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{{Short description|Bangladeshi professor and filmmaker}}
{{Short description|Bangladeshi academic and filmmaker}}
{{About|the filmmaker and professor|the filmmaker and director|Jakir Hossain Raju}}
{{About|the filmmaker and professor|the filmmaker and director|Jakir Hossain Raju}}


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| name = Zakir Hossain Raju
| name = Zakir Hossain Raju
| image = File:ZH Raju Profile (cropped).jpg
| image = File:ZH Raju Profile (cropped).jpg
| caption = Raju in 2023
| caption = Raju in 2023 at IUB
| occupation = Academic, Professor, Filmmaker
| occupation = Academic, professor, filmmaker
| alma_mater = [[Dhaka University]], [[La Trobe University]]
| alma_mater = [[Dhaka University]], [[La Trobe University]]
| workplaces = [[Independent University, Bangladesh]], [[King Sejong Institute]], [[Transparency International Bangladesh]], [[Ford Foundation]], [[University of Malaya]], [[NETPAC]], [[Bangladesh Short Film Forum]]
| workplaces = [[Independent University, Bangladesh]], [[King Sejong Institute]], [[Transparency International Bangladesh]], [[Ford Foundation]], [[University of Malaya]], [[NETPAC]], [[Bangladesh Short Film Forum]]
| honorific_suffix = PhD
| honorific_suffix =
| native_name = জাকির হোসেন রাজু
| native_name = জাকির হোসেন রাজু
| native_name_lang = Bengali
| native_name_lang = Bengali
| birth_date = 1970
| birth_date = 1970{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
| birth_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| birth_place = Dhaka, Bangladesh
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| nationality = Bangladeshi
| citizenship = Bangladesh, Australia
| citizenship = Bangladesh, Australia{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
| known_for = ''Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity
| known_for = *''Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity In Search of the Modern?'' (book)
* ''Michiler Mukh'' (documentary)<ref name="ds9Aug2024" />
In Search of the Modern?'' ''Michiler Mukh''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Raju |first1=Zakir Hossain |title=Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern? |date=17 December 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-60181-4 |pages=242 |edition=1st |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XXDfBQAAQBAJ |access-date=18 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Aung Rakhine's banned Chakma film 'My Bicycle' premieres |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/aung-rakhines-banned-chakma-film-my-bicycle-premieres-3673151 |access-date=18 October 2024 |work=The Daily Star |date=9 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
| boards = [[Bangladesh Film Certification Board]], Curriculum Advisory board of [[Wawasan Open University]]
| boards = [[Bangladesh Film Certification Board]], Curriculum Advisory board of [[Wawasan Open University]], [[Bangladesh Short Film Forum]], Expert Committee member of the [[Bangladesh Film Archive]]
| spouse = Nusrat Disha
| spouse = Nusrat Disha{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}
| children =
| children =
| relatives =
| relatives =
| website =
| website =
| Citations =
| Citations =
| discipline = Asian film scholar
}}
}}


