Shameem Akhtar

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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]

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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

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 2 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.


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