Completed - BENGALI, ENGLISH - Drama, Historical - 119 minutes
To face up to the masculine grand narrative of a nation and nationalism in broad-spectrum, Meherjaan is a women’s “feminine” re-visiting of Bangladesh's independence war with Pakistan in 1971.
Year of production : 2011 Director(s) : Rubaiyat HOSSAIN Writer(s) : Rubaiyat HOSSAIN Cast : Jaya BACHCHAN, Victor BANERJEE, Omar RAHIM, Rubaiyat HOSSAIN, Reetu SATTAR, Nasima SELIM, Azad Abul KALAM, Shayna AMIN Producer(s) : Ashique MOSTAFA
In 1971, during Bangladesh’s war of independence, Meher falls in love with a soldier from the enemy side. When her love is discovered, she is shamed and silenced by her family and society.Today 38 years after the war, Meher has a visitor she cannot turn down. Sarah—a ‘war-child,’ Meher’s cousin Neela’s daughter, who was given away for adoption has come back to piece together her past.Together, these two women must re-tell history through their stories in order to cut through the stigmas and walk into light.
Country(ies) : BANGLADESH
Bogota IFF 2012 CompetitionKolkata Film Festival 2012Festival Int. de Films de Fribourg 2012Festival Cinematográfico Internacional del Uruguay 2012Osian’s Cinefan Festival of Asian & Arab Cinema 2012Jaipur Int. Film Festival 2012 (Best Critic Award)Northampton Int. Film Festival 2012 (Best Film and Audience Award)Tiburon Film Festival 2012 (Orson Wells Award)Festival de Cine de Bogotá 2012