'Merciless Mayhem' depicts Bangladesh genocide
Documentary film 'Merciless Mayhem: The Bangladesh Genocide through Pakistani Eye' will be screened at Studio 1 of Deepto TV building in Tejgaon, Dhaka on Saturday.
The 61-minute film tells the story of the genocide in Bangladesh during the 1971 Liberation War through the eyes of a group of Pakistanis. The documentary features interviews of Pakistani journalists and government officials who shared their experiences of the genocide committed by Pakistani occupation forces in 1971.
Directed by Fuad Chowdhury, the documentary reveals the conspiracy of West Pakistan in the 1970 general election and the subsequent war that gave birth to Bangladesh in 1971.
Fuad Chowdhury interviewed author Tarek Fatah, journalist Tariq Khan, former Federal Secretary of the then Pakistan government Roedad Khan, and Roshan Zamir, who is another former federal secretary of the then Pakistan government, and who also worked in Khulna during the Liberation War, among others.
Besides the interviews, the documentary also contains video footage of speeches by then Pakistan President Yahya Khan and Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, which were aired on different television channels.
