Gangajatra

Gangajatra (Bengali: গঙ্গাযাত্রা; also known in English as The Journey) is a Bangladeshi Bengali film directed by Syed Wahiduzzaman Diamond. This film was shown at "Kolkata International Film Festival" in 2010.[1][2]

Gangajatra
গঙ্গাযাত্রা
Directed bySyed Wahiduzzaman Diamond
Produced byImpress Telefilm Limited
Written byShobnom Shahnaz Chowdhury
Screenplay byHasan Ahmed
Starring
Music byEmon Saha
CinematographySyed Wahiduzzaman Diamond
Edited byMonir Hossain
Distributed byImpress Telefilm Limited
Release date
November 28, 2009
Running time
105 minutes
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBengali

Plot

Rupa's (Shimla) husband sells her and her daughter Nipa (Sabrina) to a whore house for money. There Rupa wants to get back her usual life and believed her client Ratan (Sacchu) but he betrayed with her. in the meantime, whore house owner insists her to serve the clients in front of her child. As a result, she gets frustrated with her life and commit suicide along with her child. Prokash (Ferdous) and Sudhamoni (Popy) carried these two dead body for funeral. But people of the society impede them; even those two corpse do not get any government land. Now, it's time for Prokash and Sudhamoni to make a proper funeral of them.[3]

Cast

Soundtrack

The music of this film was directed by Emon Saha and lyrics were penned by Mohammad Hossain Jemmy and Syed Wahiduzzaman Diamond.

Awards

This film won National Film Awards in eight categories[4][5] and Bachsas Awards in seven categories[6]

Award TitleCategoryAwardeeResult
National Film AwardsBest DirectorSyed Wahiduzzaman DiamondWon
Best ActorFerdous AhmedWon
Best ActressSadika Parvin PopyWon
Best Child ArtistSyeda SabrinaWon
Best StorySyed Wahiduzzaman DiamondWon
Best Art DirectorMohammad KalantorWon
Best Costume DesignDilip SinghWon
Best MakeupKhalilur RahmanWon
Bachsas AwardsBest ActorFerdous AhmedWon
Best ActressSadika Parvin PopyWon
Best Supporting ActorShahidul Islma SacchuWon
Best Supporting ActressShimlaWon
Best Music DirectorEmon SahaWon
Best Female Playback SingerKanak ChapaWon
Best Art DirectorMohammad KalantorWon

See also

References
  1. কলকাতা উৎসবে 'গঙ্গাযাত্রা'. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 2010-10-19. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  2. কলকাতা উৎসবে বাংলাদেশের ছবি. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2010-11-05. Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  3. সিনেমা: গঙ্গাযাত্রা - ১৭ জানুয়ারি দুপুর ১টা চ্যানেল আই. Saatdin (in Bengali). Retrieved October 14, 2015.
  4. Nur A Sadia (2011-07-28). জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার ২০০৯. The Daily Janakantha (in Bengali). Retrieved October 1, 2015.
  5. "National Film Awards 2009 : "Ganga Jatra" and "Monpura" shine". Priyo News (in Bengali). 2011-07-25. Archived from the original on November 25, 2015. Retrieved October 18, 2015.
  6. বাচসাস পুরস্কার (২০০৯-১৩) পাচ্ছেন যারা. deshebideshe (in Bengali). Retrieved October 14, 2015.
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