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{{Infobox film
| name = Taken from life
| image = Jibon Theke Neya.jpg
| caption =
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|bn|জীবন থেকে নেয়া}}
| director = [[Zahir Raihan]]
| producer = Zahir Raihan
| writer = {{Plainlist|
* Zahir Raihan
* [[Amjad Hossain]]
}}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Shuchanda]]
* [[Abdur Razzak (actor)|Razzak]]
* [[Rosy Samad|Rosy]]
* [[Shawkat Akbar]]
}}
| music = [[Khan Ataur Rahman]]<br />[[Altaf Mahmud]]
| cinematography = Afzal Chowdhury
| editing = Maloy Banerjee
| distributor = Anees Films Corporation
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1970|04|10|East Pakistan|ref1=}}
| runtime = 110 minutes
| country = [[Bangladesh]]
| language = [[Bengali language|Bengali]]
}}
'''''Jibon Theke Neya''''' ({{lit|Taken from Life}}) is a 1970 [[Bengali-language]] [[Pakistani film]] directed by [[Zahir Raihan]]. The film is a [[political satire]] based on the [[Bengali Language Movement]] under the rule of Pakistan metaphorically, where an autocratic woman in one family symbolizes the political dictatorship of [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]] in East Pakistan,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ittefaq.com.bd/489619/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%97%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%BC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95 |script-title=bn:জীবন থেকে নেয়া: পারিবারিক গল্পের আড়ালে বলা এক রাষ্ট্রের গল্প |language=bn |date=10 February 2022 |first=Shahinur |last=Alam |newspaper=[[The Daily Ittefaq|Ittefaq]] |access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref> and stars [[Shuchanda]], [[Abdur Razzak (actor)|Razzak]], [[Rosy Samad]] and [[Shawkat Akbar]].

It is the first [[Political films|political film]] of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ekushey-tv.com/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%88%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%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%AD%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%8E%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A3/93174 |script-title=bn:সামাজিক পরিবর্তনে রাজনৈতিক চলচ্চিত্রের ভূমিকা তাৎপর্যপূর্ণ |lang=bn |date=27 February 2020 |publisher=[[Ekushey TV]] |access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref> According to Ahmad Ishtiaq, writing in ''The Daily Star'', the film is considered to be Zahur Raihan's best.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:জহির রায়হান: অকালে হারানো উজ্জ্বল নক্ষত্র |lang=bn |url=https://bangla.thedailystar.net/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%82%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%83%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF/%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%87/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8B-%E0%A6%89%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%B2-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0-252066 |first=Ahmad |last=Ishtiaq |date=19 August 2021 |newspaper=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref> ''Jibon Theke Neya'' has been described as an example of "national cinema", using discrete local traditions to build a representation of the Bangladeshi national identity.<ref>{{cite news |last=Masud |first=Catherine |date=2004-12-17 |title=Bangladesh National Cinema in the Age of Globalisation |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/12/03/cinema.htm |work=Star Weekend Magazine |publisher=The Daily Star |access-date=2007-12-10}}</ref> It is considered a milestone for Bangladeshi cinema and also a classic.

