Jesus of Seventy one, Bengali: একাত্তরের যীশু) is a 1993 Bangladeshi film based on the Bangladesh Liberation War.
The film was directed by Nasir Uddin Yusuf and based on the novel Ekattorer Jishu by Shahriar Kabir.
[1][2] The film stars Piyush Bandyopadhyay, Humayun Faridi, Zahir Uddin Pial, Abul Khair, Anwar Farooq, Kamal Bayazid and Shahiduzzaman Selim in the lead roles.
Besides, Ibrahim Bidyut, Shatdal Barua Bilu, Saifuddin Ahmed Dulal, Faruk Ahmed, Yusuf Khasru, Delwar Hossain and many others have acted in different roles.
[3] Background In 1971, a fierce battle was going on in the territory of East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh).
The fishermen of Jelepara (Fishervalley) catch fish, then take it to the market and sell it.
Suddenly they hear someone chanting 'Joy Bangla' (Victory of Bengal) and then the sound of gunfire.
People have started fleeing the city in droves to India, where there is no Pak army violence.
Some are going only for shelter, and some will return to the country with training and defeat the enemy.
Arrangements were made to stay there overnight with sheets and mats from everyone in the village.
But not being able to bear the suffering of so many people, Father allowed the sisters to take responsibility of everyone's treatment.
Overnight the master, his students, old Desmond and the sisters together served, fed and treated the people who had fled the city.
But as he turned around, old Desmond saw a cute girl at the base of a tree, one of the refugees.
Another day news came in the village that the Pak army had come to the market.
His army needs a small group of people to stay.
And then the Pak army in the camp lost in a fierce battle.
A total of 10 groups attacked the Pakistani camp in Kamalganj.
On the way, they fell into the ambush of the Pak army in the dark forest.
They want to know the identity of the freedom fighters when they get Desmond, the caretaker of the church.
But Desmond refused to save his life, knowing the freedom fighters, while he has nurtured them for a few days.
The Pak army saw the crucified statue of Jesus in front of the church and dragged the three freedom fighters into the field.
The film "Ekattorer Jesu (Jesus of the Seventy One)" was shot in a village called Tuital in the Nayanshree Union of Nawabganj Upazila of Dhaka District and in the "Tuital Holy Spirit Church" located by the Ichamati river.