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{{Infobox film
| name = Muktir Kotha
| image = Muktir Kotha (1999).png
| border =
| alt =
| caption =
| native_name = Words of Freedom
| director = {{Plainlist|
* [[Tareque Masud]]
* [[Catherine Masud]]
}}
| producer = Tareque Masud
| writer =
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]
| narrator =
| starring =
| music =
| cinematography = [[Mishuk Munier]]
| editing = {{Plainlist|
* Catherine Masud
* Fauzia Khan
}}
| studio = Audiovision
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1999}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = Bangladesh
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Muktir Kotha''''' ({{lang-bn|মুক্তির কথা}}, ''Words of Freedom'') is a 1999 [[Cinema of Bangladesh|Bangladeshi drama film]] directed by [[Tareque Masud]] and [[Catherine Masud]]. ''Muktir Kotha'' follows a group of young men and women began traversing the far corner of Bangladesh projectionists from 1996 to 1999, showing [[Muktir Gaan]], a documentary on the 1971 [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. The film screenings prompted ordinary villagers to share their own stories of wartime suffering and resistance. Often the projection space would be spontaneously transformed into a folk concert. Through these interactions with village audiences, the young projectionist came to 'relearn' the wider history of the Liberation War, and the continuing struggle of ordinary people for a more just and democratic society.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tarequemasud.org/films/muktirgaan/about-us.html |title=Muktir Kotha |publisher=tarequemasud.org |date= |access-date=2013-07-05}}</ref>

== Synopsis ==

''Muktir Katha'' is a film about the liberation struggle of 1971. The film is an archive of the ways in which ordinary people fell victim to [[genocide]], [[rape]] and other atrocities. The struggle still ranging in the countryside, and struggle for a more just and democratic society.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1bpt.bridgeport.edu/~himalaya/muktir_kotha.html |title=Words of Freedom |publisher=[[University of Bridgeport]] |date= |access-date=2013-07-05 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130705143658/http://www1bpt.bridgeport.edu/~himalaya/muktir_kotha.html |archive-date=2013-07-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The combined footage shot used in the film was taken from American film maker [[Lear Levin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ektaonline.org/events/tfsa2004/films/Masud.htm |title=Muktir Kotha |publisher=ektaonline.org |date= |access-date=2013-07-05}}</ref>

==DVD==
The DVD of ''Muktir Kotha'' was released on 25 March 2012 by Laser Vision. It is thought to be the first interactive DVD in Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=227834 |title=DVDs of "Muktir Gaan" and "Muktir Kotha" launched |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |date=2012-03-27 |access-date=2013-07-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.priyo.com/film/2012/03/27/muktir-gaan-and-muktir-kotha-r-48854.html |title=Muktir Gaan and Muktir Kotha released in DVDs |work=Priyo.com |date=2012-03-27 |access-date=2013-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205215952/http://news.priyo.com/film/2012/03/27/muktir-gaan-and-muktir-kotha-r-48854.html |archive-date=2013-12-05 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=tt1244090|title=Muktir Kotha}}

{{Tareque Masud}}

[[Category:1999 films]]
[[Category:1999 documentary films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language Bangladeshi films]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi documentary films]]
[[Category:Films based on the Bangladesh Liberation War]]
[[Category:Films directed by Tareque Masud]]
[[Category:Films directed by Catherine Masud]]
[[Category:1990s Bengali-language films]]

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