Amar Bondhu Rashed 2011
The story of the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 as seen through the eyes of a young boy.
The story of the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 as seen through the eyes of a young boy.
The movie is about a poet and singer Lalon Fakir who belongs to a cult called baul and who believes and inculcates that the value of a human being is above the narrow belief of religions.
Bilkis Banu lost her husband Hasan on the night of 25th March 1971. She tries to forget him and concentrate on the urban guerrilla movements of Dhaka with Altaf Mahmud, Shahadat, Mrs Khan and many more. But when spies and the razakars inform them, most of their people get arrested and Bilkis has to run for her life, towards her village.
A woman breaks with traditional Muslim culture by living with her boyfriend before getting married, but when the relationship ends, she must face the harsh consequences of being an outcast in her community.
Set in the backdrop of the scathing consequences of climate change, an impoverished ambulance driver Saiful staggers between two wives while he sets out on a bone-tired journey of moral decay, murder, deception, and social bashing.
The film is revolves around a lonely woman named Joba’s mysterious life. Insatiable love, heartbreak after heartbreak, Joba’s life involving unexpected death raises several questions at various times. Is Joba really a killer? Or is there an invisible power with her?
A manifestation of lives of people coming from different classes and beliefs in a steamer as they set out for their journeys. Things start to get out of hand when the steamer gets stuck amidst the passage and deepest secrets and desires start to unfold.
A story of love, dreams, politics, revolution, and the aftermath of a civil war in Bangladesh.
Political Satire '420's double-up '840' aka 'The Great Bangla Democracy Private Limited.'
Khorshed chairman is an honest person and rules in favor of justice. Alamin is his dearest assistant who lives with his mother at Khorshe'd house. Alamin and Khorshed's daughter are in love. When Alamin's mother gets to know about this she wants to send her son away. Khorshed denies to leave Alamin but upon knowing about the relationship, he himself sends Alamin abroad. But tragedy follows Khorshed when he gets accused of murder. Some unexpected events start to unfold since then.
This is the story of the indomitable dream of two young brothers and their incredible journey in life and their car that has never been defeated. The story of human spirit, sufferings and simple joy.
Refugees from East Pakistan flee West Pakistani soldiers aboard a rickety steamboat.
Rahmat, a fruit seller from Kabul, comes to Bengal Province to hawk his merchandise and becomes friend of a small girl Mini, daughter of a Bengali writer.
The film brings to light the lives of jatra artists and their struggles to make a living off the dying performing art.
A teenage boy is hired along with the music group of his father by a Zamindar (landlord) for entertaining him until the annual flood is over in the Haor region of East Bengal. But the boy finds out that he has to do something more than the rest of the members of the group are required- he has to satisfy the landlord sensually as well. The wife of the landlord cannot stand this new 'rival' of hers and conspires to kill the boy.
Khirmohon is an old man and a potter by profession. All his life, he has struggled to keep his head above water and now is the owner of his own pottery house and a banyan tree. His two sons Satten and Nikhil stay in the city and prefer urban life. They have no interest in their father's business and want to sell up his life's work for financial gain. The silver lining in Khirmohon's life is his granddaughter Poddo, who is an eye catching dusky beauty. They stay in their village house with another person named Boishakh, who was adopted by Khirmohon when he was just a mere child. Boishakh is a passionate character, who is loyal to Khirmohon and is more interested in keeping the pottery business afloat then Khirmohon's own sons. There is a spark between Poddo and Boishakh, but it is not expressed. The story moves forward with Boishakh trying to protect the business from going into ruins by unwanted invaders and village politics.
Shirja Mia is grave digger. He begs from village to village to get death news. Now he has only two things in his life. One is a doll which he bought for his daughter and other is a number which he has got from his ancestors. His ancestors believed that if someone could dig hundred graves he would surely be placed in heaven. But no one could ever reach the target. When shirja was young he came to a Char and got married. They had a lovely daughter named Rahela. He had to go to town for work. Rahela asked for a doll from the town. One day Shirja bought a doll, but he couldn't come back to Char due to bad weather. Next day he heard that the tidal bore had washed out the Char. Later he came back to Char. But he didn't find his daughter and wife anywhere. The Char was full of dead bodies. At that time he started digging graves. When one grave left to reach the hundredth, he falls in big crisis with a girl like his daughter. Will Shirja be able to complete one hundred graves?
Intertwined story of a group of friends living together and their romantic complications.
A discovery of a mirror creates much chaos and confusions within the superstitious populace of a village.
A 40 year old painter, who lives in a wooden and bamboo house on stilts in the middle of a polluted lake on the outskirts of Dhaka City. Alpha's house serves as his painting. Dogs, roosters and birds also share the space with him. There are many moments when he feels a oneness with nature and with the birds and animals that surround him. He also feels deeply drawn to 'an androgynous' male-female identity. Alpha has neighbors in the nearby slum with whom he has close interaction.