Ekattorer Jishu

(Eng. Jesus of Seventy one, ) is a 1993 Bangladeshi film based on the Bangladesh Liberation War. The film is directed by Nasir Uddin Yusuf and is based on the novel by Shahriar Kabir. The film stars Piyush Bandyopadhyay, Humayun Faridi, Zahir Uddin Pial, Abul Khair, Anwar Farooq, Kamal Bayazid and Shahiduzzaman Selim in the lead roles. Besides, Ibrahim Bidyut, Shatdal Barua Bilu, Saifuddin Ahmed Dulal, Faruk Ahmed, Yusuf Khasru, Delwar Hossain and many others have acted in different roles. Synopsis Background In 1971, a fierce battle was going on in the territory of East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh). The story is about the life of a people of fisherman. The war has not yet spread to the villages. The fishermen of Jelepara (Fishervalley) catch fish, then take it to the market and sell it. There also had a church in the village. Most of the fishermen in the village were Christians. Desmond, the church caretaker, rang the church bell every Sunday morning. And then all the people of the village used to come to that church. Father would tell them the story of Jesus from the Bible. Everything was going well. But one day war broke out in their village. Fishermen were sitting in the market that day, sitting and fishing; No one comes to buy fish anymore. Suddenly they hear someone chanting 'Joy Bangla' (Victory of Bengal) and then the sound of gunfire. The Pak army attacked. The fishermen started fleeing wherever they could. But not everyone could escape. One of them, Haripada, was shot dead by Pakistani forces. The war was going on in the city then. People have started fleeing the city in droves to India, where there is no Pak army violence. Some are going only for shelter, and some will return to the country with training and defeat the enemy. The people of Jelepara saw people in groups, just walking and walking. No food, no medicine. No place to sleep at night. There is no treatment if you are sick. People are just walking. If someone dies, they are lying on the side of the road. Those who are sick are also walking. The master of the fisherman gathered all the people there and then he started serving people outside this city. How many tents he made for them overnight. Arrangements were made to stay there overnight with sheets and mats from everyone in the village. Khichuri was cooked for everyone from house to house with rice and pulses.