'''Zakir Hossain Raju''' ({{langx|bn|জাকির হোসেন রাজু}}) is a Bangladeshi academic, film critic and filmmaker. He currently serves as a member of the [[Bangladesh Film Certification Board]], Director of the [[King Sejong Institute]], & Head of the Media and Communication department at [[Independent University, Bangladesh|Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Board of King Sejong Institute, Dhaka|url=http://directory.iub.edu.bd/directory/center/King%20Sejong%20Institute%20(KSI) |website=directory.iub.edu.bd |access-date=18 October 2024|date=23 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh Film Certification Board launched, censor abolished |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/entertainment/movies/txejvz3yhp |access-date=18 October 2024 |work=Prothomalo |date=23 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=IUB launches Window on Korea and King Sejong Institute |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/shout/bulletin-board/news/iub-launches-window-korea-and-king-sejong-institute-3155406 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=9 August 2023 |language=en |date=29 October 2022}}</ref>He also served as [[NETPAC]] jury chair for the Asian cinema category at the 80th [[Venice International Film Festival]], the [[International Film Festival Rotterdam]], and the [[Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema {{!}} Netpac Members |url=https://netpacasia.org/Netpac%20Members |website=Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema |access-date=28 August 2023 |language=en-uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://slass.iub.edu.bd/teacher/dr-zakir-hossain-raju/ |title=Dr Zakir Hossain Raju |website=School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences |access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref>
'''Zakir Hossain Raju''' ({{langx|bn|জাকির হোসেন রাজু}}) is a Bangladeshi academic, film critic and filmmaker. He currently serves as a member of the [[Bangladesh Film Certification Board]], Expert Committee member of the [[Bangladesh Film Archive]], Director of the [[King Sejong Institute]], Bangladesh & Head of the Media and Communication department at [[Independent University, Bangladesh|Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Board of King Sejong Institute, Dhaka |url=http://directory.iub.edu.bd/directory/center/King%20Sejong%20Institute%20(KSI) |website=directory.iub.edu.bd |access-date=18 October 2024 |date=23 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladesh Film Certification Board launched, censor abolished |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/entertainment/movies/txejvz3yhp |access-date=18 October 2024 |work=Prothomalo |date=23 September 2024 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=IUB launches Window on Korea and King Sejong Institute |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/shout/bulletin-board/news/iub-launches-window-korea-and-king-sejong-institute-3155406 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=9 August 2023 |language=en |date=29 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=News and media |url=https://iub.ac.bd/news-and-events/news-and-media-archive/2024-November/673c3facd1fd9136247246fc |access-date=2024-12-05 |website=iub.ac.bd}}</ref> He also served as [[NETPAC]] jury chair for the Asian cinema category at the 80th [[Venice International Film Festival]], the [[International Film Festival Rotterdam]], and the [[Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival]].<ref name="netpac" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://slass.iub.edu.bd/teacher/dr-zakir-hossain-raju/ |title=Dr Zakir Hossain Raju |website=School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences |access-date=9 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718025734/http://slass.iub.edu.bd/teacher/dr-zakir-hossain-raju/ |archive-date=18 July 2024}}</ref>


== Early life and Academic career ==
== Early life and academic career ==
Raju was born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mass Communication from the [[University of Dhaka]]. Later, he earned his Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from [[La Trobe University]] in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cinemas-asie.com/en/members/item/3151-zakir-hossain-raju.html |title=Zakir Hossain Raju |website=Festival des Cinémas d'Asie de Vesoul |access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref> Throughout his academic career, Raju has held various positions, including Research Fellow at [[Transparency International Bangladesh]] in 2005, [[Ford Foundation]], ASIA Fellow at the [[University of Malaya]] in Kuala Lumpur in 2007, and Curriculum Advisor for [[Wawasan Open University]] in [[Malaysia]] from 2011 to 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/shout/news/bulletin-board-1882369 |title=BULLETIN BOARD |website=The Daily Star |access-date=29 August 2023 |language=en |date=19 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/taking-a-look-at-bangladesh-cinema-down-the-years-65002 |title=Taking a look at Bangladesh cinema down the years |website=The Daily Star |access-date=29 August 2023 |language=en |date=16 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Zakir Hossain Raju represents SA |url=https://bangladeshpost.net/posts/zakir-hossain-raju-represents-sa-16205 |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=bangladeshpost.net |language=en}}</ref> Currently, he teaches at [[Independent University, Bangladesh|Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)]].
Raju was born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mass Communication from the [[University of Dhaka]]. Later, he earned his Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from [[La Trobe University]] in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.cinemas-asie.com/en/members/item/3151-zakir-hossain-raju.html |title=Zakir Hossain Raju |website=Festival des Cinémas d'Asie de Vesoul |access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref> Throughout his academic career, Raju has held various positions, including Research Fellow at [[Transparency International Bangladesh]] in 2005, [[Ford Foundation]], ASIA Fellow at the [[University of Malaya]] in Kuala Lumpur in 2007, and Curriculum Advisor for [[Wawasan Open University]] in Malaysia from 2011 to 2012.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/shout/news/bulletin-board-1882369 |title=BULLETIN BOARD |work=The Daily Star |access-date=29 August 2023 |language=en |date=19 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/taking-a-look-at-bangladesh-cinema-down-the-years-65002 |title=Taking a look at Bangladesh cinema down the years |work=The Daily Star |access-date=29 August 2023 |language=en |date=16 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Zakir Hossain Raju represents SA |url=https://bangladeshpost.net/posts/zakir-hossain-raju-represents-sa-16205 |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=bangladeshpost.net |language=en}}</ref> Currently, he teaches at [[Independent University, Bangladesh|Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)]].


