So far
74 blogs and 1821 comments posted in different blogosphere about this movie
14 op eds written in different news outlets
74081 emails were written in 3561 email threads involving 7003 people
… all within a span of a week
This is about a movie
which tells an ajgubi story of a love affair of Pakistani military officer with a Bengali girl in occupied Bangladesh in 1971
Which offended a great number of folks highly indoctrinated into Muktijuddher chetona
Which forced a number of ultra liberal folks start chanting slogan to ban the movie
Which was made by a young female director who happens to be the daughter of a rich man who is a minister of Bangladesh government
WTF ….
…this is the official statement of this blog about the great Meherjann movie debate that is blazing the Bangladesh blogosphere over last few days.
January 31, 2011 at 10:04 pm
anything from india/pakistan is good, from onions to films… thats the national psyche! oops…
February 1, 2011 at 10:00 am
I have seen few bangladeshi born girls married Pakistani man in US. I heard Pakistani men are popular to Bangladehi girls as a husband.So there is nothing wrong in love between a girl from Bangladesh and a soldier from Pakistan.
February 1, 2011 at 8:22 pm
The comment above neatly summarises summarises why this movie is not an “unconventional” 1971 story, let alone a deconstruction of the main narrative.
*shakes head, moves along*
February 10, 2011 at 5:47 am
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