Golapi is a

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which is created by

Amjad Hossain Amjad Hossain (14 August 1942 – 14 December 2018) was a Bangladeshi film director, actor, scriptwriter and lyricist. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director twice, for the films ''Golapi Ekhon Traine'' (1978) and '' Bhat D ...

. The films resolves around Golapi and his life journey. There are 3 films in the series. The character Golapi is played by 2 actors throughout the film series.

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(Ekhon Golapi Traine, Ekhon Golapi Dhakay) and

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(Ekhon Golapi Bilatey) played the role Golapi in the

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Overview

''Golapi Ekhon Traine (1978)''

Mondol is an influential person in the village. His son Milon likes the girl of a street singer Golapi . In the meantime, Mondol brings a bridegroom for Golapi but they demand a cycle. Golapi's father cannot afford this so Milon pay for the cycle. But for some reason the marriage does not take place and Golapi's father commits suicide. As a result, Golapi's family fall into grief and she starts to work in different places by train. The people from the village do not take this positively and sit to desert them to work on trains.

''Golapi Ekhon Dhakay (1994)''

This is a story about Golapi a poor girls endless straggle life in capital city after harassment from rural life.

''Golapi Ekhon Bilatey (2010)''

Golapi divorces her husband and moves in with Mithun and his daughter, Tumpa, with the goal of raising Tumpa as her primary focus.

Films

Golapi Ekhon Traine

Golapi Ekhon Traine ''Golapi Ekhon Traine'' ( bn, গোলাপী এখন ট্রেনে, Gōlāpī Ekhon Trēnē, Golapi is now on a train - English name: The Endless Trail) is a Bangladeshi drama film based on the novel of Amjad Hossain ''Droupodi Ekhon T ...

was the first film in the Golapi

. The film is also known as The Endless Trail in English.

was cast as Golapi.

won 9 awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Music Director, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Lyrics, Best Male Playback Singer, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.

Golapi Ekhon Dhakay

Golapi Ekhon Dhakay was the second film in the Golapi

. The sequal released after 16 years

released, making it to be first Bangladeshi film series.

again played the role of Golapi.

Golapi Ekhon Bilatey

Golapi Ekhon Bilatey ''Golapi Ekhon Bilatey'' is a 2010 Bangladeshi film written and directed by Amjad Hussain. It stars Mithun Chakraborty, Moushumi, Shabnur, Ferdous Ahmed, Prabir Mitra and Ahmed Sharif. Amjad Hussain directed two other films before, ''Golapi Ekhon ...

was the 3rd and final film in the Golapi film series. Filming started in May 2006 and it was released on 29 January 2010 in Bangladesh. The film stars one of most popular west-Bengal Indian actor

Mithun Chakraborty Mithun Chakraborty (born Gouranga Chakraborty; 16 June 1950) is an Indian actor, producer and politician who predominantly worked in Hindi and Bengali language films. He is a former Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament. He is the recipient of three ...

as one of the lead roles. And this time

was cast as Golapi.

Cast and Crew

Cast

Crew

Reception

Box office

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, September 5, 1978 , ৳500k , ৳1 crore , {{Cite web , date=2016-10-25 , title=Lights! Camera! Action! , url=https://www.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/special-feature/lights-camera-action-1303612 , access-date=2023-05-08 , website=The Daily Star , language=en , - , Golapi Ekhon Dhakay , September 30, 1994 , - , - , , - ,

, January 29, 2010 , ৳935k , - , , - , colspan="2" , Total , ৳0.14 crore(US$13k) , ৳1 crore(US$93k) ,

References

Bangladeshi film series