rights Policy |publisher=Harvard Kennedy School |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203093948/http://www.hks.harvard.edu/cchrp/events/2011/month11/SAI_FILM_info_03.pdf |archive-date=2014-02-03 |access-date=2013-12-03}}{{cite news |author=Jonathan Richmond |date=2011-11-16 |title=Meherjaan on tour |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=210262 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=2013-08-16}}

Meherjaan has received mixed reviews.{{cite news |url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JS00vMjAxMS8xMS8xMyNBcjAwMTA0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120405080324/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JS00vMjAxMS8xMS8xMyNBcjAwMTA0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 5, 2012 |title=1971 love story wins city's heart |work=The Times of India |date=2011-11-13 |access-date=2013-08-16}}{{cite news |url=http://www.sunday-guardian.com/analysis/love-in-the-time-of-civil-war |title=The Pakistani Patient |work=Sunday Guardian |access-date=2013-08-16}}{{cite news |last=Karim |first=Elita |date=2009-11-06 |title=Meeting Jaya Bhaduri-Bachchan |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2009/11/01/interview.htm |work=Star Weekend |publisher=The Daily Star}}{{cite news |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/121269/bangladesh-liberation-film-opens-old-wounds/ |title=Bangladesh liberation film opens old wounds |work=The Express Tribune |access-date=2013-08-16}}{{cite news |last=Ethirajan |first=Anbarasan |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13034953 |title=Bangladeshi war film Meherjaan rekindles old enmities |work=BBC News |date=2011-04-19 |access-date=2013-08-16}}{{cite news |author=Naeem Mohaiemen |date=2011-01-23 |title=Meherjaan's women on the verge |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=171091 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=2013-08-16}}{{cite news |author=Subir Bhaumik |url=http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2011/04/2011429174141565122.html |title=Book, film greeted with fury among Bengalis - Features |work=Al Jazeera |access-date=2013-08-16}}{{cite news |url=http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=85ebad98d8a178be8baf16929526446e&nttl=20110 |url-status=dead |title=A world without borders |work=Banglanews24.com |date=2011-02-06 |access-date=2013-08-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208074127/http://www.banglanews24.com//English//detailsnews.php?nssl=85ebad98d8a178be8baf16929526446e&nttl=20110 |archive-date=2011-02-08}}

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• {{Official website|http://www.rubaiyat-hossain.com/meherjaan/}}
• {{IMDb title|id=1676134|title=Meherjaan}}

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