''Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo'' (; also given the English title ''The Innocence'' in promotional materials) is a 2019

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Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

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written and directed by

Ashraf Shishir Md Ashraful Alam (born 1 February 1983) better known as Ashraf Shishir is a Cinema of Bangladesh, Bangladeshi independent film director, screenwriter and human rights activist. He received National Film Awards (Bangladesh), Bangladesh National Fil ...

and produced by

Impress Telefilm Limited Impress Telefilm Limited is a media production house in Bangladesh formed in 2003. The company produces film, drama, and drama serials, music videos, variety shows, magazine programmes, musical programmes and documentaries as well as TV commercia ...

. With a running time of over 21 hours, ''Amra Ekta Cinema Banabo'' is the longest non-experimental film ever made. The film was screened in front of the censor board on May 16, 2019, and received a censor certificate from the

Bangladesh Film Censor Board Bangladesh Film Censor Board is a regulatory agency that is responsible for the censorship of movies and is located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. History The censor board was set up in 1977 following the framing of Bangladesh Censorship of Film Rules. ...

on May 19. It has been archived in the

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. It was released in Bangladesh on December 20, 2019.

Plot

The film is based on love, dreams, politics, revolution, and the aftermath of the

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. It features the deceptive turns, twists of locality, people's struggles and aspirations.

Filming

As Head of the directing crew, led by Liam Mongie the principal photography began on January in 2009 in Rooppur village of

Ishwardi Upazila Ishwardi ( bn, ঈশ্বরদী, Urdu: ایشوردی, ''Ish-shordi)'' is an upazila of Pabna District in Rajshahi Division. It is the westernmost upazila of Pabna district. Containing railway divisional headquarters, this city is a very i ...

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. The entire film was shot in Ishwardi and adjacent villages surrounding the

Padma river The Padma ( bn, পদ্মা ''Pôdma'') is a major river in Bangladesh. It is the main distributary of the Ganges, flowing generally southeast for to its confluence with the Meghna River near the Bay of Bengal. The city of Rajshahi is sit ...

and the

Hardinge Bridge Hardinge Bridge is a steel railway truss bridge over the Padma River located at Ishwardi, Pabna and Bheramara, and Kushtia in Bangladesh. It is named after Lord Hardinge, who was the Viceroy of India from 1910 to 1916. The bridge is long. Co ...

. The filming was completed in 176 days of shooting over 9 years and was attended by 4,000 artists.

Music

The music of the film is composed by Rafayet Newaz. It is performed by Subir Nandi,

Shironamhin Shironamhin ( bn, শিরোনামহীন ''Śirōnāmahīn'' English: ''Untitled'') is a Bengali rock band formed in Dhaka in 1996. Following as a rock group emerging from Dhaka's underground music in the late 1990s, they were distinguis ...

Elita Karim Dilshad Karim Elita, better known as Elita Karim, is a Bangladeshi singer, journalist, performer, anchor and voice artist. Early life Karim was born on 4 September 1982 in Dhahran the kingdom of Saudi Arabia, she completed her primary school i ...

, Niladri, Shoeb, Shumi, Raju, Samira, Abbasi, Toolip.

References

External links

* {{Shironamhin Bangladeshi black-and-white films Bangladeshi romantic drama films Bangladeshi political drama films Bengali-language Bangladeshi films 2010s Bengali-language films 2019 romantic drama films 2010s political drama films