The festival will showcase Mokammel's The Japanese Wife and A Tale of the Jamuna River.
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Eminent Bangladeshi director Tanvir Mokammel's work on the life of the first woman from Indian subcontinent to write a book in Bengali on Japan will be the closing film of the documentary section of Kolkata International Film Festival to be held from November 10-17.
The festival will showcase Mokammel's The Japanese Wife and A Tale of the Jamuna River.
The hour-long The Japanese Wife is based on Hariprova (Basu Mallik) Takeda's life and travelogue in Japan who had married a Japanese entrepreneur and lived in that country for several years before breathing her last in West Bengal.
Born in Dhaka, Hariprobha married a Japanese entrepreneur Wemon Takeda, and travelled to Tokyo in 1912 and worked as a news reader in Bengali for Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's INA during World War II.
She wrote Bongo Mohilar Japan Jatra, a memoir of her journey to Japan in 1912, considered the first book on that country by any woman from the subcontinent. The book was first published from Dhaka in 1915.
A Tale of the Jamuna River saw Mokammel and his crew following the course of the river Jamuna on a boat towards downstream where the Padma river has confluence with it. The film deals with different aspects of the Jamuna river-- its vastness, erosion, shoals, fish and the people living on its banks.
Mokammel has also been invited to Kolkata Film Festival but will not be able to make it to the festival because of his preoccupation with the shooting of his liberation war based feature film Jibon Dhuli (The Drummer) about a Hindu drummer subjected to atrocities by Pakistani occupation army.
The festival will showcase Mokammel's The Japanese Wifeand A Tale of the Jamuna River.
The hour-long The Japanese Wife is based on Hariprova(Basu Mallik) Takeda's life and travelogue in Japan who hadmarried a Japanese entrepreneur and lived in that country forseveral years before breathing her last in West Bengal.
Born in Dhaka, Hariprobha married a Japanese entrepreneurWemon Takeda, and travelled to Tokyo in 1912 and worked as anews reader in Bengali for Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose's INAduring World War II.
She wrote Bongo Mohilar Japan Jatra, a memoir of herjourney to Japan in 1912, considered the first book on thatcountry by any woman from the subcontinent. The book was firstpublished from Dhaka in 1915.
A Tale of the Jamuna River saw Mokammel and his crewfollowing the course of the river Jamuna on a boat towardsdownstream where the Padma river has confluence with it. Thefilm deals with different aspects of the Jamuna river-- itsvastness, erosion, shoals, fish and the people living on itsbanks.
Mokammel has also been invited to Kolkata Film Festivalbut will not be able to make it to the festival because of hispreoccupation with the shooting of his liberation war basedfeature film Jibon Dhuli (The Drummer) about a Hindu drummersubjected to atrocities by Pakistani occupation army.
