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The world premiere of the country’s first full-length animated feature film ‘Mujib Amar Pita’, directed by Sohel Mohammad Rana was held on Sunday at the Bombay Theater in Queens, New York.
Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque was present as the chief guest at the event, while State Minister for Information and Communication Technology Junaid Ahmed Palak was present as a special guest.
Palak said “The world premiere of the film has been organised in New York to highlight the life and political ideology of Bangabandhu outside of Bangladesh. Being an animated movie, the technological capabilities of Bangladesh has been publicised to the world.
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Division made the animation film to spread the heroic and successful story of Bangabandhu to the new generation across the globe.
Lawmakers Md Nurul Amin, Aparajita Haque, and Nahid Izhar Khan were also present.
Bangladesh Consul General in New York Dr. Mohammad Monirul Islam,moderated the function while Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Ambassador Rabab Fatima, and Managing Director of Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority Bikarno Kumar Ghose were also present.
The film is based on the book ‘Sheikh Mujib Amar Pita,’ which is dedicated to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and written by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
The animated film took about two years to make by a group of former and current students of Dhaka University’s Faculty Fine Art. More than 100 artistes contributed to the film’s production.
The film depicts Bangabandhu’s childhood, adolescence, youth, political career, and other aspects of his life. However, the film mostly focuses on the period from Bangabandhu’s childhood to the 1952 Language Movement.
The film will be shown at various cities in the United States besides New York.