== Publications ==
== Publications ==
Raju is recognized as an academic of Bangladeshi screen industries.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Press Release |title=Prof Dr Zakir Hossain Raju appointed to Bangladesh Film Certification Board |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/359685/prof-dr-zakir-hossain-raju-appointed-to-bangladesh |access-date=18 October 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune |publisher=Kazi Anis Ahmed |date=25 Sep 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Raju |first1=Zakir Hossain |title=Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East (2012) |url=https://doi.org/10.1215/1089201X-1891606|publisher=Duke University Press |access-date=20 September 2023 |language=en |date= 2012|doi=10.1215/1089201X-1891606 |s2cid=144789365 }}}</ref> His publications have appeared in respected journals and anthologies like South Asian Journal, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Arts Criticism (Chinese-language journal published by Beijing Art Academy), Cinemaya: Asian Film Journal, [[Bangladesh Film Archive]] Journal, Journal of Chinese Cinemas and The
Raju is recognized as an academic of Bangladeshi screen industries.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Prof Dr Zakir Hossain Raju appointed to Bangladesh Film Certification Board |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/359685/prof-dr-zakir-hossain-raju-appointed-to-bangladesh |access-date=18 October 2024 |work=Dhaka Tribune |publisher=Kazi Anis Ahmed |date=25 Sep 2024}}</ref> His publications have appeared in respected journals and anthologies like South Asian Journal, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Arts Criticism (Chinese-language journal published by Beijing Art Academy), Cinemaya: Asian Film Journal, [[Bangladesh Film Archive]] Journal, Journal of Chinese Cinemas and The
Journal of [[Press Institute of Bangladesh]].
Journal of [[Press Institute of Bangladesh]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Raju |first1=Z. H. |title=Significance of News Elements |journal=The Journal of Press Institute of Bangladesh, PIB |date=1996 |issue=74 |page=36-37}}</ref>


===Books===
===Books===


In English
In English
* ''Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern?'' Published by [[Routledge]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Raju |first1=Zakir Hossain |title=National Cinema, Cultural Identity and Public Sphere: Rewriting Bangladesh Film History |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wB1DQwAACAAJ |publisher=La Trobe University |access-date=20 September 2023 |language=en |date=2004}}</ref>
* {{cite thesis |last=Raju |first1=Zakir Hossain |date=2004 |title=National Cinema, Cultural Identity and Public Sphere: Rewriting Bangladesh Film History |degree=PhD |publisher=La Trobe University |oclc=388032437}}
* ''Liberation war in Mass Media.'' Published by [[La Trobe University]] Press<ref>{{cite book |last1=Raju |first1=Zakir Hossain |title=Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern? |date=17 December 2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-60181-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XXDfBQAAQBAJ |access-date=18 October 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
* {{cite book |last1=Raju |first1=Zakir Hossain |author-mask=2 |title=Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern? |year=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-60181-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XXDfBQAAQBAJ |access-date=18 October 2024 |language=en}}


In Bengali
In Bengali
* ''Ganamadhame Muktijuddo'' Published by Jagrity Prokashoni<ref>{{cite web |title=গণমাধ্যমে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (হার্ডকভার) by জাকির হোসেন রাজু |url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/23041/gonomaddhome-muktijuddho |website=rokomari.com |access-date=18 October 2024|language=bn}}</ref>
* ''Ganamadhame Muktijuddo'' Published by Jagrity Prokashoni<ref>{{cite web |script-title=bn:গণমাধ্যমে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (হার্ডকভার) by জাকির হোসেন রাজু |url=https://www.rokomari.com/book/23041/gonomaddhome-muktijuddho |website=rokomari.com |access-date=18 October 2024 |language=bn}}</ref>
* ''Chalachitrar Chalchitra'' Published by Jagrity Prokashoni<ref>{{cite web |title=চলচ্চিত্রের চালচিত্র |url=https://www.prothoma.com/product/30423/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0 |website=www.prothoma.com |access-date=18 October 2024 |language=bn}}</ref>
* ''Chalachitrar Chalchitra'' Published by Jagrity Prokashoni<ref>{{cite web |script-title=bn:চলচ্চিত্রের চালচিত্র |url=https://www.prothoma.com/product/30423/%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0 |website=www.prothoma.com |access-date=18 October 2024 |language=bn}}</ref>


