| Swapnabhumi | |
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| Bengali | স্বপ্নভূমি |
| Directed by | Tanvir Mokammel |
| Screenplay by | Tanvir Mokammel |
| Produced by |
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| Narrated by | Chitralekha Guho |
| Cinematography | Anwar Hossain |
| Edited by | Mahadeb Shi |
| Music by | Syed Shabab Ali Arzoo |
| Production company | Kino-Eye Films |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 90 mins |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Language | Bengali |
Swapnabhumi (The Promised Land) is a 2007 Bangladeshi documentary film by Tanvir Mokammel. The film tells the plight of Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh, who are also identified as Biharis.
Plot
The film highlights the current stateless status of Stranded Pakistanis in Bangladesh, otherwise known as Biharis. The story is of six decades, three countries- India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and statelessness of about more than 150,000 people from the Urdu-speaking community people who originally emigrated from India to Bangladesh. It highlights the violence against Biharis and their despair of not being able to settle in Pakistan, which the Biharis see as a betrayal.
Music
Background score by Syed Shabab Ali Arzoo with sound by Nahid Masud, the film used tracks used before in popular culture.
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Lagta Nehe Ye Dil Mera" | Bahdur Shah Zafar | |||
| 2. | "Mujhe Gale Se Laga Lo" (from film Aaj Aur Kal (1963)) | Sahir Ludhianvi | Kamal Ahmed | ||
| 3. | "Berahem Aasman Meri Manzil Bata" (from film Bahana (1960)) | Madan Mohan | Talat Mehmood |
Reception
The film premiered at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam in 2007. It was screened at the Bahrain International Film Festival in 2009, where it received critical praise. In 2009, the film won second best documentary film award at the Film South Asia Film Festival at Kathmandu.
References
- Alexander, Joya & Jalais 2015, pp. 93.
- ^ Fenwick, Andrew (14 September 2008). "FILM: Swapnabhumi: The Promised Land". Metro. Archived from the original on 9 August 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ "Swapnabhumi". The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
- Bhattacharya, Pallab (7 May 2009). "Swapnabhumi lauded in Bahrain festival". The Daily Star. The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015.
- Bhattacharya, Pallab (19 November 2009). "Film Fest Explores Documentaries from South Asia". New Delhi: outlookindia. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- Sources
- Alexander, Claire; Joya, Chatterji; Jalais, Annu (2015). The Bengal Diaspora: Rethinking Muslim migration. Routledge. ISBN 9781317335931.
External links
- The Promised Land on Tanvir Mokammel site
- Swapnabhumi at IMDb
- Swapnabhumi at Letterboxd
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