They were internationally acclaimed because of their neo-realist approach which made them to portray reality and struggles of ordinary human beings. Though the post-independence era is considered as the golden era of Bengali cinema where international auteurs like Satyajit Ray, Ritwik Ghatak, Bimal Roy and Mrinal Sen delivered their most remarkable works, there is hardly any film by them where Muslims are represented. However, there are films which were released in later years, such as Ghare Baire (directed by Satyajit Ray, 1983), Padma Nadir Majhi (directed by Goutom Ghosh 1993), Rajkahini (directed by Srijit Mukherjee, 2015), which were set in the backdrop of Partition and the narratives demanded some Muslim protagonists in those films. If we look back, Muslims did not share any screen space with majority Hindus during the post-independence era. ![]() Nevertheless, the representational format of Bengali Muslims started changing during the course of time intertwining with the changing socio-political situations. ![]() ![]() ![]() Bengali Muslims never acquired a prominent space on Bengali silver screen, unlike Hindi cinema where Muslims were represented adequately and also involved actively in making those visuals.
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