==Plot==
The story of the film is based on a very ordinary family of Bengal. In one family there are two brothers, Anis (Shawkat Akbar) and Farooq (Razzak), the elder sister Raushan Jamil and the sister's husband Khan Ataur Rahman. Elder sister Raushan Jamil is married. She lives in her father's house. Her husband is very innocent. All the power in the world is in the hands of Raushan Jamil. By abusing this power, she continues to have some kind of dictatorship over her husband and her two brothers. She walks around with a bunch of keys in the area. The housemaid walks around with a drinking bowl behind her. Everyone is restless in her dreadful glory. The character of the then Pakistani dictator has been portrayed in this metaphor. Raushan Jamil's husband Khan Ataur Rahman works as a court employee. Khan Ataur Rahman arranged the marriage of his brother-in-law Shawkat Akbar on the advice of one of his friends. The bride is a quiet, polite girl named Sathi (Rosie Samad). But Raushan Jamil sat completely bent. She is reluctant to marry her brother. He was afraid that the key of the world would not fall and his hand slipped into the hands of his new wife. As a result, Khan Ataur Rahman married his brother without informing Raushan Jamil. Raushan Jamil's sword of oppression came down on her when she became his wife. On the other hand, Farooq alias Razzak fell in love with his younger sister Bithi (Suchanda). If brother-in-law and elder brother give permission, he can also marry Bithi. Sathy and Bithi's elder brother Anwar Hossain. Anwar Hossain is an activist of a political movement. He was imprisoned in the freedom movement. On the other hand, under the leadership of Sathy and Suchanda, everyone in the house became united. Posters are hung on the walls inside their houses. Raushan Jamil's bunch of keys went to the two sisters. The drinking bowl keeps turning behind them. Raushan Jamil lost his power and became crazy and began to make new conspiracies. In the meanwhile, when Sathy and Bithi became pregnant, they were admitted to the hospital. Unfortunately the partner gave birth to a stillborn child. The doctor fears that this grief may not be tolerated by the partner. So Bithi's child was placed in her lap. Thinking it was his own child, the companion began to nurture him. Raushan Jamil conspired and started a dispute between the two sisters. Tactically, he poisoned Bithi and put the blame on her partner. Although Bithi recovered, her partner was arrested on the charge of poisoning. When the case came up in the court, Shawkat Akbar fought the case against his wife, and Khan Ataur Rahman became the lawyer for her partner. Khan Ataur Rahman proved in court that his own wife Raushan Jamil was the main culprit. This is how the story of the film ends.

==Cast==
* [[Shuchanda]] as Bithi
* [[Abdur Razzak (actor)|Razzak]] as Faruk
* [[Rosy Samad|Rosy]] as Sathi
* [[Shawkat Akbar]] as Anis
* [[Rawshan Jamil]]
* [[Khan Ataur Rahman]]
* [[Anwar Hossain (actor)|Anwar Hossain]]
* [[Amjad Hossain]] as Modhu
* [[Baby Zaman]] as Ghotok

==Production==
The film was originally titled ''Tinjon meye o ek peyala bish'' ({{lit|Three Girls and a Cup of Poison}}).<ref name=banglanews/> At the request of film producer Anis Dosani, [[Zaheer Raihan]] took over the responsibility of making the film. Zaheer Raihan decided that in the story of the film, one sister will poison another sister. Writer [[Amjad Hossain]] could not accept this story because he thought that making a film with such a story would not be hit. However, instead of writing the story as per the words of Zaheer Raihan, Amjad Hossain continued to write the story as his own. Amjad Hossain later said in an interview with ''[[Prothom Alo]]'' that he could not write the story as directed by the director as he could not continue making a documentary film about [[Amanullah Asaduzzaman]] due to government objections.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/%E2%80%98%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE%E2%80%99%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A7%AB%E0%A7%A6-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%9B%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%9C |script-title=bn:'জীবন থেকে নেয়া'র ৫০ বছর আজ |first=Masum |last=Ali |lang=bn |date=10 April 2020 |newspaper=[[Prothom Alo]] |access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref>

Shooting for the film began on 1 February, 1970, but some scenes were recorded a year earlier. Pakistan's military government had repeatedly tried to stop the film. The government threatened the film's director and actor Razzak. The director also received death threats for this film.<ref name=banglanews>{{cite news |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/entertainment/news/bd/909058.details |script-title=bn:জীবন থেকে নেয়া: বাংলাদেশের অস্তিত্বের চলচ্চিত্র |lang=bn |author=Muhammad Altamis Nabil |date=30 January 2022 |work=[[Banglanews24.com]] |access-date=21 June 2022}}</ref>

