Chitra Nodir Pare
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| Directed by | Tanvir Mokammel |
| Written by | Tanvir Mokammel |
| Produced by | Tanvir Mokammel |
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| Edited by | Mahadeb Shi |
| Music by | Syed Shabab Ali Arzoo |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Language | Bengali |
Chitra Nodir Pare (known in English as Quiet Flows the River Chitra) is a Bangladeshi Bengali language film on the destiny of a Hindu family in East Pakistan. Directed by Tanvir Mokammel, the film won seven national awards including the best film and the best director of the year 1999. Other awards were best Story, best Dialogue, best Art-Director, best Supporting Actress and best Make-up Man. The film was shown in London, Oslo, Fribourg (Switzerland), Singapore, Delhi, Calcutta and Trivandrum film festivals.[1]
Cast
[edit]- Momtajuddin Ahmed – Shashikanta Sengupta
- Afsana Mimi – Minoti
- Tauquir Ahmed – Badal
- Rawshan Jamil – Anuprova
- Sumita Devi
- Nazmul Huda
Soundtrack
[edit]The music of this film was directed by Syed Shabab Ali Arzoo.
Response
[edit]Film critic Ahmed Muztaba Zamal, writing in Cinemaya in 2000, named Chitra Nodir Pare as one of the top twelve films from Bangladesh.[2]
Awards
[edit]| Award Title | Category | Awardee | Result |
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| National Film Awards | Best Film | Tanvir Mokammel (Producer) | Won |
| Best Director | Tanvir Mokammel | Won | |
| Best Supporting Actress | Rawshan Jamil | Won | |
| Best Story | Tanvir Mokammel | Won | |
| Best Dialogue | Tanvir Mokammel | Won | |
| Best Art Direction | Uttom Guha | Won | |
| Best Makeup | Dipak Kumar Sur | Won |
See also
[edit]- Srabon Megher Din (1999)
References
[edit]- ^ "Quite Flows the River Chitra (Chitra Nadir Pare)". Retrieved October 13, 2015.
- ^ Ahmed Muztaba Zamal (Winter 2000). "National Ten Best Films". Cinemaya. Vol. 50. p. 13.
External links
[edit]- Chitra Nodir Pare at IMDb
- Chitra Nodir Pare at the Rotten Tomatoes
- Chitra Nodir Pare at the Bangla Movie Database
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