===Articles===
===Chapters and articles===
* ''Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East'', Duke University Press, 2012<ref>{{cite journal |last=Raju |first=Zakir Hossain |date=1 December 2012 |title=Indigenization of Cinema in (Post)Colonial South Asia: From Transnational to Vernacular Public Spheres |journal=Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=611–621 |doi=10.1215/1089201X-1891606 |s2cid=144789365}}</ref>
* {{cite journal |last=Raju |first=Zakir Hossain |date=1998 |title=Significance of News Elements |journal=The Journal of Press Institute of Bangladesh |volume=74 |pages=36–37}}
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* {{cite book |last=Raju |first=Zakir Hossain |author-mask=2 |editor-last=Weintraub |editor-first=Andrew N. |chapter=Multiple Islams, multiple modernities |title=Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia |year=2011 |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9780203829004 |isbn=978-0-203-82900-4 |s2cid=142722115}}
* ''Significance of News Elements'' the Journal of Press Institute of Bangladesh, PIB, (74): 36-37, 1996
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* {{cite journal |last=Raju |first=Zakir Hossain |author-mask=2 |date=1 December 2012 |title=Indigenization of Cinema in (Post)Colonial South Asia |journal=Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=611–621 |doi=10.1215/1089201X-1891606}}
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* ''The Emergence of Bangladesh,'' Palgrave Macmillan, 2022<ref>{{cite book |last1=Khondker |first1=Habibul |last2=Muurlink |first2=Olav |last3=Ali |first3=Asif Bin |date=18 March 2022 |title=The Emergence of Bangladesh |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-981-16-5520-3 |page=xix}}</ref>
* {{cite book |last=Raju |first=Zakir Hossain |author-mask=2 |editor1-last=Howland |editor1-first=Douglas |editor2-last=Lillehoj |editor2-first=Elizabeth |editor3-last=Mayer |editor3-first=Maximilian |chapter=Identity and Sovereignty in Asian Art Cinema |title=Art and Sovereignty in Global Politics |year=2017 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US |pages=217–238 |doi=10.1057/978-1-349-95016-4_9 |isbn=978-1-349-95015-7}}
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* ''Indigenization of Cinema in (Post)Colonial South Asia'', Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, 32 (3): 611–621, 2012<ref>{{cite journal |last=Raju |first=Zakir Hossain |date=1 December 2012 |title=Indigenization of Cinema in (Post)Colonial South Asia |journal=Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East |volume=32 |issue=3 |pages=611–621 |doi=10.1215/1089201X-1891606}}</ref>
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* {{cite book |last=Raju |first=Zakir Hossain |author-mask=2 |editor-last1=Khondker |editor-first1=Habibul |editor-last2=Muurlink |editor-first2=Olav |editor-last3=Ali |editor-first3=Asif Bin |chapter=Film in Bangladesh: Cultural Transformation of a National Cinema within and beyond the Nation-state |title=The Emergence of Bangladesh |year=2022 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-981-16-5520-3 |pages=387-404}}
* ''Identity and Sovereignty in Asian Art Cinema''Art and Sovereignty in Global Politics, Palgrave Macmillan US, pp. 217–238, 2017<ref>{{cite book |last=Raju |first=Zakir Hossain |date=2017 |title=Identity and Sovereignty in Asian Art Cinema |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US |pages=217–238 |doi=10.1057/978-1-349-95016-4_9 |isbn=978-1-349-95015-7}}</ref>
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* ''Multiple Islams, multiple modernities'' Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia, Routledge, 2011<ref>{{cite book |last=Raju |first=Zakir Hossain |date=2011 |title=Multiple Islams, multiple modernities, Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia |editor-last=Weintraub |editor-first=Andrew N. |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9780203829004 |isbn=9780203829004 |s2cid=142722115}}</ref>


