''Alifa'' (

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: আলিফা) is an Indian

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

feature film A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...

written and directed by Deep Choudhury and produced by Arman Ahmed. It stars Baharul Islam and

Jaya Seal Jaya Seal Ghosh the renowned actress and dancer started learning Bharatanatyam from a very early age under Guru Indira P. P. Bora for five years. Simultaneously she was also acting in Assamese television and did plays with noted Assamese thea ...

. ''Alifa'' won the Best Debut Film of A Director award to Deep Choudhury in 2017

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Story

This movie carries the story of a couple and their daughter Alifa as they had lost their home for soil erosion by the

Beki River Beki River (also known as the Kurissu River in Bhutan, asm, বেকী নদী) is one of the right bank tributaries of the mighty Brahmaputra River, which flows down from the Bhutan region but a large portion flows in Indian state Assam. It ...

at Barpeta and settled in

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for their livelihood.[]

Cast

* Baharul Islam *

Victor Banerjee Victor Banerjee is an Indian actor who appears in English, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese language films. He has worked for directors such as Roman Polanski, James Ivory, Sir David Lean, Jerry London, Ronald Neame, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shya ...

* Al-Mamun Al Siyam as Saif * Prasun Gayen * Satya Ranjan * Pakija Hasmi * Rayan Abdul * Swapna Dey * Mahmuda Begum * Tajmal Hussain *

Pabitra Rabha Pabitra Rabha (born 31 January 1976) is an Indian actor, who works in Assamese, Hindi, Bangla and English language films. Early life Pabitra Rabha was born on 31 January 1976 in Tangla, Udalguri district of Assam Assam (; ) is a stat ...

as Ranjan

Festivals

''Alifa'' premièred at 22nd Kolkata International Film Festival in at

Kolkata, West Bengal Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, commer ...

in November 2016. ''Alifa'' was also screened at Ottawa Indian Film Festival Awards 2017 at

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Reception

Critical response

NEZine.com writes about the film as "Alifa- in search of hope and humanity amidst chaos and despair" Alifa was also featured in North East Today article in April, 2017

Accolades

The film was screened at 22nd Kolkata International Film Festival

Awards and nominations

;

* Best Debut Film of A Director - Deep Choudhury. Alifa (2016)

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, tt6096212, Alifa Best Debut Feature Film of a Director National Film Award winners Bengali-language Indian films 2010s Bengali-language films