Abdul Gaffar Choudhury
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Abdul Gaffar Choudhury (born 1937), is a Bangladesh
i author and rpo-Awami league columnist, perhaps best known for his lyric Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano
-- which has become the main song commemorating the Language Movement
, the touchy music having been composed by Shaheed Altaf Mahmud
.
from where he regulalrly writes columns in Bengali
newspapers of Bangladeshi.
He is producing the film "Poet of Politics
" about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
, directed by Shyam Benegal
and will feature Amitabh Bachchan
as the Sheikh Mujib. The Poet and Journalist Rabbani Choudhury wrote a book about `Abdul Gaffar Choudhury : Bastobotar Nirikhey (Utso Proksion, Dhaka, 2004).
. He has sometimes been criticized for pro-Awami League writings. Though the fact is if any one holds the secularist view and in favor of the liberation of Bangladesh, subsequently he is alleged as an Awami League supporter. He known to Bangladesh as a defender of Indian interest. He is one of a very few living Bangladeshi writers with any strong political philosophy.
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
i author and rpo-Awami league columnist, perhaps best known for his lyric Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano
Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano
Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano Ekushey February is a Bengali song which was written by Abdul Gaffar Choudhury to mark the Bengali Language Movement in the 1950s in East Pakistan. The song title is translated as My Brothers Blood Spattered or My Brothers Blood Spattered 21 February...
-- which has become the main song commemorating the Language Movement
Language Movement
The Bengali Language Movement, also known as the Language Movement , was a political effort in Bangladesh , advocating the recognition of the Bengali language as an official language of Pakistan...
, the touchy music having been composed by Shaheed Altaf Mahmud
Altaf Mahmud
Altaf Mahmud was a musician, cultural activist and martyred freedom fighter of the Bangladesh Liberation War...
.
Life
He left Bangladesh in 1974 and settled in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
from where he regulalrly writes columns in Bengali
Bengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
newspapers of Bangladeshi.
He is producing the film "Poet of Politics
Poet Of Politics
Poet Of Politics ,is a Bengali language film set in Bangladesh. Poet Of Politics is film based on the life of Bangladesh's founding leader, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.-plot:...
" about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a Bengali nationalist politician and the founder of Bangladesh. He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became its Prime Minister. He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became its...
, directed by Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal
Shyam Benegal is a prolific Indian director and screenwriter. With his first four feature films Ankur , Nishant Manthan and Bhumika he created a new genre, which has now come to be called the "middle cinema" in India although he himself has expressed dislike in the term preferring his work to...
and will feature Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan
Amitabh Bachchan is an Indian film actor. He first gained popularity in the early 1970s as the "angry young man" of Hindi cinema, and has since appeared in over 180 Indian films in a career spanning more than four decades...
as the Sheikh Mujib. The Poet and Journalist Rabbani Choudhury wrote a book about `Abdul Gaffar Choudhury : Bastobotar Nirikhey (Utso Proksion, Dhaka, 2004).
Political Views
Gaffar is a well-known writer/columnist who holds secularist political views and he is a strong supporter of the ideology of Sheikh Mujibur RahmanSheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a Bengali nationalist politician and the founder of Bangladesh. He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became its Prime Minister. He headed the Awami League, served as the first President of Bangladesh and later became its...
. He has sometimes been criticized for pro-Awami League writings. Though the fact is if any one holds the secularist view and in favor of the liberation of Bangladesh, subsequently he is alleged as an Awami League supporter. He known to Bangladesh as a defender of Indian interest. He is one of a very few living Bangladeshi writers with any strong political philosophy.
Books
- Dan Pithe Shawkat (Sawkat, the daring kid), 1958
- Chandrodwiper Upakhyan (The Tale of Chandradwip, 1960)
- Nam Na Jana Bhore (The Nameless Dawn, 1962)
- Nil Jamuna (The Blue Jamuna, 1964)
- Shesh Rajanir Chand (The Late Night Moon, 1967).
Awards
- Bangla Academy AwardBangla Academy AwardBangla Academy Award is a literary award given by the Bangla Academy of Bangladesh in recognition of creative genius in advancement and overall contribution in the field of Bangla language and literature....
(1967) - Ekushey PadakEkushey PadakEkushey Padak is one of the highest civilian awards in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952 that took place on February 21, 1952.-2001:*Shah Abdul Karim...
- UNESCO Award
- Bangabandhu Award.
- Sadhinota Padak (2009)
- Manik Mia Padak (The Daily Ittefaq, 2009)