Abdul Gaffar Choudhury

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Abdul Gaffar Choudhury (born in 1934), is a Bangladeshi author and columnist, perhaps best known for his lyric Amar Bhaier Rokte Rangano -- which has become the main song commemorating the Language Movement, the touchy music having been composed by Shaheed Altaf Mahmud. He left Bangladesh in 1974 and settled in London from where he regulalrly writes columns in Bengali newspapers of Bangladeshi.

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[edit] Life

He is producing the film "The Poet of Politics (film)" about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, directed by Shyam Benegal and will feature Amitabh Bachchan as the Sheikh Mujib.

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[edit] Political bias

Gaffar is well known writer/columnist who is a die-hard supporter of Bangladesh Awami League. He has often been criticized for pro-Awami writings.[citation needed]

[edit] Books

  • Dan Pithe Shawkat (Sawkat, the daring kid), 1958
  • Chandrodwiper Upakhyan (The Tale of Chandradwip, 1960)
  • Nam Na Jana Bhore (The Nameless Dawn, 1962)
  • Nil Jamuna (The Blue Jamuna, 1964)
  • Shesh Rajanir Chand (The Late Night Moon, 1967).

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