''No Bed of Roses'' (''Doob'' as the Bengali version) is a 2017
Bangladeshi-Indian drama film written and directed by
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. It was produced by
Abdul Aziz,
Himanshu Dhanuka and
Irrfan Khan under the banner of
Jaaz Multimedia and
Eskay Movies along with Irrfan Khan Films. It stars Irrfan Khan,
Nusrat Imrose Tisha,
Rokeya Prachy and
Parno Mittra
Parno Mitra (born 31 October 1986) is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali films.
Mitra started her career on television. Her acting assignment was Ravi Ojha's Bengali TV series ''Khela'' (2007). She was catapulted to stardom after she ena ...
. The story builds up around the members of two families discovering the finer fabric of love when the headman of a family dies. The theme is that death doesn't always take things away: Sometimes it gives back. It was selected as the Bangladeshi entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
*See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
at the
91st Academy Awards
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, but it was not nominated.
Cast
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Irrfan Khan as Javed Hasan
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Nusrat Imrose Tisha as Saberi
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Rokeya Prachy as Maya
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Parno Mittra
Parno Mitra (born 31 October 1986) is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali films.
Mitra started her career on television. Her acting assignment was Ravi Ojha's Bengali TV series ''Khela'' (2007). She was catapulted to stardom after she ena ...
as Nitu
* Rashad Hossain as Ahir
* Nader Chowdhury
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Ashok Dhanuka
Ashok Dhanuka is an Indian film producer. He is the founder of Eskay Movies. One of the leading film production house, studio and distribution house in West Bengal. His son Himanshu Dhanuka is also a film producer and distributor.
Filmography
* ...
as Aynal
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Mujib Pardeshi
Mujib Pardeshi is a folk musician, film actor, and music director from Bangladesh.
Biography
Pardeshi was born in Betka village in what is now Tongibari Upazila of Munshiganj District. He completed a bachelor's degree in English at Dhaka Universit ...
*
Mohammed Rakibul Hasan Reza
Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monothe ...
as Lotus
Production
Casting
Irrfan Khan was cast in to play the lead role opposite
Nusrat Imrose Tisha.
Rokeya Prachy and
Parno Mittra
Parno Mitra (born 31 October 1986) is an Indian actress who appears in Bengali films.
Mitra started her career on television. Her acting assignment was Ravi Ojha's Bengali TV series ''Khela'' (2007). She was catapulted to stardom after she ena ...
later joined the film in a supporting role. This marks Khan's 10th international film.
Filming
Principal photography began in March 2016 in Dhaka. Filming locations include
Chittagong Hill Tracts,
Sylhet
Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate an ...
, and
Dhaka. On 17 March 2016,
Irrfan Khan arrived in Dhaka,
Bangladesh to scout for filming locations.
Internationally acclaimed director
Farooki describes ''No Bed of Roses'' as a family story of loss and regain. Regarding the film Khan said, "When I saw his first film 'Ant Story', it immediately got me interested. I was impressed with his approach, style, and the way he unravels the story ... His works carry a strong humane angle, which is why his characters are multi layered."
Release
''No Bed of Roses'' had its world premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival on 25 June 2017.
After months of waiting for clearance, the film was finally announced to be released on 27 October 2017 in Bangladesh and India. Talks were on with distributors of respective countries whether it can be released in Australia and Singapore on 27 October.
Reception
Upon release "No bed Of Roses" received positive critical acclaim from the prominent critics of both Bangladesh and India.
Film festivals
This movie has been selected to compete at the main competition round of the
Shanghai International Film Festival 2017, which commenced from 17 June 2017.
''No Bed of Roses'' has been selected for the main competition section of the 39th
Moscow International Film Festival
The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first h ...
. The film wins the Kommersant Weekend Prize in the festival.
