''Kagojer Phul'' (, ''The Paper Flower'') is an unfinished

Bangladeshi Bangladeshis ( ) are the citizens and nationals of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centred on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the Bay of Bengal, eponymous bay. Bangladeshi nationality law, Bangladeshi citizenship was fo ...

epic Epic commonly refers to: * Epic poetry, a long narrative poem celebrating heroic deeds and events significant to a culture or nation * Epic film, a genre of film defined by the spectacular presentation of human drama on a grandiose scale Epic(s) ...

drama Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance: a Play (theatre), play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on Radio drama, radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a g ...

film. The film is based on the life of

Tareque Masud Tareque Masud (6 December 1956 – 13 August 2011) was a Bangladeshi independent film director, film producer, screenwriter and lyricist. He first found success with the films ''Muktir Gaan'' (1995) and '' Matir Moina'' (2002), for which he won t ...

's father. Based on Tareque's story, the screenplay was co-written by Tareque and his wife

Catherine Masud Catherine Masud () is an American-born filmmaker, residing in Bangladesh from 1995–2015. She now lives in the United States. She has collaborated with her husband & filmmaking partner Tareque Masud to make numerous shorts, documentaries and fe ...

. ''Kagojer Phul'' will be a prequel set on the younger life of Masud’s father, who portrayals in '' Matir Moina''.

Background

On 13 August 2011, Tareque Masud and media personality

Mishuk Munier Ashfaque Munier (September 24, 1959August 13, 2011; known as Mishuk Munier) was a Bangladeshi media specialist and broadcast journalist. He was known for his photography direction and for being the cofounder of the global news channel The Real Ne ...

died in a road accident while returning to

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from

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on the Dhaka-Aricha highway after visiting the filming location of ''Kagojer Phul''. Bangladesh prime minister

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assured to extend her support for making the film. Hasina said, "''

Muktir Gaan ''Muktir Gaan'' (; ''The Song of Freedom'') is a 1995 Bangladeshi documentary film by Tareque Masud and his wife Catherine Masud. It explores the impact of cultural identity on the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, where music and songs provid ...

'' was a bright ray of light in the dark.'' ''She also said she would extend her support to complete Kagojer Phul.

Pre-production

In 2012, they received a grant from the National Film Grant award from the

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for the production of films.

Jayanta Chattopadhyay Jayanto Chattopadhyay (born 28 July 1946) is a Bangladeshi actor and reciter. He studied English literature from Calcutta University. He portrayed the famous character Misir Ali in a television drama named ''Trishna''. Works Films * '' Adam ...

is to be one of the actors of the film.

Cast

as Kazi

Sequel

A sequel titled '' Matir Moina'' was released in 2002. The film is set against the backdrop of unrest period in

East Pakistan East Pakistan was the eastern province of Pakistan between 1955 and 1971, restructured and renamed from the province of East Bengal and covering the territory of the modern country of Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Burma, wit ...

in the late 1960s leading up to the

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. ''Kagojer Phul'', would follow younger ''Kazi'', the main character of ''Matir Moina'' (based on Masud's father), and zoom in on his years in

Calcutta Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern ba ...

(now

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

) from 1945 to 1947. The film would show how Kazi's character was shaped by the riots in Calcutta and partition of Bengal.

References

External links

* {{Tareque Masud 2010s unfinished films 2010s drama films Bengali-language Bangladeshi films Bangladeshi drama films Tareque Masud