''Choturtha Matra'' is a 2001 Bangladeshi

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written and directed by

Nurul Alam Atique Nurul Alam Atique is a Bangladeshi television dramatist, scriptwriter and film-maker. Atique received the Bangladesh National Film Award as the best scriptwriter for the full-length feature film ''Kirtonkhola'' (directed by Abu Syed). He also re ...

. The film based on a story in the same name written by Shahidul Jahir. It stars

Jayanta Chattopadhyay Jayanto Chattopadhyay (born 28 July 1946) is a Bangladeshi actor and reciter. He studied in English literature from Calcutta University. He portrayed the famous character Misir Ali in a television drama named ''Trishna''. Works Films * '' Ada ...

, Tamalika Karmakar, Sonia Zafar, M.M. Morshed, Shamsul Alom Bakul and

Fazlur Rahman Babu Fazlur Rahman Babu (born 22 August 1960) is a Bangladeshi actor and singer. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 4 times for his roles in the films ''Shonkhonaad'' (2004), '' Meyeti Ekhon Kothay Jabe'' (2017), ''Fagun ...

. The film won Meril Prothom Alo Critics Choice Awards in 2002 in three categories.

Plot

The story of a lonely man who caught in a perpetual cycle of time. He hangs in limbo, between reality and dreams. His only companions a maid, a cat, and a grandfather clock. The same things are happening in his life and he becomes increasingly frustrated.

Cast

as Abdul Karim * Tamalika Karmakar as maid servant * M.M. Morshed as the paper seller * Sonia Zafar as the woman * Shamsul Alam Bakul as landowner * Junaid Halim as candy seller * Munir as children I * Shobuj as children II * Arif as children II * Rajeeb as children II *

as neighbour I * Ashoke Bepari as neighbour II * Bablu Biswas as neighbour III * Dardesh Chacha as hores rider

Awards

References

External links

* * 2001 films 2001 television films 2001 drama films 2001 independent films 2000s Bengali-language films Bengali-language television programming in Bangladesh Bengali-language Bangladeshi films Bangladeshi drama films Bangladeshi television films Bangladeshi independent films {{Bangladesh-film-stub