== Filmography ==
== Filmography ==
Raju has been involved in the scripting, production, and direction of various short films and documentaries. His film ''Michiler Mukh'' (1991), a documentary on [[1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh]], after the recent [[Non-cooperation movement (2024)]] a group of like-minded young filmmakers, students organized an open screening of the film alongside [[My Bicycle]], banned by the Censor Board of Bangladesh directed by [[Aung Rakhine]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Aung Rakhine's banned Chakma film 'My Bicycle' premieres |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/aung-rakhines-banned-chakma-film-my-bicycle-premieres-3673151 |access-date=18 October 2024 |work=The Daily Star |date=9 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref> In 1992, this film got selected in ''Focus on Asia Fukuoka International Film Festival''.<ref>{{cite web |title=1992 (2nd) {{!}} アジアフォーカス・福岡国際映画祭 アーカイブ : Focus on Asia International Film Festival Fukuoka ARCHIVE |url=https://www.focus-on-asia.com/archives/1992-2nd/ |website=www.focus-on-asia.com |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> ''Beyond the Borders'' (1995) a documentary on the Bengali diaspora, got selected in [[Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |title=YIDFF: Past Festivals: '95: Screening List |url=https://www.yidff.jp/95/95list-e.html |website=www.yidff.jp |access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref> Additionally, Raju and [[Piplu Khan]] as producers, are currently engaged in the development of a film project titled ''Summer in Shizuoka, Winter in Dhaka''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zakir Hossain Raju |url=https://mubi.com/en/cast/zakir-hossain-raju |website=MUBI |access-date=19 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>
Raju has been involved in the scripting, production, and direction of various short films and documentaries. His film ''Michiler Mukh'' (1991), a documentary on [[1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh]], after the recent [[Non-cooperation movement (2024)]] a group of like-minded young filmmakers, students organized an open screening of the film alongside [[My Bicycle]], banned by the Censor Board of Bangladesh directed by [[Aung Rakhine]].<ref name="ds9Aug2024">{{cite news |title=Aung Rakhine's banned Chakma film 'My Bicycle' premieres |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/aung-rakhines-banned-chakma-film-my-bicycle-premieres-3673151 |access-date=18 October 2024 |work=The Daily Star |date=9 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref> In 1992, this film got selected in ''Focus on Asia Fukuoka International Film Festival''.<ref name="focus-on-asia">{{cite web |title=1992 (2nd) {{!}} アジアフォーカス・福岡国際映画祭 アーカイブ : Focus on Asia International Film Festival Fukuoka ARCHIVE |url=https://www.focus-on-asia.com/archives/1992-2nd/ |website=www.focus-on-asia.com |access-date=23 October 2023}}</ref> ''Beyond the Borders'' (1995) a documentary on the Bengali diaspora, got selected in [[Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |title=YIDFF: Past Festivals: '95: Screening List |url=https://www.yidff.jp/95/95list-e.html |website=www.yidff.jp |access-date=18 October 2024}}</ref> Additionally, Raju and [[Piplu Khan]] as producers, are currently engaged in the development of a film project titled ''Summer in Shizuoka, Winter in Dhaka''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zakir Hossain Raju |url=https://mubi.com/en/cast/zakir-hossain-raju |website=MUBI |access-date=19 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref>


