A filmmaker vs. a censor board where the weapon is silence and the stakes are your soul.
Second episode of the anthology series 'Jaago Bahey', set in 1970s Bangladesh. A filmmaker is put under the trial of the Pakistani Censor board. The regime tries to control both the artist and the art. Will he succumb to their demand?
Direction
Sobhan Auneem builds dread through bureaucratic silences and power dynamics.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes euphemism — every 'suggestion' is a threat.
Production
Seventies Bangladesh recreated with suffocating institutional beige and cigarette smoke.
Director
Saleh Sobhan Auneem
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The episode references actual Operation Searchlight-era censorship, when Pakistani authorities burned Bengali films and executed intellectuals.
The 31-minute runtime mirrors the exact length of the fictional film-within-the-film being judged — you're trapped in the same timeframe as the characters.
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