Mohammad Zahirullah

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Mohammad Zahirullah, better known as Zahir Raihan, was a prominent Bangladeshi novelist and pioneering filmmaker renowned for his politically charged cinema and his disappearance during the Bangladesh Liberation War.

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instanceOf Bangladeshi filmmaker
Bangladeshi novelist
film director
person
screenwriter
short story writer
activeYearsEnd 1972
activeYearsStart 1950s
alsoKnownAs Zahir Raihan
awardReceived Bangla Academy Literary Award
Nigar Award
linked to: Nigar Awards
causeOfDisappearance search for his missing brother
conflict Bangladesh Liberation War
countryOfCitizenship Bangladesh
Pakistan
dateOfBirth 1935-08-19
dateOfDisappearance 1972-01-30
educatedAt Alia Madrasa, Feni
University of Dhaka
fieldOfWork cinema
literature
genre political cinema
social realism
inspired subsequent generations of Bangladeshi filmmakers
knownFor depicting Pakistani atrocities in 1971
pioneering modern Bangladeshi cinema
politically charged films
languageOfWorkOrName Bengali
movement Bangladesh Liberation War
nationality Bangladeshi
notableWork Hajar Bachhor Dhore
linked to: Hajar Bochor Dhore

Jibon Theke Neya
Kokhono Asheni
Stop Genocide
occupation filmmaker
journalist
novelist
placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency
British India
Feni District
placeOfDisappearance Mirpur
politicalInvolvement Bangladeshi independence movement
relative Shahidullah Kaiser
religion Islam
sibling Shahidullah Kaiser
spouse Sumita Devi
workLocation Dhaka
Karachi

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Zahir Raihan birthName Mohammad Zahirullah