* Film Bazaar 2013 - Winner - Dubai Film Market Award
* Shanghai International Film Festival, June 2017 - Competition
* Moscow International Film Festival, June 2017 - Winner - Kommersant Jury Prize
* In competition, El Gouna Film Festival, September 2017
* Official selection, Vancouver International Film Festival, September 2017
* Official selection, Busan International Film festival, October 2017
* Closing film, South Asian Film Festival, Paris, October 2017
* In competition, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, November 2017
* Official selection, 48th International Film Festival of India, Goa, 20–28 November 2017.
* Official Selection, IFFK Kerala 2017.
* Official Selection, Munich IFF 2018.
* Official Selection, SIFF 2018.
*Official Selection, Asian World Film Festival 2018, California.
Reviews
Thoroughly modern and unlike Farooki's previous work, this is a sobering, engrossing separation drama... It takes an actor of Irrfan Khan's stature and magnetism to turn an intimate separation drama into something special, and a writer-director like Bangladesh's happy maverick Mostofa Sarwar Farooki to layer on subtleties and shades of meaning with realistic detachment that never slips into melodrama... Its visual style and pacing make as much of an impression as the head-shaking story. — Deborah Young, ''The Hollywood Reporter''
Directed with an assured and graceful touch that evokes the elegiac tone of a requiem, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki proves he's a singular voice in Bangladeshi cinema. With Irrfan Khan delivering another sublime lead performance (while being billed as co-producer), the film should bloom at festivals and secure a limited release in India, despite some censorship issues back home…..Other actors in the mixed cast of Bangladeshis and Indians are equally absorbing, especially Tisha. — Maggie Lee, Chief Asia Film Critic, ''Variety''
The latest work from Mostofa Sawar Farooki No Bed Of Roses (Doob) is an intimate family drama which eschews the usual melodramatic trappings of such fare to explore the quietly devastating impact of a husband's infidelity on those closest to him... Boasting an excellent central performance from acclaimed Indian actor Irrfan Khan... Khan is characteristically magnetic and surprisingly empathetic... While the story is salacious, Farooki's nuanced screenplay avoids cliche — sex scenes are notably absent — to instead focus on the very real pain of the situation... Alongside Khan, who will be familiar to Western audiences, the cast is universally strong... the evolving relationship between mother and daughter in the wake of Javed's seismic betrayal provides the emotional heart of the narrative, along with Saberi's feelings towards her father, and it's refreshing to see this age-old story told from the equal perspective of the women involved. Farooki handles the piece with grace and sensitivity; an approach augmented by Pavel Arin's evocative score, which mixes the traditional and the contemporary, and debut cinematographer Sheikh Rajibul Islam's arresting, contemplative visuals. — Nikki Baughan, Screen International
Farooqi never quite ventures to spoon-feed us with an explanation of exactly why and how Javed Hasan reached the tipping point of leaving his family and marrying the girl who had broken his home. The human mind, with all its complexities, is simply left to itself here, the viewer encouraged to make his or her own interpretation with ample hints that could mean more things than one.
Controversy
On 16 February 2017, the
Ministry of Information halted the film's "no-objection" certificate.
Earlier, writer
Humayun Ahmed's wife
Meher Afroz Shaon had brought to the government's notice that part of the film resembles a period of her deceased husband's life.
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Soundtrack
The soundtrack music composed by Chirkutt
Chirkutt is a Bangladeshi rock band from Dhaka, formed in 2002. It consists of vocalist Sharmin Sultana Sumi, guitarist Emon Chowdhury, keyboards player Jahid Nirob and drummer Pavel Areen.
History
This band was formed in 2002 by Sharmin Sulta ...
.
Accolades
''Doob'' was nominated for five awards from the Filmfare Awards East.
See also
* List of submissions to the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
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References
External links
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{{Bangladeshi submission for Academy Awards
2017 films
2010s Bengali-language films
2017 drama films
English-language Bangladeshi films
Bengali-language Bangladeshi films
Bengali-language Indian films
Films scored by Chirkutt
Films directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Jaaz Multimedia films
Film controversies in Bangladesh