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== Involvement in Film Organizations and Festivals ==
== Involvement in film organizations and festivals ==
Raju serves as a board member of [[NETPAC]] along with ''Golam Rabbany Biplob'' from Bangladesh and was appointed as the NETPAC jury chair for the Asian cinema category at the [[80th Venice International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Zakir Hossain joins Venice Film Fest as a jury chair |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/210787/zakir-hossain-joins-venice-film-fest-as-a-jury-chair |website=New Age {{!}} The Most Popular Outspoken English Daily in Bangladesh |access-date=31 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladeshi film scholar Raju hands award to Japanese filmmaker in Venice |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/bangladeshi-film-scholar-raju-hands-award-japanese-filmmaker-venice-3415581 |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=The Daily Star |date=10 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Raju currently serves as Vice President of the ''International Film Initiative of Bangladesh'' and is a former president of the [[Bangladesh Short Film Forum]].<ref>{{cite web |title=art & culture |url=http://www.weeklyholiday.net/130603/cul.html |access-date=18 October 2023 |date=17 January 2006 |archive-date=17 January 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060117044409/http://www.weeklyholiday.net/130603/cul.html |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> In addition, Raju has been invited as a jury president and member in various international film festivals, including the [[Hawaii International Film Festival]], the [[International Film Festival Rotterdam]], the [[Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema]], and the [[Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival]] with [[Mostofa Sarwar Farooki]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kamal |first1=Md Ashequl Morsalin Ibne |last2=Saha |first2=Niloy |last3=Hossain |first3=Jobayer |title=Farooki, Raju becomes Jury members at 24th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) |url=http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/news/Culture/Farooki-Raju-becomes-Jury-members-at-24th-Tallinn-Black-Nights-Film-Festival-(P%C3%96FF)/2942 |access-date=14 October 2023 |work=Dhaka Courier |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Zakir Hossain Raju named Netpac jury for Asian Cinema at Venice Film Festival |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/zakir-hossain-raju-named-netpac-jury-asian-cinema-venice-film-festival-3405111 |website=The Daily Star |access-date=28 August 2023 |language=en |date=28 August 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema {{!}} Netpac Members |url=https://netpacasia.org/Netpac%20Members |website=Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema |access-date=28 August 2023 |language=en-uk}}</ref>
Raju serves as a board member of [[NETPAC]] along with ''Golam Rabbany Biplob'' from Bangladesh and was appointed as the NETPAC jury chair for the Asian cinema category at the [[80th Venice International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Zakir Hossain joins Venice Film Fest as a jury chair |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/210787/zakir-hossain-joins-venice-film-fest-as-a-jury-chair |work=New Age |access-date=31 October 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bangladeshi film scholar Raju hands award to Japanese filmmaker in Venice |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/bangladeshi-film-scholar-raju-hands-award-japanese-filmmaker-venice-3415581 |access-date=23 October 2023 |work=The Daily Star |date=10 September 2023 |language=en}}</ref> Raju currently serves as Vice President of the ''International Film Initiative of Bangladesh'' and is a former president of the [[Bangladesh Short Film Forum]].<ref>{{cite news |title=art & culture |url=http://www.weeklyholiday.net/130603/cul.html |access-date=18 October 2023 |work=Holiday |date=17 January 2006 |archive-date=17 January 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060117044409/http://www.weeklyholiday.net/130603/cul.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition, Raju has been invited as a jury president and member in various international film festivals, including the [[Hawaii International Film Festival]], the [[International Film Festival Rotterdam]], the [[Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema]], and the [[Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival]] with [[Mostofa Sarwar Farooki]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kamal |first1=Md Ashequl Morsalin Ibne |last2=Saha |first2=Niloy |last3=Hossain |first3=Jobayer |title=Farooki, Raju becomes Jury members at 24th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF) |url=http://www.dhakacourier.com.bd/news/Culture/Farooki-Raju-becomes-Jury-members-at-24th-Tallinn-Black-Nights-Film-Festival-(P%C3%96FF)/2942 |access-date=14 October 2023 |work=Dhaka Courier |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Zakir Hossain Raju named Netpac jury for Asian Cinema at Venice Film Festival |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/zakir-hossain-raju-named-netpac-jury-asian-cinema-venice-film-festival-3405111 |work=The Daily Star |access-date=28 August 2023 |language=en |date=28 August 2023}}</ref><ref name="netpac">{{cite web |title=Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema {{!}} Netpac Members |url=https://netpacasia.org/Netpac%20Members |website=Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema |access-date=28 August 2023 |language=en-uk}}</ref>


== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yc1yxEQAAAAJ&hl=en Google Scholar Profile]
* [https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Zakir-Raju ResearchGate Profile]
* [https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9646-746X Orcid Profile]
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15124776/ Zakir Hossain Raju on IMDb]
* [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15124776/ Zakir Hossain Raju on IMDb]
* [http://directory.iub.edu.bd/staffs/163 Zakir Hossain Raju - IUB Faculty Profile]
* [http://directory.iub.edu.bd/staffs/163 Zakir Hossain Raju - IUB Faculty Profile]


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Latest revision as of 07:01, 15 December 2024

