这部电影围绕1952年东巴基斯坦的语言运动展开。1948年，巴基斯坦政府将乌尔都语定为巴基斯坦唯一官方语言，这在东巴基斯坦（亦称东孟加拉）引发了广泛抗议。1952年，达卡的大学生和其他政治活动家举行了游行抗议活动。1956年，巴基斯坦中央政府最终赋予了孟加拉语正式地位。 The film revolves around the language movement in East Pakistan in 1952. In 1948, the Pakistani government designated Urdu as the sole official language of Pakistan, which sparked widespread protests in East Pakistan (also known as East Bengal). In 1952, university students and other political activists in Dhaka held a protest march. In 1956, the central government of Pakistan finally granted official status to Bengali.