WEB DESK
A music video based on the life of revolutionary freedom fighter Preetilata Waddedar was released on the occasion of martyr’s day in Kolkata on Thursday, 23 March 2023. The Music video was released by well-known film maker from Bangladesh Pradip Ghosh who directed the film ‘Beerkanya Preetilata’ financed by the government of Bangladesh. The film was released in Bangladesh theatres last month. Pradip Ghosh is currently visiting India to show his film in Kolkata and other places.
The music of the film has been created and composed by the ‘Gaan Panthi’ music troupe of Kolkata. The music video ‘Preetilata Preetilata’ uses the rushes from the film ‘Beerkanya Preetilata’. Preetilata Waddedar was born in Dhalghat village of Chittagong in Bangladesh on 5 May 1911. She had her education in Chattogram, Dhaka, and then at Bethune College, Kolkata where she came for her graduation.
She joined the freedom movement and worked with revolutionaries like Surya Sen and Nirmal Sen. She was involved in several revolutionary acts like the famous Chittagong Armoury raid and attack on the Pahartali European club at Chittagong in 1932 where she received bullet injury. However, she consumed cyanide before the British police could capture her.