Shongram

Shongram (2019)

সংগ্রাম

Die ambitionierte Reporterin Sarah (Asia Argento) interviewt den in London lebenden Bangladescher Karim (Anupam Kher) auf seinem Sterbebett. Er erzählt ihr seine Geschichte, angefangen mit seiner Kindheit: Karim verliebt sich als Junge in die schöne Asha (Dilruba Yasmin Ruhee), doch ihrer Beziehung werden Steine in den Weg gelegt. Karim ist Moslem und Asha Hindu – beide Religionen sind im Land und besonders an der Grenze zu Pakistan streng voneinander zu trennen. Im Laufe seiner Jugend verschlechtern sich die Beziehungen immer mehr und eskalieren schließlich, als Bangladesch, damals Ost-Pakistan, seine Unabhängigkeit von Pakistan anstrebt. Karim erlebt 1971 vor dem Hintergrund des dritten Indisch-Pakistanischen Krieges Schreckliches, das er bis an sein nahendes Lebensende zu verdrängen versucht…

Erscheinungsdatum
2019-04-18
Laufzeit
1 Std. 43 Min.
Genres
Action, Drama, Historie, Kriegsfilm
Regie
Munsur Ali

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

  • Gedreht in: London

Shongram is a 2014 British-Bangladeshi romantic historical drama film written, directed and produced by Munsur Ali, stars Anupam Kher, Asia Argento, Amaan Reza and Dilruba Yasmeen Ruhee, and co-stars Arman Parvez Murad and Ananta Hira.

Production

The film is Munsur Ali's first feature film, who wrote, directed and produced it. It was the first time a British film was simultaneously written, produced and directed by a British Bangladeshi. The film is a fictional romantic drama based around the factual and historical events.

Although it is fiction, the film is loosely based around key events and dates, such as Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after the war speech on the 7 March 1971, just before his arrest, the first day of attack on the Bengali civilian population on 25 March 1971, while also explaining the atrocities that took place. The film includes a narrative of political, historical and romantic overtones.

The film starts with rare original archive footage on NBC from 26 March 1971 (when Operation Searchlight started) setting the backdrop to the film. The 60 second footage talks of 200 years of British rule, Partition and the context of the Liberation War is developed from there.

The film is produced in its authentic languages of Bengali and Urdu, while it is also wrapped in English. It starts and finishes in English and the flashback period is in Bengali and Urdu with subtitles.

Ali had a team in Bangladesh that arranged the pre-selection cast for him to choose from. The film is aimed at an international audience, so Ali selected actors from Hollywood and Bollywood for the international exposure. When he approached Anupam Kher and Asia Argento, they agreed to act in the film for its "beautiful story".

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