Mujib: The Making of a Nation

"Bangabandhu (film)" redirects here. For Other use, see Bangabandhu (disambiguation).

Mujib: The Making of a Nation
Official poster
Original titleমুজিব: একটি জাতির রূপকার
Directed byShyam Benegal
Screenplay by
Starring
Narrated byNusrat Imrose Tisha
CinematographyAkashdeep Pandey
Edited byAseem Sinha
Music byShantanu Moitra
Production
companies
Distributed byJaaz Multimedia
Release dates
  • 13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) (Bangladesh)
  • 27 October 2023 (2023-10-27) (India)
Running time
178 minutes
Countries
  • Bangladesh
  • India
Languages
  • Bengali
  • Hindi
Budget৳83 crore (US$7.1 million)[1]
Box office৳4.4 million (US$37,000) (Internationally)[2][3]

Mujib: The Making of a Nation is a 2023 epic biographical film based on the life of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father and first president of Bangladesh who is popularly known as Bangabandhu (lit. 'Friend of Bengal'). A co-production between Bangladesh and India, the film was directed by Shyam Benegal and stars Arifin Shuvoo in the titular role.[4]

The film was produced on the occasion of Mujib Year.[5] Arifin Shuvoo, Nusrat Imrose Tisha and Zayed Khan has taken only ৳1[a] as remuneration for acting in this film.[7][8][9] The film was scheduled to start production on 18 March 2020, a day after Bangabandhu's birth centenary, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[10]

Its art director is Nitish Roy. Pia Benegal is responsible for costume of the film as costume director. Dayal Nihalani is the associate Director. Its screenplay was done by Atul Tiwari and Shama Zaidi.[11] Its executive producer is Nujhat Yasmin.[1] Its line producer is Mohammad Hossain Jaimy.[12] Its dialogue writer, script supervisor, and dialogue coach is Sadhana Ahmed.[13] Its casting director is Shyam Rawat and Baharuddin Khelon.[14][15] This is the first government produced biopic about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[16]

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  2. ^ "Mujib: The Making of a Nation (2023) Budget, box office Collection, Plot". Bollywood Camera. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Mujib: The Making of a Nation (2023)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  4. ^ Chowdhury, Rishita Roy (22 January 2021). "Shyam Benegal's India-Bangladesh film Bangabandhu goes on floors". India Today. No. 22. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Shyam Benegal's biopic 'Bangabandhu' to immortalise Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, bolster ties". Indo-Asian News Service. 10 March 2021. ProQuest 2499277945
  6. ^ "Historic United States dollar Bangladeshi Taka". Currencies.zone. Archived from the original on 23 June 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
  7. ^ Kader, Manjur (9 June 2021). ১ টাকার শিল্পী [One Taka Artist]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  8. ^ সম্মানী নিয়েছেন মাত্র ১ টাকা [Took only 1 taka honorarium]. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 12 January 2022. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  9. ^ "Zayed Khan to play Tikka Khan in 'Bangabandhu'". The Daily Star. 23 November 2021. Archived from the original on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Coronavirus comes in way of Benegal's Mujib film". Times of India. 12 March 2020. Archived from the original on 12 July 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  11. ^ কান চলচ্চিত্র উৎসবে প্রকাশ হবে 'মুজিব' বায়োপিকের টিজার [The teaser of 'Mujib' biopic will be released at Cannes Film Festival]. The Daily Star (in Bengali). 28 March 2022. Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  12. ^ "'মুজিব চলচ্চিত্রে কিছু ভুল থাকতেই পারে'" [There may be something wrong with Mujib's film]. Sara Bangla (in Bengali). 26 May 2022. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
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  14. ^ Cite error: The named reference tribune was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  16. ^ Rahman, Masudur (2 April 2021). বঙ্গবন্ধুর নাম ব্যবহার বাড়ছে শোবিজে. Jaijaidin (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 4 July 2022.


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