Dear All,
I am sad to inform you that the movie was originally viewed, appreciated and agreed by authority of ATN TV in Bangladesh to broadcast on the Int'l Womens' Day on March 08.
Yesterday the Islamic scholars of ATN have banned it from airing.
It is a Docudrama on the Sharia Law of Instant Divorce by husbands. It has drama-elements of romance, love, humor, satire etc. Plus it shows authentic Sharia books (Hanafi, Shafi'i, Ayatollah Sistani, Dr. Doi etc), Islamic jurisprudence (Dr. Hashim Kamali etc), Sahi Bukhari and the Quran. Quotes are read out from Islamic jurisprudence, Sharia laws, Hadis and Quranic verses. It earned the Best Award to Bangladesh Theatre Toronto in a drama-competition; our senior actor Ariful Haque blessed it with his guidance.
The banned feature movie HILLA is made in Bangladesh with icons such as Raisul Islam Asad and Ilora Gawhar in lead roles. Its presentation is Pro-Quran; it portrays the Imam and the village-chairman not as criminals but respected leaders of responsibility. The drama ends not with a revolt against Sharia Laws but a call of discussion.
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Bellow are comments of our three acting icons. Mr. Shamsuzzaman and Mr. Ariful Haque are widely known as strong believing Muslims:-
"Drama has a responsibility of addressing social ills. This drama successfully fulfilled that."
- Ariful Haque, the drama and movie-icon of Bangladesh.
"This is one of the best scripts I have ever seen in my acting carrier"
– A.T.M. Shamshuzzaman, acting-icon of Bangladesh.
"This is the very first documented drama on religion in Bangla language. This is a drama of necessity of Muslims. It will inspire Muslims to love Islam instead of fear. It is of utmost importance for Muslims to know the documents shown in this drama".
- Humayun Faridi, acting-icon of Bangladesh.
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However, we are not going to confront anybody - hope one day they will realize the potential of this docu-movie to uproot this anti-Islamic evil that destroys many women and brings bad name to Islam. We are trying other avenues and there are some good news from overseas Film Festivals and other shows.
Lest we forget, no book or movie remains banned forever.
Regards.
Hasan Mahmud.
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