Children of War (2014 film)

The President of Pakistan Yahya Khan is quoted, "Kill 3 million of them and the rest will eat out of our hands".

"[5] Present day: In a college campus, a young man on stage tells a crowd of students "first we are Bangladeshi.

Your fight must go on until the last soldier of Pakistan's occupation army is expelled from the soil of Bangladesh and final victory is achieved."

The next day, a journalist, Amir (Indraneil Sengupta) and his wife, Fida (Raima Sen) are in bed, when Pakistan Army personnel break open the door and enter.

The officer, Malik (Pavan Malhotra) shoots the maid who tries to stop them, after which his soldiers beat up Amir and he rapes Fida.

Fida is abducted by the Pakistan Army men and brought in a truck to a prison camp along with a number of other women.

Amir tells them he knows what to do and calls Archer Blood, the American Consul General to Dhaka and takes an appointment with him.

In the meanwhile, a young woman Kausar (Rucha Inamdar) and her brother Rafiq (Riddhi Sen) are playing in the forest.

The Consul General promises to raise it with the American government and bring pressure on the Pakistanis to stop their atrocities.

Mujeed's men capture a Razakar (Pakistan) who he had helped in the past and had later joined the Pakistanis in killing innocent people.

Present day: The young man exhorts the people to unite and identify the razakars who are still living in their midst, and bring them to justice.

While writing the film's script, Devvrat researched the topic thoroughly, which included interviews with various journalists, war veterans, and refugees.

[7][8] Filming for The Bastard Child was supposed to take place in West Bengal, but the film was forced to relocate after only 8 days of shooting due to problems with the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India, as there were issues with the amount of local hands hired to work on the movie.

[10] In 2013 Farooq Sheikh was confirmed to be performing in the film, only for rumors to surface that he be replacing Sabyasachi Chakraborty in the movie.

[11] Devvrat addressed these rumors in June 2013, stating that Chakraborty was still part of the movie but that his original role had been split into two different characters due to the director wanting to avoid further potential issues with the Federation of Cine Technicians and Workers of Eastern India.

[13] Live Mint gave a positive review for the movie, which they felt contained "beautifully filmed grief and devastation".

[14] Subhash K. Jha also gave a positive review, he stated "It is impossible to believe that this war epic has been directed by a first-time filmmaker.