Birkonna Pritilata (2023)

Birkonna Pritilata a 2023 Bangladeshi government grant recipient movie based on the life of revolutionary Pritilata Waddedar, directed by Pradip Ghosh.[1] With them Kamruzzaman Tapu has acted as Masterda Surya Sen.[2][3] Music directed by Bappa Mazumder for this film.

Filmmaker Pradip Ghosh-directed film titled ‘Birkonna Pritilata,’ a government grant-winning film based on the life of revolutionary Pritilata Waddedar, will be released in local cinemas today. Pradip Ghosh told New Age that the film will be released in Blockbuster Cinemas at Jamuna Future Park, Joy Cinema in Keraniganj, Star Cineplex at Bashundhara City, Silver Screen at Chittagong and others. Popular actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha played the role of Pritilata, one of the leaders and the first female martyr of the anti-British movement, in this film, based on the novel ‘Bhalobasha Pritilata’ by novelist Selina Hossain. Pritilata was born in a middle-class Vaidya Brahmin family on May 5, 1911, in Dhalghat village in Patiya upazila of Chattogram. In 1929, she got admitted to Eden College before joining the Independence Movement of the Indian Subcontinent in 1932 to liberate the region from British colonial rule. Regarded as ‘Bengal’s first woman martyr,’ she ended her life by consuming potassium cyanide on September 24, 1932, at the age of 21. Manoj Pramanik, Kamruzzaman Tapu, Indrani Ghatak, Amit Ranjan Dey, Raya Maliyat Kabir, Shubra Biswas, Sanjib Barua, Dharma Raj, Sudhangshu Shakhar and Samvu Ghosh has portrayed different characters of the film. Pradip said that the shooting of the film was finished a long time ago and it is now ready for its November 18 release. ‘We want students to watch the movie more because of its historical aesthetics. We are talking with the halls so that we can offer tickets for students at a discounted rate.’In the evening, the film’s song ‘Poradhinotar Shringkhawl’ was released on the Facebook page of the film and YouTube channel Charuprangon. The song is written by Pradip and voiced, tuned and composed by Bappa.