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SHONGRAM The unt ol d st or y of t he pai nf ulbi r t h of Bangl adesh
2011mar kedt he40t hAnni ver sar yofBangl adesh' s i ndependence, cel ebr at ed wor l dwi de. The US St at e of f i ce r epor t st hat" one i n ever yf i f t ypeopl e on t he pl aneti sa Bangl adeshi ! " I thas neverbeen a bet t ert i me t o shar e wi t ht he wor l dt he event sl eadi ng t o 1971 and t he ver y ' bl oody'ni ne mont hi ndependence war t hatt ook pl ace.Fort oo l ong hast hi ser a been i gnor ed and notgi ven i t spr opervoi ce t ot he wor l d,a shocki ng eventt hatt ookpl ace i n moder nt i mes.
Shongr am ( st r uggl e)i st he t al e ofKar i m,a Br i t i sh Bangl adeshion hi s deat hbed,f i nal l y shar i ng an or alaccountwi t ha dar i ng London r epor t er ,ashe r ef l ect sbackon hi syout h,l ostl ove,hi shome l and and t he l i ber at i on warofBangl adesh, whi ch l i ke many,he unwi l l i ngl y became a par tofKar i mr eveal s a wor l d wher e he was compel l ed t o go under gr ound and l i vewi t hguer r i l l af i ght er snearar emot evi l l age,whi l eof f er i ngf i r sthandeyewi t nessaccount st ot hegenoci de,t or t ur eand r ape,t hatf or ced hi mt o seekr evenge,bef or e he coul df i nal l ysear ch f orhi schi l dhood sweet hear t . Thi si st he f i r sti nt er nat i onalf i l m oft hi scal i br e,i ti swr i t t en and t o be di r ect ed bya Br i t i sh Bangl adeshi . Shongr am i sa hi st or i cf i l mi nt he maki ng,i ti sgr i t t y,r aw,r omant i cand nost al gi c,whi l e havi ng an i nt er nat i onalappealt hr ough t he pr oduct i on t echni quesand a subj ectmat t er whi ch i sst i l lver yr el evantt oday.
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Di r ect orofPhot ogr aphy( D. O. P) Mar t i ng st ar t ed of fon JUDGE DREDD as a VFX assi st antand t hen wenton t o wor k on 13 Feat ur ef i l ms,200 TV shows,and over500 hour s ofl i ve TV as a Camer aman and Focus Pul l er . He has wor ked on shows as var i ed as Robotwar st o East Ender sand f eat ur ef i l msf r om Har r yPot t ert oThe Muppet s. AsaCamer aAssi st anthewor kedwi t haccl ai medCi nemat ogr apher s Ben Davi s and Jonat han Mat hi eson,and t r avel l ed t he wor l d honi ng hi sski l l s. He Di r ect ed t he BAFTA wi nni ng Spooks i nt er act i ve and i sa t wot i me wi nnerofBBC Tal ent-New Di r ect or s.
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Movi e Soundt r ackComposer Ar meen Musa i s a si nger , songwr i t er and composer f r om Bangl adesh.St ar t i ng her car eer i n hi gh school wi t h hi tsi ngl e" Bhr omorKoi o Gi ya"she has j our neyed t hr ought heI nt er nat i onalmusi cscenei nDhaka,London and Nor t hAmer i ca. Musi calvent ur es i ncl ude col l abor at i ng wi t h NeelDut t f ort he WestBengalf i l m" Ji yo Kaka"r el eased i n 2011.
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