''Masud Rana'' is a Bangladeshi

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released in 1974. Masud Rana is a fictional character created by

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and published under the banner of

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. Since 1966, it has published over four hundred books on this character. It was based on the story of ''Bismoron'' (lit. Amnesia) novel of Masud Rana series,Glitz
, BDNews24.com which in turn is based on ''Strictly for Cash..'' by

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. This is the debut film of Sohel Rana. The film stars Sohel Rana in the role of Masud Rana, Olivia and Kabori, Golam Mostafa, Khalil, Fateh Lohani and Razzak as a guest actor.

Plot

Masud Rana, who was visiting Sri Lanka, suddenly got into trouble. While fleeing with helper Rita and her husband Kumar, they met with a road accident. He lost his memory in the accident. Rita, a newly widowed woman, conspired with Rana to illegally occupy her husband's property.

Cast

* Sohel Rana - Masud Rana *

Kabori 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'' ...

- Sabita *

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- Rita *

Golam Mustafa Golam Mustafa (2 March 1935 – 20 February 2003) was a Bangladeshi actor. Early life and career Mustafa first acted in a play named ''Pallimangal'' in Barisal in 1945. Filmography * ''Chanda'' - 1962 * ''Binimoy'' - 1970 * '' Dhire Bohe ...

- Hulugal * Khalil - Natraj Hikka *

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- Raghunath * Saifuddin - Police officer * Razzak - club singer (as guest actor) * Khan Zainul - Pillai of Tirugansampandamutinina * Sultana - Office Secretary * Jabed Rohim * Juber * Bibek * Gui * Babul * Robiul - Hospital janitor * Jasim * Noalin * Jhuma Mukherjee

Production

Development

In 1973, the plan to making a film based on Masud Rana novel was made by Sohel Rana. For that purpose, an advertisement was published in newspaper for main character of the film. A character election committee was made. Members of the committee were

Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury (28 December 1947 – 6 March 2013) was a Bangladeshi film journalist, screenwriter and lyricist. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film ''Jadur Banshi'' (1977). Besides, he won Bachsas Award ...

S.M Shafi, Sumita Devi and producer Sohel Rana. After some days Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury of the committee, who was film journalist of that time suggested that Sohel Rana should be Masud Rana of the film. In that time he acted as actor, producer and director of the film.

Filming

The story set in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Most of the scenes of the film are shot in

Cox’s Bazar Cox's Bazar (; bn, কক্সবাজার, Kôksbajar; ) is a city, fishing port, tourism centre, and district headquarters in Southeastern Bangladesh. It is located south of the city of Chittagong. Cox's Bazar is also known by the n ...

, especially for Sri Lankan parts. Remaining scenes of the film are shot in TSC, DU and Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Dhaka.

Music

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has directed and composed the music for Masud Rana. Sabina Yasmin, Anjuman Ara Begum, Khurshid Alam and Selina Azad sang the songs of the film.

Awards

References

External links

* {{Subject bar , portal1 = Film , portal2 = Bangladesh 1974 films Masud Rana 1970s action thriller films Bengali-language Bangladeshi films 1970s Bengali-language films Bangladeshi action thriller films Bangladeshi black-and-white films Films scored by Azad Rahman Films based on Bengali novels Films based on Bangladeshi novels Films shot in Cox's Bazar Films shot in Dhaka Films set in Sri Lanka Parvez Films films