==Music==
{{Infobox album
| name = Jibon Theke Neya
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = [[Sabina Yasmin]], [[Khan Ataur Rahman]], [[Ajit Roy]], [[Mahmudun Nabi]], [[Nilufar Yasmin]], Khandaker Farooq Ahmed and others
| cover =
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| released = 1970
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[[Khan Ataur Rahman]] was the music director of this film. Although the use of [[Rabindra Sangeet|Tagore Songs]] was banned by the [[Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (Pakistan)|Information Minister]] of Pakistan [[Khwaja Shahabuddin]] in 1967, a song by [[Rabindranath Tagore]] has been used in the film in defiance of that ban.<ref name=banglanews/>
{{track listing
| headline = ''Jibon Theke Neya'' Soundtrack – Track listing
| extra_column = Singers
| total_length =
| title1 = Eki Sonar Aloy
| extra1 = [[Sabina Yasmin]]
| length1 =
| lyrics1 =
| title2 = E Khacha Bhangbo Ami
| extra2 = [[Khan Ataur Rahman]]
| length2 =
| lyrics2 =
| title3 = [[Amar Sonar Bangla]]
| extra3 = [[Ajit Roy]], [[Mahmudun Nabi]], Sabina Yasmin, [[Nilufar Yasmin]]
| length3 =
| lyrics3 = [[Rabindranath Tagore]]
| title4 = Karar Oi Louho Kopat
| extra4 = Ajit Roy, Khandaker Farooq Ahmed and others
| length4 =
| lyrics4 = [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]]
| title5 = [[Ekusher Gaan|Amar Bhaiyer Rokte Rangano]]
| extra5 =
| length5 =
| lyrics5 = [[Abdul Gaffar Chowdhury]]
}}

==Release==
The film was not released on the scheduled date due to government restrictions. As the film was not released, the people of East Pakistan staged protests and demonstrations in various places. So the government cleared the film and released it. The government banned the film after it was released. The military junta later lifted the ban on the film in the face of protests.<ref name=anandabazar>{{cite news |url=https://www.anandabazar.com/editorial/essays/remembering-zahir-raihan-a-legendary-filmmaker-of-bangladesh/cid/1298767 |script-title=bn:ছবির ভাষায় মুক্তির স্বপ্ন |date=17 August 2021 |lang=bn |first=Jahangir |last=Mohammad |newspaper=[[Anandabazar]] |access-date=22 June 2022}}</ref> The film was shown in East Pakistani cinemas for about six months. The film was also screened in [[Kolkata]], capital of [[West Bengal|Indian Bengal]]<ref name=banglanews/> in 1971.<ref name=anandabazar/>

==Reception==
===Critical reception===
[[Satyajit Ray]], [[Mrinal Sen]], [[Ritwik Ghatak]] and [[Tapan Sinha]] praised the film.<ref name=anandabazar/> Exactly one month after the release of the film, film journalist [[Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury]] wrote in the weekly ''[[Chitrali (magazine)|Chitrali]]'' magazine, "Zahir has the ease of editing a film, but lacks overall skills. As a result, there is not always an equation of how long a shot will last. So the application ends before it is spread." According to Bidhan Biberu, the film was able to represent the then Bengali society of [[Pakistan]]. Criticizing the film, [[Alamgir Kabir (film maker)|Alamgir Kabir]] said that the character of the elder sister in the film is arranged in the style of [[Ayub Khan (general)|Ayub Khan]] and the family shown in the film is compared with the politics of Pakistan at that time. However, according to him, such a family is not realistic in the true sense. He noted that many scenes showed in the film were not perfect.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ntvbd.com/arts-and-literature/18146/%E0%A6%9C%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%A5%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%87%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE--%E0%A6%9A%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%82%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%A5%E0%A6%BE |script-title=bn:জীবন থেকে নেয়া : চেতনার রূপকথা |language=bn |first=Bidhan |last=Biberu |date=19 August 2015 |publisher=NTV}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|id=0989831|title=Jibon Theke Neya}}

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[[Category:1970 films]]
[[Category:1970 drama films]]
[[Category:1970s political films]]
[[Category:1970s Bengali-language films]]
[[Category:Political satire films]]
[[Category:Bengali-language Pakistani films]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi political films]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi drama films]]
[[Category:Films scored by Khan Ataur Rahman]]
[[Category:Films directed by Zahir Raihan]]
[[Category:Poisoning in film]]
[[Category:Films based on Bengali language movement]]

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