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Unit: 10; Lesson 4(B): They had dreams 2

Zahir Raihan was one of the most talented film makers in Bangladesh. He was born on 19 August
1935 in the village Majupur, in Feni district.

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He was an active worker of the Language Movement. He was one of the ten students to go out in a procession on 21 February 1952 despite a ban on such activities.

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As a result, he and many others were arrested and taken to prison. Zahir was also present at the historical meeting of Amtala on February 21, 1952.

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He also took part in the mass movement in 1969. In 1971, he joined the Liberation War.

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All through his life, Zahir dreamt for a democratic society, a society that will ensure freedom of speech and will. He had many dreams about our film industry too.

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He made a legendary film Jibon Theke Neya based on the Language Movement of 1952. It was a revolt against the then autocratic government.

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The family presented in that film was a miniature East Pakistan ruled by an autocrat who had to go to the prison for her conspiracy. During the liberation war this film was shown outside Bangladesh.

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Critics like Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, and Ritwik Ghatak appreciated this film. Zahir gave all his money to the Freedom Fighters’ trust that he got from his film shows. Besides, his great documentary on Pakistani atrocities, Stop Genocide, helped create world sentiment in favour of our liberation war.

āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻœāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ°āĻžā§Ÿ, āĻŽā§ƒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ˛ āĻ¸ā§‡āĻ¨, āĻ‹āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ˜āĻŸāĻ•ā§‡āĻ° āĻŽāĻ¤ā§‹ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ°āĻšā§āĻšāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤āĻžāĻ—āĻŖ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāĻŸāĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻāĻ° āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻļāĻ°ā§āĻ¨ āĻĨā§‡āĻ•ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻĒā§āĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻ•āĻ˛ āĻŸāĻžāĻ•āĻž āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯ā§‹āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻž āĻ¤āĻšāĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§‡ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĨ¤ āĻ āĻ›āĻžā§œāĻžāĻ“, āĻĒāĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻĻā§‡āĻ° āĻ…āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ° āĻ‰āĻĒāĻ° āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ–ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¤ āĻĄāĻ•ā§āĻŽā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻŸāĻžāĻ°āĻŋ “āĻˇā§āĻŸāĻĒ āĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§‡āĻ¸āĻžāĻ‡āĻĄ” (āĻ—āĻŖāĻšāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ āĻ•āĻ°”) āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻĒā§€ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§‡āĻ° āĻĒāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§‡ āĻœāĻ¨āĻŽāĻ¤ āĻ—āĻ āĻ¨ā§‡ āĻ¸āĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āĻ¯ āĻ•āĻ°ā§‡āĨ¤

On 30 December 1971, someone informed Zahir about an address somewhere at Mirpur, where he might find his brother, the famous writer Shahidullah Kaiser.

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Shahidulla was captured and killed by the Pakistani army and the local collaborators during the last days of the war. Accordingly Zahir left home to get his brother back and he never returned.

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Zahir’s dream was fulfilled. He could see the inception of a free independent Bangladesh though he did not get back his brother. And it’s a pity that this dreamer was missing at such a time when his dream came true.

āĻœāĻšāĻŋāĻ° āĻ°āĻžā§ŸāĻšāĻžāĻ¨ā§‡āĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ¨ āĻĒā§‚āĻ°āĻŖ āĻšā§Ÿā§‡āĻ›ā§‡āĨ¤ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻŸāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āĻŸāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ—ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¯ā§‡, āĻāĻ‡ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§āĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯ā§‡ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŖāĻ¤ āĻšāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž āĻĻā§‡āĻ–āĻžāĻ° āĻœāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻŦā§‡āĻāĻšā§‡ āĻĨāĻžāĻ• āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§‡āĻ¨āĻ¨āĻŋāĨ¤

English āĻŦāĻžāĻ‚āĻ˛āĻž
01. Talented (adj)

02. Procession (n)

03. Historical (adj)

04. Liberation (n)

05. Legendary (adj)

06. Revolt (n)

07. Appreciate (v)

08. Collaborate (n)

ā§Ļā§§. āĻŽā§‡āĻ§āĻžāĻŦā§€

ā§Ļā§¨. āĻŽāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāĻ˛

ā§Ļā§Š. āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻšāĻžāĻ¸āĻŋāĻ•

ā§Ļā§Ē. āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āĻ¤āĻŋ

ā§Ļā§Ģ. āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āĻŦāĻĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯

ā§Ļā§Ŧ. āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ°ā§‹āĻš

ā§Ļā§­. āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻļāĻ‚āĻ¸āĻž āĻ•āĻ°āĻž

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