There has been numerous works of art that depicted the Bangladesh Liberation War during and since the War both at Bangladesh and abroad. The concert for Bangladesh organized by members of the Beatles was a major happening in 1971 for protest music. The songs recorded for and broadcast on Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra are still considered to be the best of Bangladeshi protest songs.
The four documentaries made during the War – Zahir Raihan's Stop Genocide and A State Is Born, Babul Chowdhry's Innocent Millions, Alamgir Kabir's Liberation Fighters – are described as the first films made in Bangladesh, as earlier films were all made in Pakistan or India, larger entities that Bangladesh belonged to. Muktir Gaan (Song of Freedom), based on footage shot by Leer Levin during the war, by Tareque and Kathrine Masud is critically the most acclaimed Bangladeshi documentary. The directors followed the film with two sequels – Story of Freedom and Narir Katha. Their feature film on the same subject, Matir Moyna, won the FIPRESCII award at Cannes Film Festival.
There have been numerous poems and novels written on the Liberation war, including Shamsur Rahman's famous poems written during the War. Arguably it is the most often used subject for Bangladeshi literature since 1971. The monuments made to commemorate the War are the highest esteemed monuments in Bangladesh.
Muktir Gaan (Song of Freedom) (1995), Story of Freedom (1999) and Narir Katha – three different Bengali documentaries by Tareque Masud and Catherine Masud
Aguner Poroshmoni – feature film by Humayun Ahmed (1995)
Ekhono Onek Raat (1997)
Hangor Nodi Grenade, On the basis of Selina Hossain's novel, Chashi Nazrul Islam (1997)
Gourob (1998)
Chana O Muktijuddo (1998)
Ekattorer Lash (1998)
Itihas Kanna by Shamim AKter, Biography of a war child (1999)
Shovoner Ekattor (2000)
Muktijoddo O Jibon (2000)
Shei Rater Kotha Bolte Eshechi ("I Have Come to Speak of That Night") – documentary by Kawsar Chowdhury (2001)
Ekjon Muktijodda (2001)
Ekattorer Michil by Kabori Sarwar (2001)
Ekattorer Rong Pencil by Manan Hira (2001)
Matir Moina directed by Tareque Masud, (2002) – winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival[1]
Shilalipi by Shamim Akter, According to the Biography of Selina Parvin (2002)
Romeo Akbar Walter, Indian movie based on the life of Agent Ravindra Kaushik
Plays[]
Payer Awaj Pawa jay by Syed Shamsul Haque (1976)
Juddho Ebong Juddho by Syed Shamsul Haque (1986)
Joyjoyonti by Mamunur Rashid (1995)
Ekattorer Pala by Nasiruddin Yousuff Bacchu (1993)
Mukhosh
Kingsukh
Je Merute
Bibisab by Abdullah al Mamun (1994)
Kotha '71
Bolod by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
Literature[]
Ami Birangana Bolchi (The Voices of War Heroines) – first-person narratives collected by Nilima Ibrahim (two volumes: 1994, 1995)
Ekatture Uttar Ronangaon ('71 Northern Front) – Factual War Accounts (in Bengali) by Muhammad Hamidullah Khan, Sector Commander 11, War of Independence – Bangladesh
Amar Bondhu Rashed (My Friend Rashed) - Juvenile novel by Muhammed Zafar Iqbal
Ghum Nei (Sleepless Nights) – memoir by Nasiruddin Yusuf
Ami Bijoy Dekhechi (I have witnessed the Victory) – memoir by M. R. Akhtar Mukul
A Tale of Millions – memoir by Major (R)
Ekattorer Dinguli (Days of 71) – memoir by Jahanara Imam (1986) ISBN984-480-000-5
Maa(The Mother) – novel by Anisul Hoque (2003) ISBN984-458-422-1
Jochhna o Janani'r Galpo (The Tale of Moonlight and the Motherland) – novel by Humayun Ahmed (2004) ISBN984-8682-76-7
Sucker'wfp21 war project created by artist Firoz Mahmud which first exhibited at Aichi Triennial 2010 in Nagoya, Japan and other venues and cities including University Art Museum Tokyo and collaborating with Liberation War Museum and EMK Center in Dhaka.
Jatiyo Smriti Soudho (National Monument for Remembrance) in Savar, Dhaka
Bangladesh Liberation War