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''Ankhi O Tar Bandhura'' (''Ankhi and her Friends'') is a Bangladeshi film directed by
Morshedul Islam Morshedul Islam (born 1 December 1958) is a Bangladeshi film director. His notable films include ''Agami'' (1984), ''Chaka'' (1993), ''Dipu Number Two'' (1996), '' Dukhai'' (1997), ''Khelaghor'' (2006), ''Durotto'' (2006) and ''Amar Bondhu Rashed ...
, produced by
Faridur Reza Sagar Faridur Reza Sagar (born 22 February 1955) is a Bangladeshi writer and film producer. He is also the managing director of Impress Telefilm Ltd and Channel i. He was awarded the Bangla Academy Literary Award in 2005 and Ekushey Padak in 2015 b ...
and Morshedul Islam which was released on 22 December 2017. The story of ''Ankhi O Tar Bandhura'' is based on a book written by a popular Bangladeshi author
Muhammed Zafar Iqbal Muhammed Zafar Iqbal ( bn, মুহম্মদ জাফর ইকবাল; ; born 23 December 1952) is a Bangladeshi science fiction author, physicist, academic, activist & former professor of computer science and engineering and former he ...
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Plot

Titu's life at home and at school is miserable. Although Titu is his nickname, everyone calls him ‘Tita’ meaning sour. He hates just about everything. He thinks his teachers don't understand children; they become mad at them for no reason. He can't go to the library as it remains locked. Teachers insist on memorizing lessons. His elder brother Tito is an expert in doing that. Everyone considers him a good student. Since Titu doesn't like rote learning, so everyone thinks he doesn't like his studies. Titu's school gets a new head mistress—Dr. Raisa. She begins to change everything. She stops the practice of caning. She opens up the library and talks to everyone with a smile. She never gets angry with anyone. DrRaisa believes that the system of our education is faulty. It's not good that only the teachers will talk and the students listen. This is one reason why students are not attentive. They have lost interest in studies. Dr Raisa convinces a visually impaired girl, Ankhi, to attend her school rather than one for the visually handicapped. But finding her teachers uncooperative, Ankhi decides to leave school. Her friends however, intervene. They stand behind her. Ankhi tells them that she doesn't want to be considered a ‘blind’ girl. She wants to be just an ordinary girl, like any other. Her friends take the challenge. None of them thinks Ankhi is any different, least of all being a ‘blind’ girl. But wanting to be normal is one thing, becoming one is quite another. Ankhi can't play with anyone. Titu however finds out that although Ankhi can't see, she can hear things much better than others. Titu takes the help of a shoe smith and makes a cricket ball which makes a sound when it's in play. He presents the ball to Ankhi. Ankhi feels ecstatic. She can now catch the ball when it flies, and can hit it with her bat. She becomes an excellent cricket player and shows everyone that blind people can do things just like the sighted ones if they are given an opportunity. The shoe smith doesn't take any money for the ball, but Dr Raisa brings him to school and honours him. To celebrate their team's becoming champion in the cricket tournament, Ankhi visits Bandarban with her friends. There they are kidnapped by a gang of robbers who take Ankhi and five of her friends to a secret hideout. Their intention is to sell the girls to traffickers who will take them to Yangon. But Ankhi and her friends show exemplary presence of mind and intelligence to escape, and help the security forces capture the kidnappers. Seeing the way Ankhi has developed, other differently challenged girls and boys enroll in her school. Even a wheel chair bound student joins the school's football team.


Cast

Jahin Nawar Huq Isha (Ankhi) * Anannyo Samayel (Titu) * Zuyairia Ahmed Protyasha (Ritu) * Ariana Kabir (Shanta) * Shakil Ahmed (Sujon) * Ayman Mahmud Arion (Mamun) * Abdus Shihab Apan (Ashraf) * Syed Ashiquzzaman Romio (Bazlu) * Dhrubanti (Sumi) * Nabid Hasan Omi (Tito) * Shubarna Mustafa (Dr. Raisa) * Tariq Anam Khan (Ankhi's Father) * Afsana Mahmud (Ankhi's Mother) * Munira Yusuf Memi (Titu's Mother) * Al Mansoor (Kader Box) * Susmita Sinha (Ankhi's Cousin) *
SM Mohsin S. M. Mohsin (30 January 1948 – 18 April 2021) was a Bangladeshi stage and television actor. He became an honorary fellow of the Bangla Academy in 2018. In 2020, he was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh for his contribution ...
(Bangla Teacher) * Kamol Ghose (Head Sir) * Udayan Bikash Barua (Old Dacoit) * Komol Siddiqui (Armi Officer)


Production

The film was shot mostly in Dhaka, Bangladesh and in the dense forests and hills of Bandarban, Bangladesh. It is a joint production by Monon Chalachitra and Impress Telefilm Limited.


Sound track

The music director of the movie is
Swani Zubayeer Swani Zubayeer (born 2 December 1973) is a Bangladeshi classical singer, composer and music director. He won Bangladesh National Film Awards in best music director category for the film Anil Bagchir Ekdin in 2015. Early life and family Zubayeer w ...
. The movie has a single song.


References


External links

* {{Morshedul Islam Bengali-language Bangladeshi films 2017 films 2010s Bengali-language films Films directed by Morshedul Islam Government of Bangladesh grants films