This article is about the filmmaker and professor. For the filmmaker and director, see Jakir Hossain Raju.
Zakir Hossain Raju
জাকির হোসেন রাজু
Raju in 2023 at IUB
Born1970[citation needed]
Dhaka, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
CitizenshipBangladesh, Australia[citation needed]
Occupation(s)Academic, professor, filmmaker
Known for
  • Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity In Search of the Modern? (book)
  • Michiler Mukh (documentary)[1]
Board member ofBangladesh Film Certification Board, Curriculum Advisory board of Wawasan Open University, Bangladesh Short Film Forum, Expert Committee member of the Bangladesh Film Archive
SpouseNusrat Disha[citation needed]
Academic background
Alma materDhaka University, La Trobe University
Academic work
DisciplineAsian film scholar
InstitutionsIndependent University, Bangladesh, King Sejong Institute, Transparency International Bangladesh, Ford Foundation, University of Malaya, NETPAC, Bangladesh Short Film Forum

Zakir Hossain Raju (Bengali: জাকির হোসেন রাজু) is a Bangladeshi academic, film critic and filmmaker. He currently serves as a member of the Bangladesh Film Certification Board, Expert Committee member of the Bangladesh Film Archive, Director of the King Sejong Institute, Bangladesh & Head of the Media and Communication department at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).[2][3][4][5] He also served as NETPAC jury chair for the Asian cinema category at the 80th Venice International Film Festival, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, and the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.[6][7]

Early life and academic career

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Raju was born and raised in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He obtained his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Mass Communication from the University of Dhaka. Later, he earned his Ph.D. in Cinema Studies from La Trobe University in Australia.[8] Throughout his academic career, Raju has held various positions, including Research Fellow at Transparency International Bangladesh in 2005, Ford Foundation, ASIA Fellow at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur in 2007, and Curriculum Advisor for Wawasan Open University in Malaysia from 2011 to 2012.[9][10][11] Currently, he teaches at Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB).

Publications

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Raju is recognized as an academic of Bangladeshi screen industries.[12] His publications have appeared in respected journals and anthologies like South Asian Journal, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Arts Criticism (Chinese-language journal published by Beijing Art Academy), Cinemaya: Asian Film Journal, Bangladesh Film Archive Journal, Journal of Chinese Cinemas and The Journal of Press Institute of Bangladesh.

Books

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In English

  • Raju, Zakir Hossain (2004). National Cinema, Cultural Identity and Public Sphere: Rewriting Bangladesh Film History (PhD thesis). La Trobe University. OCLC 388032437.
  • —— (2014). Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern?. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-60181-4. Retrieved 18 October 2024.

In Bengali

  • Ganamadhame Muktijuddo Published by Jagrity Prokashoni[13]
  • Chalachitrar Chalchitra Published by Jagrity Prokashoni[14]

Chapters and articles

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  • Raju, Zakir Hossain (1998). "Significance of News Elements". The Journal of Press Institute of Bangladesh. 74: 36–37.
  • —— (2011). "Multiple Islams, multiple modernities". In Weintraub, Andrew N. (ed.). Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9780203829004. ISBN 978-0-203-82900-4. S2CID 142722115.
  • —— (1 December 2012). "Indigenization of Cinema in (Post)Colonial South Asia". Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 32 (3): 611–621. doi:10.1215/1089201X-1891606.
  • —— (2017). "Identity and Sovereignty in Asian Art Cinema". In Howland, Douglas; Lillehoj, Elizabeth; Mayer, Maximilian (eds.). Art and Sovereignty in Global Politics. Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 217–238. doi:10.1057/978-1-349-95016-4_9. ISBN 978-1-349-95015-7.
  • —— (2022). "Film in Bangladesh: Cultural Transformation of a National Cinema within and beyond the Nation-state". In Khondker, Habibul; Muurlink, Olav; Ali, Asif Bin (eds.). The Emergence of Bangladesh. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 387–404. ISBN 978-981-16-5520-3.

