Abujh Mon (Bengali: অবুঝ মন, 'Tender Mind') is a 1972 Bangladeshi drama film by Kazi Zahir,[1][2] starring Shabana and Razzak in the lead roles.[3] It was one of the most prominent commercial Bangladeshi films produced in the immediate aftermath of the Bangladesh Liberation War.[2][4] It was one of seven films selected for the 1973 Bangladesh Film Festival in India.[5]
Abujh Mon | |
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Bengali | অবুঝ মন |
Directed by | Kazi Zahir |
Screenplay by | Kazi Zahir |
Starring | |
Music by | Altaf Mahmud |
Release date |
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Country | Bangladesh |
Language | Bengali |
Story
editA Hindu girl, Madhabi Banerjee, and a young Muslim physician, Masum, fall in love.[1][3][6] But her father, an influential person in the village opposes their inter-community relationships. In the long run, their love defeats the boundaries of religions.[6]
Cast
edit- Shabana as Madhabi Banerjee
- Sujata as Rabeya
- Abdur Razzak as Masum
- Khan Joynul
References
edit- ^ a b Pradip Paul (June 1974). "Festival of Bangla Desh Films, April 29 to May 5, Bombay". Quarterly Journal. III (2). National Centre for the Performing Arts: 50.
Four films were only mirror images of all that is commercial in the Indian cinema ... Kazi Zahir's Abujh (The Stubborn Heart) about a golden-hearted Muslim doctor who cannot marry the Hindu girl he loves and later finds her married to his best friend.
- ^ a b Alamgir Kabir (1979). Film in Bangladesh. Bangla Academy. p. 60. OCLC 568718290.
Most commercially successful ones were Abujh Mon (1972) by Kazi Zahir, ...
- ^ a b Kali Biswas (July 1974). "Cinema from Abroad". Cultural News from India. Vol. XV, no. 3. p. 46.
- ^ A F M Maswood Akhter (2008). "Film Industry in Bangladesh: Retrospect and Prospect". The Journal of the Institute of Bangladesh Studies. 31: 40.
Of the other movies of the 1970s, the titles which must be mentioned are Abujh Man (Tender Mind), ...
- ^ Bangladesh News. Press and Information Division, Bangladesh High Commission. 1973. p. 11.
- ^ a b কিংবদন্তী : রত্না থেকে শাবানা [Legend: Ratna to Shabana]. Amar Desh (in Bengali). 17 July 2012. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2019.