Timeless Poet Jasimuddin’s Iconic Epic ‘Sojan Badiar Ghat’ Adopted for the Silver Screen
A film is being made based on poet Jasimuddin’s timeless poetic work ‘Sojan Badiar Ghat’. The movie is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Tanvir Mokammel. Meanwhile, 70 percent of the shooting for the movie has already been completed. The director himself recently shared this information on social media.
Tanvir Mokammel has also written the screenplay for the two-hour-long film. Rakibul Hasan is the cinematographer, Mahadeb Shi is the editor, and Uttam Guha is the art director. Syed Shabab Ali Arzu is serving as the music director, while Chitra Lekha Guha is in charge of costume design and character selection.
The assistant directors of the movie are Syed Shabab Ali Arzu, Sagir Mustafa, Sandip Mistry, and Aparajita Sangeeta. Hasna Jasimuddin Moudud is the co-producer of the film. Tanay Biswas is playing the title role in ‘Sojan Badiar Ghat’, and Radifa Narmin will be seen in the role of Duli. Additionally, Dihan and Shreya Baidya are acting as the childhood versions of Sojon and Duli. Many others, including Chitra Lekha Guha, Kazi Raju, Zubayer Zahid, Ahsanul Haque Minu, Swapna Baidya, Shah Alam Dulal, and Rezaul Karim Reza, are also acting in the film.
The main theme of ‘Sojan Badiar Ghat’, one of the most popular poems in Bengali literature, is the love between a young man and a woman of two different religions, along with the social and communal reality entwined with it. Various aspects of folk life, rural society, and human relationships have emerged in this poem by Jasimuddin. Curiosity may build among viewers as to how that literary narrative takes shape on screen in Tanvir Mokammel’s film.