Filmography

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Raju has been involved in the scripting, production, and direction of various short films and documentaries. His film Michiler Mukh (1991), a documentary on 1990 Mass Uprising in Bangladesh, after the recent Non-cooperation movement (2024) a group of like-minded young filmmakers, students organized an open screening of the film alongside My Bicycle, banned by the Censor Board of Bangladesh directed by Aung Rakhine.[1] In 1992, this film got selected in Focus on Asia Fukuoka International Film Festival.[15] Beyond the Borders (1995) a documentary on the Bengali diaspora, got selected in Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival.[16] Additionally, Raju and Piplu Khan as producers, are currently engaged in the development of a film project titled Summer in Shizuoka, Winter in Dhaka.[17]

Year Title Director Screenwriter Producer Notes
1991 Face in the Millions (Michiler Mukh) Yes Yes Yes Documentary film portraying the 1990s popular upheaval against military autocracy in Bangladesh.[15]
1992 Miles to Go Yes Yes Yes Documentary film on the perception of ordinary people about political process amid the 1991 elections under the first non-party caretaker government.
1993 Tale of a Woman Yes Yes Yes Documentary film on how women are leading social transformation in rural Bangladesh.
1995 Beyond the Borders Yes Yes Yes Documentary film on intercultural Bangladeshi-Japanese families in Japan and Bangladesh.
1996 Images under the Shadows Yes Yes Yes Documentary film on media and gender in Bangladesh.
1998 Beijing Conference and Women in Bangladesh Yes Yes Yes Documentary film on the impact of the 1995 Women's Conference in Beijing on women's movement in Bangladesh.
2023 Summer in Shizuoka, Winter in Dhaka Yes Yes Yes This Documentary film currently in Development.[18]

Involvement in film organizations and festivals

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Raju serves as a board member of NETPAC along with Golam Rabbany Biplob from Bangladesh and was appointed as the NETPAC jury chair for the Asian cinema category at the 80th Venice International Film Festival.[19][20] Raju currently serves as Vice President of the International Film Initiative of Bangladesh and is a former president of the Bangladesh Short Film Forum.[21] In addition, Raju has been invited as a jury president and member in various international film festivals, including the Hawaii International Film Festival, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema, and the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival with Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.[22][23][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Aung Rakhine's banned Chakma film 'My Bicycle' premieres". The Daily Star. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Board of King Sejong Institute, Dhaka". directory.iub.edu.bd. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Bangladesh Film Certification Board launched, censor abolished". Prothomalo. 23 September 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  4. ^ "IUB launches Window on Korea and King Sejong Institute". The Daily Star. 29 October 2022. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  5. ^ "News and media". iub.ac.bd. Retrieved 2024-12-05.
  6. ^ a b "Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema | Netpac Members". Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Dr Zakir Hossain Raju". School of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Archived from the original on 18 July 2024. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  8. ^ "Zakir Hossain Raju". Festival des Cinémas d'Asie de Vesoul. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
  9. ^ "BULLETIN BOARD". The Daily Star. 19 March 2020. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  10. ^ "Taking a look at Bangladesh cinema down the years". The Daily Star. 16 February 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
  11. ^ "Zakir Hossain Raju represents SA". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  12. ^ "Prof Dr Zakir Hossain Raju appointed to Bangladesh Film Certification Board". Dhaka Tribune (Press release). Kazi Anis Ahmed. 25 Sep 2024. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  13. ^ গণমাধ্যমে মুক্তিযুদ্ধ (হার্ডকভার) by জাকির হোসেন রাজু. rokomari.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  14. ^ চলচ্চিত্রের চালচিত্র. www.prothoma.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  15. ^ a b "1992 (2nd) | アジアフォーカス・福岡国際映画祭 アーカイブ : Focus on Asia International Film Festival Fukuoka ARCHIVE". www.focus-on-asia.com. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  16. ^ "YIDFF: Past Festivals: '95: Screening List". www.yidff.jp. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  17. ^ "Zakir Hossain Raju". MUBI. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  18. ^ "Developing Category – Dhaka DocLab". dhakadoclab.org/. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  19. ^ "Zakir Hossain joins Venice Film Fest as a jury chair". New Age. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  20. ^ "Bangladeshi film scholar Raju hands award to Japanese filmmaker in Venice". The Daily Star. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
  21. ^ "art & culture". Holiday. 17 January 2006. Archived from the original on 17 January 2006. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
  22. ^ Kamal, Md Ashequl Morsalin Ibne; Saha, Niloy; Hossain, Jobayer. "Farooki, Raju becomes Jury members at 24th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF)". Dhaka Courier. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  23. ^ "Zakir Hossain Raju named Netpac jury for Asian Cinema at Venice Film Festival". The Daily Star. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
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