23 minutes that'll wreck you — survivors speak truth no history book dared print.
Narir Kotha is an exploration of the experience of women in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. During the war, thousands of women were systematically raped and tortured by the Pakistan Army and their collaborators. But they were not only victims of sexual violence, they were also in the front lines of the popular resistance against the occupying Army, as fighters and martyrs. Narir Kotha is an attempt to explore some of these stories, through the words of the women themselves.
Direction
Masuds let survivors own their stories, no exploitation.
Editing
23 minutes — brutally precise, no fat, all impact.
Director
Catherine Masud
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The term 'birangona' was coined by Mujibur Rahman to honor raped women, yet many survivors rejected it — preferring dignity over state-mandated heroism.
Catherine and Tareque Masud smuggled early footage past authorities; this was banned from Bangladeshi television for years.
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