Documentary film seeks to capture thoughts of FFs

Leaving behind the warmth of family and love of his wife and little children, Col Khandaker Nazmul Huda set out on war to liberate his homeland in 1971. Finally, the nation got independence, but the family did not get him back.
His widow, Nilufar Dil Afroz, however, still feels his touch as she goes through the letters he wrote from the battlefield 41 years ago. In the letters, Huda, a sub-commander of sector-8, told her about his loyalty to his motherland, his longing for independence, love for family and braveness in operations.
"While reading the letters, it seems that we were back in 1971," Afroz expresses her emotions in a documentary based on Huda's letters. "He (Huda) will remain alive as long as the country through his contributions in the war, and the letters bear witness to this," she goes on.
Huda, a martyred freedom fighter, is not alone who wrote from the battlefield in 1971. Many other freedom fighters wrote such letters to their families in the course of the nine-month Liberation War.
With these letters, private television channel Ekattor TV with the technical support of 4P Media Works have produced a series documentary, "Ekattorer Chithi' (Letters of the Seventy-One).
It is based on a selection of letters from the book, "Ekattorer Chithi", a publication of Prothoma Prokashan, which compiled the letters written by the freedom fighters, some of whom lost their lives at the battlefield.
The story of Nazmul Huda was screened at the premier show of the documentary at the capital's Star Cineplex yesterday.
From now on, Ekattor TV will air a single episode of the documentary on the first and third Wednesday every month at 9:30pm, said Samia Zaman, editor and chief executive of the television channel.
"A total of nine episodes have been produced on the basis of six letters," said Executive Producer of 4P Media Works Syed Munna. "We plan to make around 52 episodes from 40 selected letters."