Staff Correspondent
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has called the people to watch ‘Mujib: The Making of a Nation’, based on the life and work of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, to know the history of Bangladesh.
“I have watched ‘Mujib: The Making of a Nation’ movie five times, but I am still unable to control my emotions,” he said.
The minister said this while talking to the reporters after watching the movie for the fifth time at Star Cineplex at Bashundhara City in Panthapath area in the capital on Friday.
Underscoring the need for watching the movie, Dr Hasan Mahmud said, “The movie should be seen by everyone. I brought the kids. Because, history can be told by words, but when it is seen in pictures, it is embedded in the heart. For this reason, I think that the new generation should also watch the movie.”
While watching the film, one can understand how Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman stood on the verge of death but remained firm in the interests of the rights of Bangalees and their independence, said the minister.
The movie tells how he risked his life and carried forward the liberation struggle with a solid heart, he continued.
Mentioning the specialty of the biopic, he said that the three-hour film has upheld the history of the country, the journey of how the country’s independence came, transformation of Bangabandhu from ‘Khoka’ to ‘Mujib’ and becoming Bangabandhu from Mujib and subsequently the father of the nation.
“I am old enough, yet I have not seen many things that are in this film. I have not seen Huseyn Shaheed Suhrawardy and Maulana Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani. I knew them through papers and magazines,” said Dr Hasan Mahmud.
He also said that the tragic killings of August 15 were filmed in the movie. How brutal and ruthless the killers were, one can see watching the footage of August 15.
Dhallywood’s popular actor Arifin Shuvoo acted as the title character of Bangabandhu in this film, while Nusrat Imrose Tisha played the role of Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib.
Actress Nusrat Faria portrayed Bangabandhu’s elder daughter and incumbent Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
