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| Children of War | |
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| Directed by | Mrityunjay Devvrat |
| Written by | Mrityunjay Devvrat & Asad Hussain |
| Produced by | Soumya Joshi Devvrat |
| Starring | Riddhi Sen Rucha Inamdar Victor Banerjee Farooque Shaikh Pavan Malhotra Indraneil Sengupta Raima Sen Tilotama Shome Shatrunjay Devvrat Aarun Nagar |
| Cinematography | Fasahat Khan |
| Edited by | Apurva Asrani |
| Music by | Sidhant Mathur (Songs) Ishaan Chhabra (Score) |
Production company | Pencil Cell Productions & Maktub Entertainment |
| Distributed by | AA Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 160 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Hindi |
Children of War, also known as The Bastard Child, is a 2014 Hindi drama film directed by Mrityunjay Devvrat based on the 1971 Bangladesh genocide and the Bangladesh Liberation War.[1][2] The film released on 16 May 2014 in India and Bangladesh.[3] The film stars Pavan Malhotra, Raima Sen, Tillotama Shome, Indraneil Sengupta, Farooq Sheikh, Shatrunjay Devvrat, Riddhi Sen, Rucha Inamdar, and Victor Banerjee.[4] It was filmed in India with similar characters and places mimicking Bangladesh.[2]
This film was based on real events in Bangladesh in 1971. As the film progresses towards its climax, the three stories begin to intertwine with one another. It was telecast in Bangladesh Nationalised TV named "Bangladesh Television".
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- ^ Maniar, Parag (13 May 2014). "'Children Of War' depicts the brutality of 1971 Bangladesh genocide". Times of India. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ a b "'The Children of War is a film on East Pakistan's struggle for freedom". IBT. 22 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ Chaudhury, Dipanjan Roy (18 May 2014). "Children of War: Horrors of Bangla Liberation War revisited". Economic Times. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
- ^ "Farooque Shaikh to play famous Bangladeshi leader in The Bastard Child". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.