Entertainment Desk :
The team that put together the Mujib Graphic Novel had two editors who constantly chipped in with suggestions —
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her
sister Sheikh Rehana. They were cheered up when they found Hasina’s edit notes on the draft of the Graphic Novel that was to bring to life Bangabandhu’s amazing life story as a comic. Mujib Graphic Novel is the first
of its kind in the country to present the life story of a political legend in the form of comics. Based on the unfinished memoirs of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the graphic novel, a CRI publication, narrates the story of an ordinary village boy with an extraordinary dream that made him the founding father of a nation. On one of the pages where a man and a dog were fighting for a piece
of bread during the historic 1943-famine,Hasina recommended portraying the man, weak and hungry, as sitting instead of standing, said a media release. On another page featuring Mujib and his father becoming too serious about a football match, she suggested sketching hair on the head of the latter. Dubbing young Mujib’s famine-time service to humanity as an example for students, she instructed the team to mention that some food was donated by saving on hostel meals. In another part, there was a text saying that Mujib took a tonga (horse-cart) on his journey from
a hotel to Taj Mahal. Hasina corrected the text, realising that such a long distance
cannot be covered by a horse-cart.
