''Koshai'' ( bn, কসাই, "butcher") is a 1980 Bangladeshi film directed 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 ...

. It stars Rozina,

Bobita Farida Akhtar Poppy, known by her stage name Babita, is a Bangladeshi film actress. She is a popular actress in Bangladeshi films of the 1970s. She is best known for her performance in Satyajit Ray's '' Distant Thunder'', a novel adaptation abou ...

, Alamgir,

Kabari Sarah Begum Kabori (also Kabori Sarwar; born Mina Pal, 19 July 1950 – 17 April 2021) was a Bangladeshi film actress and politician. Her notable films include ''Sutorang'', ''Sareng Bou'', ''Abhirbhab'', ''Shat Bhai Champa'', ''Sujon Sokhi'' ...

, and

Jashim Abul Khayer Jashim Uddin (known professionally as Jashim; 14 August 1950 – 8 October 1998) was a Bangladeshi film actor, producer, action director and a freedom fighter. He acted in more than 200 films and is known as the first action hero of D ...

. It won four

National Film Awards The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorat ...

: Best Supporting Actress ( Rozina), Best Music Director (

Alauddin Ali Alauddin Ali (24 December 1952 – 9 August 2020) was a Bangladeshi music composer. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director five times for the films ''Golapi Ekhon Traine'' (1978), '' Sundori'' (1979), ''Koshai'' (1980), ...

), Best Male Playback Singer (

Syed Abdul Hadi Syed Abdul Hadi (born 1 July 1940) is a Bangladeshi singer. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer five times for his playback performance in the films ''Golapi Ekhon Traine'' (1979), ''Sundori'' (1979), ''Koshai' ...

), and Best Female Playback Singer (

Sabina Yasmin Sabina Yasmin (born 4 September 1953) is a Bangladeshi singer. She is best known as a playback singer in Bengali cinema. She has won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer a record 14 times. She has recorded more than 1, ...

Cast

* Rozina *

* Alamgir

Music

*"Bondhu Tin Din" -

Runa Laila Runa Laila ( bn, রুনা লায়লা, ur, ; born 17 November 1952) is a Bangladeshi playback singer and composer. She started her career in Pakistan film industry in the late 1960s. Her style of singing is inspired by Pakistani p ...

*"Amar Doshe Doshi Ami" -

Release and reception

The film was screened at the 1980

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 ...

. Writing in 2002, filmmaker

Zakir Hossain Raju Zakir Hossain Raju is a Bangladeshi film director. Besides film-making, he is also a story writer, screenplay and dialogue writer. He won three National Film Awards for the films '' Bhalobaslei Ghor Bandha Jay Na'' (2010) and ''Moner Moto Manush ...

described ''Koshai'' as one of the films of the period that, "bubble with social criticism and satire, which were virtually non-existent earlier".

Awards

;

Bangladesh National Film Awards 1980 The 6th Bangladesh National Film Awards ( bn, জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার), presented by Ministry of Information, Bangladesh to felicitate the best of Bangladeshi Cinema released in the year 1980. Bangl ...

*Best Supporting Actress - Rozina *Best Music Director -

*Best Male Playback Singer -

*Best Female Playback Singer -

References

External links

* 1980 films Bengali-language Bangladeshi films Films scored by Alauddin Ali 1980s Bengali-language films {{Bangladesh-film-stub