Writer Ahmad Bashir’s new book “Films of Bangladesh: Country, Time, and Art Form” was launched on Friday at Alliance Française de Dhaka (AFD), Dhanmondi in the capital.

A discussion followed the book launch, joined by film critic Anupam Hayat, researcher Kazal Rashid Shahin, film researcher Mir Shamsul Alam Baboo, film teacher Shakila Parveen, and editor Foysal Ahmed. 

The book "Films of Bangladesh: Country, Time and Art Form’ (2023)" is Ahmad Bashir’s recent publication where he has attempted to analyze the influence of film in shaping the cultural development of Bangladesh. This intellectual inquiry includes the chronological development of the country's film genre, the social context that the media has captured in the last few decades, and their attempt to create a national integrity and value system.

A contemporary novelist and short story writer in Bangladesh, Ahmad Bashir published five novels and a dozen short-story collections, as well as literary criticism and children's books throughout his career. His fictions are distinguished by its attention to the concerns, passions, and suffering of middle-class and marginal people in the country.

His first book of short stories, “Anno Patabhumi (Another Background)," was published in 1981, and received the Humayun Kadir Literature Award of that year. In 1987, his first novel was published in the monthly magazine of the Bangla Academy.

In 1987, Bangla Academy published his translation book “Around the World in Eighty Days” - the world-famous novel of French novelist Jule Verne, which was re-published recently (2024) by another famous publisher.

Other famous books of the writer are ‘Tithidor (A Time for Union - 2016),’ ‘Mudrarakhhash (The Demon of Money - 2019),’ ‘Films of Bangladesh: Country, Time and Art Form’ (2023)’ and ‘Trishanku (Nowhere to Go - 2024).’