''Akash Ar Mati'' (''The Sky and the Earth'') is a 1959
black and white
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Media
The history of various visual media began with black and white, and as technology improved, altered to color. ...
film directed by
Fateh Lohani
Fateh Lohani (1920 – 12 April 1975) was a Bangladeshi actor, film director, writer and journalist.
Education
Lohani passed Matriculation examination from St Mary's Cathedral Mission High School in Calcutta. He completed his IA and BA degrees f ...
and produced by Film Development Corporation (FDC).
It was the first sound feature produced in
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 ...
(now
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 ...
) including post-production,
though like ''
Mukh O Mukhosh
''Mukh O Mukhosh'' ( bn, মুখ ও মুখোশ, translation='The Face and the Mask', italic=yes) was the first Bengali-language feature film to be made in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). It was produced by Iqbal Films and directed by Abdu ...
'' (''The Face and the Mask''), the first Bengali-language film made in East Pakistan, it used some cast and crew from the
West Bengal film industry.
Background
''Akash Ar Mati'' was actor-director Fateh Lohani's second venture. ''Satrang'', an Urdu film directed by him was released in 1965.
He based ''Akash ar Mati'' on one of dramatist
Bidhayak Bhattacharya Bidhayak Bhattacharya (7 February 1907 – 15 November 1986) was a Bengali novelist, play writer and actor. His birth name was Bagalaranjan.
Early life
Bhattacharya was born at Ziaganj in Murshidabad district in 1907 in British India. His fathe ...
's stories. A musical film, it was thematically ambitious. But it suffered from poor technical knowledge and the inexperience of film-makers of
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...
. The film flopped commercially.
Legendary Bangladeshi actress
Sumita Devi,
Fazlul Karirt, Pradip, the first Bangladeshi hero
Aminul Haque,
Dagu, Ali, Zinat, Rablul, Madhuri, Tejon, and Ranon acted in the film.
Baby Islam
Anwarul Islam (known as Baby Islam; 1931 – 24 May 2010) was a Bangladeshi cinematographer and film director. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Cinematography for the film (1975).
Early life and education
Islam was born in ...
was the cinematographer.
Subal Das
Subal Das (26 December 192816 August 2005) was a Bangladeshi music director and composer. He was the music director of the first film developed in Film Development Corporation (FDC), ''Akash aar Mati''. He directed music of 86 films.
Early life ...
was the music director.
Cast
*
Sumita Devi
* Fazlul Karirt
* Madhuri
* Aminul Haque
*
Rabiul Alam
See also
*
Cinema of Bangladesh
The Bangladeshi Cinema, better known as Dhallywood ( bn, ঢালিউড), is the Bengali-language film industry based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It has often been a significant film industry since the early 1970s. The dominant style of Bangla ...
References
External links
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1959 films
1959 musical films
Bengali-language Pakistani films
Bangladeshi musical films
1950s Bengali-language films
Films scored by Subal Das