It was later learned that he was martyred in Mirpur by the anti-liberation forces. On January 30, 1972, Zahirr Raihan went missing in search of Shahidullah Kaiser, a veteran journalist and intellectual. In recognition of his outstanding contribution in these fields, he has been awarded numerous prizes and honors, including the ‘Nigar’ Film Award, the Adamji Literary Award and the Posthumous Literary Award of the Bangla Academy. Published novels include ‘Last Afternoon Girl’, ‘For a Thousand Years’, ‘Another Falgun’, ‘Ice River’ and ‘How Long’. The work of ‘Let There Be Light’ could not be completed.
Zahir Raihan’s other films are ‘Sonar Kajal’, ‘Kacher Deyal’, ‘Anwara’, ‘Behula’, ‘Jwalate Suruj Niche’ and ‘Jeevan To Neya’. In ’71, he made the black documentary ‘ Stop Genocide‘.
His first cinemascope film ‘Bahana’ was released in 1975. In 1964, he made Pakistan’s first color film, Sangam. The first picture is in Urdu ‘Jago Hua Sabera’. He first worked with Pakistani filmmaker Zardari in 1958. At that time he was also active in various programs with the camera in hand. He was also directly involved in the mass uprising of 1969.
Zahir Raihan was one of the first group of 10 to break Section 144 on February 21, 1952. These include discussions on the life and work of Zahir Raihan, documentaries and film exhibitions made by him.įilmmaker. Different cultural and social organizations will celebrate the day through various events. He was born on this day in 1935 in Feni, Noakhali.
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