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Matir Pahar
''Matir Pahar'' is a 1959 Bengali film. The film was directed by Mohiuddin Ahmad. This was the third film made in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). Cast * Sumita Devi * Khan Ataur Rahman * Mesbah Shahjahan Response Film critic Ahmed Muztaba Zamal, when asked in 2000 by the magazine ''Cinemaya ''Cinemaya'' (a blend of ''cinema'' and ''maya'' (illusion)) is a film magazine established in 1988 devoted exclusively to coverage of Asian film. It is published in New Delhi, India and distributed internationally. The present editor-in-chief of ...'' to name the top ten films from Bangladesh, named ''Matir Pahar'', made when the country was still East Pakistan, as one of the top twelve. According to critic Alamgir Kabir, ''Matir Pahar'' "failed miserably" at the box office, unable to compete with films made in India and Lahore with established stars. References External links * 1959 films 1959 drama films Bengali-language Pakistani films Bangladeshi drama films 1950s Bengal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali Language
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of the 22 scheduled languages of India. With approximately 300 million native speakers and another 37 million as second language speakers, Bengali is the List of languages by number of native speakers, fifth most-spoken native language and the List of languages by total number of speakers, seventh most spoken language by total number of speakers in the world. Bengali is the fifth most spoken Indo-European language. Bengali is the official language, official and national language of Bangladesh, with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. Within India, Bengali is the official language of the states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam. It is also a second official lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohiuddin Ahmad
Mohiuddin Ahmad (popularly known as Mohammad Mohiuddin) is a Bangladeshi film director, writer and producer. In 1982, he won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for the film ''Boro Bhalo Lok Chhilo'' and in 1991 he won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Story for the film ''Padma Meghna Jamuna''. Selected films * ''Matir Pahar'' - 1959 * ''Tomar Amar'' - 1961 * ''Raja Elo Shohore'' - 1964 * ''Shit Bikle'' - 1964 * ''Godhulir Prem'' - 1965 * ''Isa Khan'' - 1974 * ''Surja Dighal Bari'' - 1979 * ''Protiggya'' - 1980 * ''Boro Bhalo Lok Chhilo'' - 1982 * ''Padma Meghna Jamuna'' - 1991 Awards and nominations National Film Awards The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorat ... References Footnotes Bibliography * * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bangladeshi Films
This is a list of films produced by the Dhallywood film industry of Dhaka, Bangladesh, ordered by year of release. Dhallywood films are generally listed under the Bengali language. Some films before 1971 were mixed Urdu and Bengali language. 1948–1969 This is a list of notable films produced in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) both in Bengali and Urdu languages. A total of 214 films were made since 1948–1971 in Dhaka. Among them 158 films were Bengali and 57 Urdu. 1970s 1970s * List of Bangladeshi films of 1970 * List of Bangladeshi films of 1971 * List of Bangladeshi films of 1972 * List of Bangladeshi films of 1973 * List of Bangladeshi films of 1974 * List of Bangladeshi films of 1975 * List of Bangladeshi films of 1976 * List of Bangladeshi films of 1977 * List of Bangladeshi films of 1978 * List of Bangladeshi films of 1979 1980s * List of Bangladeshi films of 1980 * List of Bangladeshi films of 1981 * List of Bangladeshi films of 1982 * List of Bangladeshi film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Pakistan
East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India and Myanmar, with a coastline on the Bay of Bengal. East Pakistanis were popularly known as "Pakistani Bengalis"; to distinguish this region from India's state West Bengal (which is also known as "Indian Bengal"), East Pakistan was known as "Pakistani Bengal". In 1971, East Pakistan became the newly independent state Bangladesh, which means "country of Bengal" in Bengali. East Pakistan was renamed from East Bengal by the One Unit Scheme of Pakistani Prime Minister Mohammad Ali of Bogra. The Constitution of Pakistan of 1956 replaced the Pakistani monarchy with an Islamic republic. Bengali politician H. S. Suhrawardy served as the Prime Minister of Pakistan between 1956 and 1957 and a Bengali bureaucrat Iskander Mirza became the first Presid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sumita Devi
Nilufar Begum (2 February 1936 – 6 January 2004; born Hena Bhattacharya), better known by her stage name Sumita Devi, was a Bangladeshi actress. In 45 years of her career, she acted in around 200 films and 150 radio and television dramas. She was an artist at the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra in 1971. Early life and career Devi was born in Manikganj District in the then Bengal Presidency. She moved with her parents, first to Dhaka in 1944, then to Calcutta in 1951. She debuted her acting in the film ''Asiya'' (1960). She was the first actress of the then East Pakistan to act in the film ''Dhupchhaya'' produced in West Pakistan. Later she produced five films. Works ;Actress ;Producer * ''Agun Niye Khela'' (1967) * ''Momer Alo'' (1968) * ''Mayar Sangsar'' (1969) * ''Adarsha Chapakhana'' (1970) * ''Notun Probhat'' (1970) Personal life and death Devi's first marriage to Amulya Lahiri was short. Later she married filmmaker Zahir Raihan in 1962. Upon marriage she converted to Islam a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khan Ataur Rahman
Khan Ataur Rahman (known as Khan Ata; 11 December 1928 – 1 December 1997) was a Bangladeshi film actor, director, producer, screenplay writer, music composer, and singer, best known for his role in the film ''Jibon Theke Neya'' (1970). He received the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the films ''Sujon Sokhi'' (1975) and ''Danpite Chhele'' (1980). He was awarded Ekushey Padak posthumously in 2003 by the Government of Bangladesh. Early life and education The son of Ziarat Hossain Khan and Zohra Khatun, who lived in Singair Upazila, Manikganj District, Rahman was born on 11 December 1928. When he was a student in Third grade, class three, he won the first prize of the Dhaka District, Dhaka Zilla Music Competition. He rendered the song ''Mon paban-er dinga baiyya''. Rahman attended Dhaka Collegiate School, Dhaka College, and Dhaka University, completing a Bachelor of Science degree. Rahman was extremely obsessed with films. After enrolling in Dhaka Medical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmed Muztaba Zamal
