無根之樹 (2002)

Lalsalu, written by Syed Waliullah is probably the best novel ever written in Bengali Language. It is about the rural muslim community of East Bengal of unpartitioned India (now Bangladesh). The novel was published in 1948. In a remote agrarian village in the marshy region of Bangladesh, suddenly a Mullah appears. He is a haggard-looking man in his middle age named Majid. After arriving in the village Majid starts to clean up an old dilapidated grave, located in a forlorn bamboo grove. Majid decorates the grave and by declaring it as the shrine of a famous Pir (a holy man) begins to worship it. He scolded the ignorant villagers for neglecting the grave of such a holy person and for keeping it uncleared for so long. The villagers gradually begin to believe in the myth.I think it would be worthwhile for my KG friends to take a little gaze on Syed Waliullah and Lalsalu before watching the film.