"Swopnodanay" goes to Shanghai Film Festival
Cultural Correspondent
Swopnodanay, directed by Golam Rabbany Biplob and produced by Impress Telefilm Ltd, will have its Asian premiere at the 10th Shanghai International Film Festival. The festival is scheduled to start from June 16. The film has been selected for screening in the "Asian New Talent Award" category. Ten films have been selected in the category. Swopodanay is the first Bangladeshi film, to be screened at the prestigious festival. Faridur Reza Sagar, managing director of Impress Telefilm Ltd, and Rabbany will attend the festival as special guests. Swapnodanay follows the lives of a few individuals living in a remote village in the Northern part of the country. The protagonist Fazlu (played by singer Mahmu-duzzaman Babu) is a peddler. One evening he returns home with a used trouser for his son. While washing the trouser, Fazlu's wife (Rokeya Prachy) finds some foreign currency in the pockets. The family gets over-excited at the possibility of acquiring a sizeable amount of cash. Fazlu and his pal Siraj (Fazlur Rahman Babu) roam around the rugged locales of 'Barendrabhumi' on a beat-up motorbike, trying to exchange the foreign currency for Taka. Greed surfaces and the central characters -- Fazlu, his wife and Siraj -- start weaving their individual dreams. Desire and deception change the relationships forever. The film will be premiered soon in Bangladesh.
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Mahmuduzzaman Babu and Rokeya Prachy in Swapnodanay |