The Grave (2020 film)

A middle aged person has lost everything, his loving family, his daughter, because of a tsunami, now he begs, but begging is not the main purpose of his life. He is an undertaker. He inquired about the death of people through begging. He believes the only way to get salvation is to dig one hundred graves, so he can go straight to heaven and meet his family. Thus he dug 97 graves. His goal is to dig hundred graves. He wandered from village to village waiting for the news of people's death and digging graves. This number rose to 98. Then began the wait to achieve his goal.

Screenplay of The Grave is originally adapted from Rakayet's previously scripted and starred, tele-fiction named Gor, aired on Bangladesh Television.[4] The film received a grant of 6 million BDT from the Government of Bangladesh for the production of films.[2] Later, Impress Telefilms, was joined to co-produce and distribute the film.[1] Original Bengali screenplay was translated by Abdus Selim for English version.[5] The film was shot in rural scene and in set of Dohar.[4] Uttam Guho provided the art direction for this film. Set was created by clearing space in a jungle.[6] Principal photography was done in October and November in 2018.[7] The film was shot bilingually simultaneously for both international and domestic audiences.[1]

The Grave has been release on few screens in Bangladesh on Christmas Day of 2020.[8][9] The film is also scheduled to release internationally on 15 January, 2021 in Los Angeles.[10]