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
Bengaliঅবুঝ মন
Directed byKazi Zahir
Screenplay byKazi Zahir
Starring
Music byAltaf Mahmud
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBengali

Story

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A 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]

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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, ...
  3. ^ a b Kali Biswas (July 1974). "Cinema from Abroad". Cultural News from India. Vol. XV, no. 3. p. 46.
  4. ^ 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), ...
  5. ^ Bangladesh News. Press and Information Division, Bangladesh High Commission. 1973. p. 11.
  6. ^ 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.