Shameem Akhtar

Shameem Akhtar is a Bangladeshi director and screenwriter, known for her trilogy of films about women's experiences of the Bangladesh Liberation War. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Akhtar made her debut with a 10 minute long non-fiction film The Conversation, assisted by Tareque Masud. In 1993, she made another non-fiction film The Eclipse. Her film Rina Brown was released in 13 January, 13 years after her first film. The film deals with 1971's Indo-Pakistan war. ^[3] She also made Kalpurush film in 2010.

Filmography

• 1991 The Conversation
• 1993 Grohonkal (The Eclipse)
• 1999 Itihaash Konna (Daughters of History) ^{[4] [5]}
• 2002 Shilalipi (The Inscription) ^{[4] [6]}
• 2017 Rina Brown ^[1]

Awards

• 2020 Shilpakala Padak ^[7]

References

1. Chowdhury, Elora Halim (2022). Ethical Encounters: Transnational Feminism, Human Rights, and War Cinema in Bangladesh. Temple University Press. pp. 1–2, 27, 37, 47–48, 100–105, 148, 154. ISBN   9781439922255 . Retrieved 25 August 2025.
2. Islam, Mohammad Zahidul (31 May 2014). "Meet Shameem Akhtar, a female director who made outstanding films". The Daily Star. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
3. "Shameem Akhtar returns after 13 years with new film Rina Brown". 3 June 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
4. Gayen, Kaberi (2015). "WOMEN, WAR AND CINEMA: CONSTRUCTION OF WOMEN IN THE LIBERATION WAR FILMS OF BANGLADESH" (PDF). French Journal for Media Research. 3: 17. ISSN   2264-4733 . Retrieved 25 August 2025.
5. Chowdhury, Elora Hamim (2017). "12. Ethical Encounters: Friendship, Reckoning and Healing in Shameem Akhtar's Daughters of History (1999)". In Jha, Sonora; Kurian, Alka (eds.). New Feminisms in South Asian Social Media, Film, and Literature: Disrupting the Discourse. Routledge. ISBN   9781317210771 . Retrieved 25 August 2025.
6. Guhathakurta, Meghna (Dec 14, 2024). "Shilalipi: A Legend Carved in Stone". The Daily Star. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
7. "20 eminent personalities to get Shilpakala Padak". RisingBD. 20 September 2022. Retrieved 25 August 2025.