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Nacholer Rani
''Nacholer Rani'' (Queen of Nachol) is a 2006 Bangladeshi film. It is based on the early 1950s Santhal people uprising in Nachol Upazila in Chapai Nawabganj District, East Bengal and the role of social activist and reformer Ila Mitra. The film was the feature-length debut of director Syed Wahiduzzaman Diamond. Plot summary In 1950, Mitra took up the cause of the Santhals. She was married to Ramendra Nath Mitra, a Zamindar of Ramchandrapur in Nachol. She left her lavish life and fought for the ill-treated Santhals. She garnered recognition for her dedication to their cause. She was treated as an uncrowned queen by the Santhals. They gave her the title ''Rani Ma (Queen mother)''. Production Diamond was the costume designer and scriptwriter as well. Shahana Shumi played the role of Ila Mitra. Other actors were Kajol Majumder, Rabiul Islam, Afsana Rahman, Sajjad, Ripon, and Tapon. About 450 Santhals and 250 policemen performed in the film. Ivana and Anima De Costa were the playbac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Wahiduzzaman Diamond
Syed Wahiduzzaman Diamond is a Bangladeshi filmmaker. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for his direction of the film ''Gangajatra'' (2009). Career In 2006, Diamond directed a film ''Nacholer Rani'', based on the life of the peasant activist Ila Mitra. He directed ''Gangajatra'' in 2009 which won National Film Awards in eight categories and Bachsas Awards in seven categories. Awards * Atandra Padak (2010) * Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director (2009) Works * ''Nacholer Rani'' (2006) * ''Gangajatra'' (2009) * '' Antordhan'' (2013) * ''Shesh Kotha'' (2017) * COVID-19 in Bangladesh * ''Rohingya The Rohingya people () are a stateless Indo-Aryan ethnic group who predominantly follow Islam and reside in Rakhine State, Myanmar (previously known as Burma). Before the Rohingya genocide in 2017, when over 740,000 fled to Bangladesh, a ...'' (2022) References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diamond, Syed Wahiduzzaman Living people Bang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Language
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of the 22 scheduled languages of India. With approximately 300 million native speakers and another 37 million as second language speakers, Bengali is the fifth most-spoken native language and the seventh most spoken language by total number of speakers in the world. Bengali is the fifth most spoken Indo-European language. Bengali is the official and national language of Bangladesh, with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. Within India, Bengali is the official language of the states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam. It is also a second official language of the Indian state of Jharkhand since September 2011. It is the most widely spoken language in the Andaman and Nic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Santhal People
The Santal or Santhal are an Austroasiatic speaking Munda ethnic group in South Asia. Santals are the largest tribe in the Jharkhand and West Bengal state of India in terms of population and are also found in the states of Odisha, Bihar and Assam. They are the largest ethnic minority in northern Bangladesh's Rajshahi Division and Rangpur Division. They have a sizeable population in Nepal. The Santals speak Santali, the most widely spoken Munda languages of Austro-asiatic language family. Etymology Santal is most likely derived from an exonym. The term refers to inhabitants of in erstwhile Silda in Medinapore region in West Bengal. The sanskrit word ''Samant'' or Bengali ''Saont'' means plain land. Their ethnonym is ("sons of mankind"). History Origins According to linguist Paul Sidwell, Austro-Asiatic language speakers probably arrived on coast of Odisha from Indochina about 4,000–3,500 years ago. The Austroasiatic speakers spread from Southeast Asia and mixed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