Ahmed Muztaba Zamal is a Bangladeshi film critic. He is editor of ''Celluloid'', a quarterly film magazine, and is director of the Dhaka International Film Festival. Biography Zamal first attended a film festival, the Munich Film Festival, in 1991. The following year he started the Dhaka International Film Festival. Major film festivals, in addition to the juries selected by the festival to award its prizes, often feature independent juries that follow their own criteria to award their own prizes. Zamal was a member of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) independent jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1998 and 2018; at the Cannes Film Festival in 2002, 2005, and 2009; and at the Venice Film Festival in 2007. Zamal directed several documentaries, starting with the 2006 ''Truth and Beyond'', which explores Islam in Bangladesh. Later that year he made ''Smritir Minar'' (''A Monument of Memories''), which records Bangladeshi participation in the 2006 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinemaya
''Cinemaya'' (a blend of ''cinema'' and ''maya'' (illusion)) is a film magazine established in 1988 devoted exclusively to coverage of Asian film. It is published in New Delhi, India and distributed internationally. The present editor-in-chief of Cinemaya is Aruna Vasudev, noted film journalist. Its goals are to promote Asian filmmaking internationally and to help Asian national cinemas gain wider international recognition. In 1990, in collaboration with UNESCO it founded the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema, an association of film professionals based in Singapore which presents annual awards for greatest Asian achievements in filmmaking at selected film festivals around the world. Cinefan or Cinemaya Festival of Asian Cinema, now known as Osian's Cinefan Festival of Asian and Arab Cinema, began in 1999 as an outgrowth of Cinemaya, and was later taken over by the Osian Foundation of Neville Tuli Neville Tuli (born 24 April 1964) is the Founder Chairman of the "Osia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alamgir Kabir (film Maker)
Alamgir Kabir (26 December 1938 – 20 January 1989) was a Bangladeshi film director and cultural activist. Three of his feature films are featured in the "Top 10 Bangladeshi Films" list by British Film Institute. Early life and education Kabir was born on 26 December 1938 in Rangamati. His parents originally hailed from Banaripara Upazila of Barisal. He completed the matriculation in 1952 from Dhaka Collegiate School and the intermediate in 1954 from Dhaka College. After completion of bachelors from the Dhaka University in physics, he went to England to study electrical engineering at Oxford University at the age of 22. Career During his stay in Oxford University he watched ''The Seventh Seal'' by Ingmar Bergman several times and became attracted to filmmaking. He attended the British Film Institute to complete a number of courses on the history of the film industry, film direction and aesthetics. He also got involved with the Communist Party of England and became a reporter of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Films
The year 1959 in film involved some significant events, with '' Ben-Hur'' winning a record 11 Academy Awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1959 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 23 – Republic Pictures releases its last production, ''Plunderers of Painted Flats''. *January 29 – Walt Disney's ''Sleeping Beauty'' premieres, their most expensive film to date and the first animated film to be shot in Super Technirama 70. It initially ends up losing money for the studio due to its high production costs. However, it would eventually gain a cult following and is now considered one of Disney's great classics. *April 30 – François Truffaut's ''The 400 Blows'' opens the 1959 Cannes Film Festival bringing international attention to the French New Wave. * June 4 – The Three Stooges release their 190th and last short film, ''Sappy Bull Fighters''. * June 7 – A contract between Paramount and Jerry Lewis Productions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1959 Drama Films
Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of Earth's Moon, and was also the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. * January 3 ** The three southernmost atolls of the Maldive archipelago ( Addu Atoll, Huvadhu Atoll and Fuvahmulah island) declare independence. ** Alaska is admitted as the 49th U.S. state. * January 4 ** In Cuba, rebel troops led by Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos enter the city of Havana. ** Léopoldville riots: At least 49 people are killed during clashes between the police and participants of a meeting of the ABAKO Party in Léopoldville in the Belgian Congo. * January 6 ** Fidel Castro arrives in Havana. ** The International Maritime Organization is inaugurated. * January 7 – The United States recognizes the new Cuban government of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bengali-language Pakistani Films
Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of the 22 scheduled languages of India. With approximately 300 million native speakers and another 37 million as second language speakers, Bengali is the fifth most-spoken native language and the seventh most spoken language by total number of speakers in the world. Bengali is the fifth most spoken Indo-European language. Bengali is the official and national language of Bangladesh, with 98% of Bangladeshis using Bengali as their first language. Within India, Bengali is the official language of the states of West Bengal, Tripura and the Barak Valley region of the state of Assam. It is also a second official language of the Indian state of Jharkhand since September 2011. It is the most widely spoken language in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
