Mithun Chakraborty in Hason Raja

The Bollywood Mega-Star Mithun Chakraborty doing a film in Bengali called ‘Hason Raja’. ‘Hason Raja’ is a major feature based on the life and music of Dewan Hason Raja Choudhury (1855-1926). Hason Raja is renowned as one of the great mystic poets and folksinger of Bangladesh.

The poet’s life was full of drama, colour and romance. He was a man of many contradictions and mysteries. His ancestors were Hindu Kahatriyas who migrated from Ayoudhya to Bengal in the 16th century. They became rulers of a rural kingdom and owners of much property in Sylhet and Dhaka. His great-grandfather converted to Islam and the family intermarried with aristocratic Muslims creating a new dynasty.

Tall and handsome, Hason was a glamorous figure. He inherited the property at an early age and at first indulged himself in every way: wearing gorgeous clothes:

Seducing women; breeding horses and hawks; hiring musicians and dancing girls.

In his later life he turned away from riches, wore the simplest clothes and devoted himself to the pursuit of the Divine in every from. Leaving worldly responsibilities he became a wondering Sufi, singing of his love and longing. His songs and his mysticism are simple and direct, burning with passion and intensity. Drawing on Hindu, Sufi and Buddhist philosophies and images he fills his songs with powerful longing for spiritual union. This open-ness gives his work a very special meaning for today, with harmony so threatened by communal divisions. Often he sings as a woman, longing for her lover – a metaphor for his unquenchable thirst for the divine.

"I’ve died from the scorching fire of love and can’t tolerate more

Whatever direction I look in I see only my Beloved

You are me, I am You. I’ve given up all fear

Hason Raja dances madly"

hason raja is being directed by MR RUHUL AMIN  a well known director of london and bangladesh....

FILM AT A GLANCE

Star Cast : MITHUN CHAKRABORTY, RAIMA SEN & chorus.

Muisc By : BAPPI LAHARI ( MUMBAI )

Singers : SHAAN , ALKA YAGNIK , ABHIJEET , PANTO KANAI , KUMAR SANU & CHORUS.

Directed By : RUHUL AMIN

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Shooting Locations : BANGLADESH & KOLKATA

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Shooting Starts From : MID JANUARY 2008

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