Children's film 'Mike' famed director FM Shahin declared his next venture 'Jashore Road', promising to narrate the stories of estimated 10 million Bangladeshi refugees, who took shelter in India during the War of Liberation.
Based on the historic poem 'September on Jessore Road' by American poet and activist Allen Ginsberg, the new film is set to tell the agonies, sacrifices, dreams of thousands of refugees, who were fleeing the country through Jashore Road, which linked Bangladesh's Jashore with India's West Bengal's Kolkata, witness of many untold stories.
"It would be my tribute to the refugees. Even after so many years of the independence, no significant movies were made on their plight. So, I am making the movie so that the new generation can learn about the real history of the War of Liberation," Shahin said.
FM Shahin's first moview 'Mike', a government granted children film, was released on August 11, 2023, with uncut censor certificate. The film revolved around Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's historic March 7 speech.
