HYDERABAD FILM CLUB NEWS LETTER FEBRUARY 2020 Editor : Bh.S.S. Prakash Reddy

Vol.XXXIII Issue : 12 Rs. 2

SINCERELY YOURS, DHAKA IN SPRING BREEZE

BANGLADESH FILM FESTIVAL February 21 - 24, 2020 daily at 6 p.m.

FAMILYALPHA MEMBER KOMOLA ROCKET

RNI No. 44862/86 Registered as a News Paper If undelivered, please return to : The Secretary, HYDERABAD FILM CLUB C/o. Sri Sarathi Studios Pvt. Ltd., 8-3-321, Ameerpet, Srinagar Colony P.O. HYDERABAD - 500 073 email : [email protected] PROGRAMME at Sri Sarathi Studios Preview Theatre, Ameerpet BANGLADESH FILM FESTIVAL On the occasion of International Mother Language Day

21-02-2020 6.00 P.M. IN SPRING BREEZE Friday (2019/ Drama, Family, History/136 mins.) 22-02-2020 6.00 P.M. KOMOLA ROCKET Saturday (2018/Drama/95 mins.) 23-02-2020 6.00 P.M. SINCERELY YOURS, DHAKA Sunday (2018/Drama/134 mins.) 24-02-2020 6.00 P.M. ALPHA Monday (2019/Drama/90 mins.) For update information visit website: www.hyderabadfilmclub.org

SINCERELY YOURS DHAKA glish: In Spring Breeze) is a Bangladeshi historical (Iti, Tomari Dhaka) drama film based on the novel Bou Kotha Kou by Tito (Bangladesh/2018/Drama/134 mins.) Rahman. This movie based on the language move- Directors : Tanvir Ahsan, Saleh Sobhan Auneem, Mir ment during 1952 in East Pakistan. This was the sixth Mukarram Hossain, Golam Kibria, Abdullah Al film directed by Tauquir Ahmed simultaneously re- Noor, Robiul Alam Robi, Krishnendu Chattopadhyay, Nuhash Humayun, Mahmudul leased in February 2019. Islam, Rahat Rahman, Syed Ahmed Shawki Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies (BFFS) Written by : Rahat Rahman nominated this film for the Best International Feature Cast : Fazlur Rahman Babu, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Allen Film category at the 92nd Academy Awards. Shubhro, Orchita Sporshia, Iresh Zaker, Gousul “Fagun Haway” (In Spring Breeze) is the latest Alam Shaon, Mostafa Monwar, Manoj Pramanik, Intekhab Dinar film by renowned Director and Actor Tauquir Ahmed Iti, Tomari Dhaka (Sincerely Yours, Dhaka based on the story ” Bou kotha Kou ” written by Tito Rahman . Based on the 1952 Language Movement, in English) is a 2018 Impress Telefilm drama film the film depicts the story of a romance amidst the produced as Bangladesh's first anthology film directed backdrop of a district town during the blazing days of by eleven individual directors. It was awarded "Best February. Tauquir’s “Fagun Haway” brings a stellar original screenplay" at the 11th edition of the Jaipur cast to potray the story – Nusrat Imrose Tisha and International Film Festival (JIFF), held from January Siam Ahmed are in the leading roles – supported by 18 to 22 in Jaipur, India. It was filmed on location in veteran actors Abul Hayat , Yashpal Sharma ( from Dhaka, Bangladesh. India ) , Fazlur Rahman Babu and Rownok Hasan . In this omnibus, 11 Bangladeshi filmmakers cre- The art direction is specially striking in this film ate a love letter to the city of Dhaka. From young girls creating an authentic aura of the 50’s throughout the looking for a drink in a dry town to a bank scammer's movie . The cinematography is also captivating, and attempted murder to a plumber creating a refugee the song by Sukonna and Pintu Ghosh – ” Tomake crisis, the city co-stars every time. Chai ” has gone viral on the internet already. 21st Feb- ruary has long been an integral part of the Bengali IN SPRING BREEZE psyche because the movement was to establish (Fagun Haway) Bangla as the official State language in 1952, and is (Bangladesh/2019/Drama, Family, History/136 mins.) celebrated every year with a “provat pheri” – laying Directors : Tauquir Ahmed flowers at the Shaheed Minar in Dhaka to commemo- Written by : Tito Rahman, Tauquir Ahmed rate the movement. In November 1999. UNESCO de- Cast : Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Siam Ahmed, clared 21st February as the Official International Yashpal Sharma Mother Language Day (IMLD) for the protection of all Fagun Haway (Bengali: ????? ?????????FEBRUARY - En- 2020 mother languages in the world in honor of this move- KOMOLA ROCKET ment. The Film is totally sub-titled in English . “Fagun (Bangladesh/2018/Drama/95 mins.) Haway” is produced by Impress Tele Films and dis- Directors : Noor Imran Mithu tributed in Canada by RS-MEDCOM Group Produc- Written by : Shahaduzzaman tion in association with Bioskope Films (USA). Cast : Mosharraf Karim, Tauquir Ahmed, Samia Syed ALPHA This is the story of a steamer, named in English, 'The Orange Ship'. The people from Khulna to the (Bangladesh/2019/Drama, Crime/90 mins.) steamer's passengers, their story is in the orange Directors : Nasiruddin Yousuff rocket. But this is not only just individual stories of Written by : Nasiruddin Yousuff Cast : Alamgir Kabir, Dilruba Hossain Doyel, many people in steamers, but also it has become the Jeera Chowdhury story of recent Bangladesh. There are people of all Alpha is a 2019 Bangladeshi film starring Alamgir upper-class and lower-class. They are unfamiliar, but Kabir, Doyel Mash and ATM Shamsuzzaman in lead there are mutual contributions. Aatik is the represen- roles. It is the third direction of Nasiruddin Yousuff. It tative of the upper class, traveling in the first class is the submission of Bangladesh to the 92nd Acad- cabin, or the name of a steamer, orange rocket. There emy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign are also some other interesting characters like Language Film, but it was not nominated. Monsur (come from a lower class family), a rich family A 40 year old painter, who lives in a wooden and with their adventures sister, and Mofiz. bamboo house on stilts in the middle of a polluted lake on the outskirts of Dhaka City. Alpha's house Printed, Published and Edited by Bh.S.S.Prakash Reddy, Secretary, serves as his painting. Dogs, roosters and birds also Hyderabad Film Club, share the space with him. There are many moments C/o. Sri Sarathi Studios Pvt. Ltd., 8-3-321, Ameerpet, Srinagar Colony P.O. when he feels a oneness with nature and with the HYDERABAD-500 073. Cell : 09391020243, +91 9110301476 Processing and Printing at Rakesh Printers, Hyderabad-20. birds and animals that surround him. He also feels deeply drawn to 'an androgynous' male-female iden- For upcoming Events Please visit our Website tity. Alpha has neighbors in the nearby slum with whom www.hyderabadfilmclub.org he has close interaction. email : [email protected]

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