Sara (title modified) was gripped with worry and frustration whereas she was overlaying the 2013 mass agitation demanding trial of 1971 conflict criminals. The Bangladeshi journalist was cautious of backlash from radical Islamists who promised to push out ladies from the office and supported the 1971 conflict criminals. In this hour of gloom, Sara drew energy from an unlikely source- a film. But not simply any film. It was a film a few real-life feminine chief who misplaced her complete household, survived an enormous terror assault, however repeatedly discovered braveness to maneuver on.
Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale will not be solely a narrative of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her political profession, nevertheless it’s a documentary on Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s daughter Sheikh Hasina. The film, screened once more on May 17 to mark the day of Sheikh Hasina’s homecoming in 1981, left a long-lasting impression on Sara’s thoughts.
The documentary-drama has been screened the world over, incomes accolades for its thorough analysis, minute detailing, and fiction-like presentation. The movie brings to life the story of how a younger girl, pushed to the pit of ache and bereavement, fights again to reclaim her area and leads a nation again to its course of progress.
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What makes the story rise from despair to hope is that Sheikh Hasina didn’t cease at grieving for her loss, however as an alternative fought again to return to energy and punish not solely those that massacred her household, but in addition the 1971 conflict criminals.
Talking concerning the plot which mirrors the real-life of Sheikh Hasina, Rafa, a political science pupil mentioned, “Imagine you, who’re on a short tour of an unknown territory in one other a part of the planet, get up to a telephone name, ominously ringing early within the morning, and are available to know that your complete household has been gunned down by a gaggle of disgruntled military officers. This precisely occurred to Sheikh Hasina in 1975 when she was in Belgium. As she turned on the tv, all the worldwide information channels had been broadcasting the identical news- the assassination of the prime minister of Bangladesh, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the very man who had led all of the struggles of a nation in direction of its freedom. That’s the place the daughter’s story begins.”
“I was shocked to learn, through this movie, that the luxury and comfort that she had been allowed as a daughter of a prime minister was denied outright the moment that status fell off with the death of her father. The foreign diplomat who had so ornately welcomed Hasina and her sister, Sheikh Rehana, to his house changed his mind in a moment, even refusing to offer his car to take them to the airport. Her story of moving on to relentlessly pursue her goal even outshines Hollywood movie plots or Charles Dickens storylines. It’s an inspiration for women unwilling to give up,” Rafa said.
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Sheikh Hasina had to undergo six agonizing years of waiting to set her foot back in Bangladesh. As the country was virtually terrorised by military dictators, she was not even allowed to enter the Dhanmondi 32 residence of her father, the historic site from where Bangabandhu had declared independence from the repressive regime of Pakistan.
The military dictators, capitalising on the void created by the death of the father of the nation, left no stone unturned to wipe out the name of Bangabandhu and obliterate the spirit of the liberation war. They even passed an indemnity ordinance to legally protect the killers of Bangabandhu. War criminals were celebrated while war heroes were persecuted. As Sheikh Hasina flew back to the country in 1981, a glimmer of hope flashed through the nation, with more than a million people gathering near the airport to receive their leader. It was followed by nine long years of leading a mass protest against a military dictator. The daughter’s tale thus coursed through lanes and by-lanes of history.
Overwhelmed by the struggle Sheikh Hasina had to face, journalism student Hritika said, “Today we shudder at the thought of the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, which is plugging all avenues of freedom for women. But, the same could have happened in Bangladesh if Sheikh Hasina hadn’t shown zero tolerance against religious radicals and brought war criminals to book. As a woman, I take pride in the fact that a lady set the precedence of guiding a nation fighting religious fanatics who had spread their roots so deep in post-1975 Bangladesh.”
“Watching the Daughter’s Tale, I used to be stupefied to watch that extremists tried to kill Sheikh Hasina the identical approach their predecessors murdered her father. Fortunately, Sheikh Hasina narrowly escaped an enormous grenade assault. So many tragedies can hardly occur in a single life. But, nonetheless, she is carrying on the legacy of her father, gifting Bangladesh with a conflict criminal-free territory, an inclusive and cultural society, a sustainable infrastructure, and a middle-income standing. What extra inspiring is usually a girl’s story?” says Hritika.
Hasina: A Daughter’s Tale, primarily based on the first-person narrative of Sheikh Hasina and her sister Sheikh Rehana, set priority in telling historical past by anecdotes and vignettes and less-explored occasions of somebody’s life in a docu-fiction format.
The 70-minute film, directed by Piplu Khan and produced by Bangabandhu’s grandson Radwan Mujib Siddiq and State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid, required 5 years of analysis, story constructing, taking pictures, and post-production, setting an instance within the visible trade of Bangladesh.
Indian background scorer Debojyoti Mishra composed music for the docudrama that created the right melancholic background for the tragic occasions unfolding within the lifetime of Sheikh Hasina. Screened in numerous components of the world, together with India’s Goa movie pageant and Kolkata’s Nandan-I, Hasina: A daughter’s story captured the creativeness of the viewers by the story of a girl carrying ahead the legacy of her murdered father, giving her nation a roadmap for a paradigm shift.