Tareque Masud

Muktir Gaan

Tareque Masud, Catherine Masud

This historic film, completed in 1995 by filmmaking duo Tareque Masud and Catherine Masud tells the true story of a troupe of singers traveling through the refugee camps and zones of war during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. The film blends documentary and fictional genres in a musical structure to tell the story of the birth of a nation and the ideals of secularism and tolerance on which it was founded. The filmmakers combined footage of the cultural troupe and their activities, shot by American filmmaker Lear Levin in 1971, with historic footage collected from archives around the world, to create “Muktir Gaan” (Song of Freedom).

Adam Surat

Tareque Masud

Sheikh Mohammed Sultan

Adam Surat is the first film directed by Tareque Masud. It is a documentary about Bangladeshi painter Sheikh Mohammed Sultan (aks SM Sultan). Masud started the film in 1982 and completed seven years later.

মাটির ময়না

Tareque Masud

Nurul Haque, Russell Farazi

A family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world.

রানওয়ে

Tareque Masud

Moslemuddin, Jayanto Chattopadhyay

A young man who lives nearby an airport finds himself in trouble upon meeting a mysterious stranger.

অর্ন্তযাত্রা

Tareque Masud, Catherine Masud

Sara Zaker, Jayanto Chattopadhyay

A mother and her son return to their home in Sylhet, Bangladesh after 15 years abroad and try to retrace their roots. Beginning with the death of the father of the family, the film proceeds with the central characters seeking a link to their lives.

Noroshundor

Tareque Masud, Catherine Masud

Anowar Hossain, Thomas Baroi

Set against the backdrop of the Pakistan Army crackdown during Bangladesh’s 1971 war, this political thriller follows a student activist who takes refuge from the Pakistan army in a local barbershop.

Muktir Kotha

Tareque Masud, Catherine Masud

After the documentary movie Muktir Gaan (1995), few teenagers visiting in some independence war 71' devastated villages in search of some real scary stories of the days of the war.

A Kind of Childhood

Tareque Masud, Catherine Masud

This is a film which challenges our notions of child labor. It peeks into a world where the concept of childhood as we know it has no meaning, where children support their parents, and where work is just another part of growing up. This is Dhaka, Bangladesh. Following several children over a period of six years, A KIND OF CHILDHOOD is an attempt to focus on the realities of child labor, with real children, their struggles and dreams.