''Panku Jamai'' ( bn, পাংকু জামাই, ) is a 2018 Bangladeshi

comedy drama Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and Drama (film and television), drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple co ...

film. The film was directed by

Abdul Mannan ʻAbd al-Mannān (ALA-LC romanization of ar, عبد المنّان) is a Muslim male given name and, in modern usage, surname. It is built from the Arabic words '' ʻabd'' meaning 'servant' and ''al-Mannān, "''Benefactor, the Giver of All Good/Ben ...

and produced by Mozammel Haque Sarkar under the banner of Bhawal Pictures. It features superstar

Shakib Khan Masud Rana ( bn, মাসুদ রানা), better known by the name Shakib Khan ( bn, শাকিব খান) born 28 March 1979) is a Bangladeshi actor, producer, occasional singer, film organiser, and media personality who works in B ...

and

Apu Biswas Abonti Biswas (born 11 October 1989) known by her stage name as Apu Biswas, is a Bangladeshi film actress, model and the former wife of notable Bangladeshi actor Shakib Khan. Biswas made her debut in the film industry with the film ''Kal Shokale' ...

in the lead role. Also features

Misha Sawdagor Shahid Hasan (born 4 January 1966), known by professionally as Misha Sawdagor, is a Bangladeshi film actor known for playing villains. As of 2020, he has performed in more than 700 films. He won Bangladesh National Film Awards 3 times for his ...

Puspita Popy Tania Sultana Popy, (professionally, Puspita Popy), is a Bangladeshis, Bangladeshi actress. She appeared in six Dhallywood films before quitting for Islamism, conservative Islamic issues. Early life Popy was born in the village of Nishchintapu ...

and

ATM Shamsuzzaman Abu Taher Mohammad Shamsuzzaman ( bn, আবু তাহের মোহাম্মদ শামসুজ্জ়ামান; 10 September 1941 – 20 February 2021), better known as known as ATM Shamsuzzaman, was a Bangladeshi film and telev ...

. It is the last film of Shakib Khan and Apu Biswas as a duo.

Synopsis

Akash Chowdhury (

) belongs to a low class family, but he wants to marry Nupur (

), the daughter of a rich family. Meanwhile, Hormuz Ali (

) also wants to marry Nupur. The incident of two sons-in-law convincing the father-in-law by dressing stylishly is shown in the film.

Cast

as "Akash" Chowdhury / "Panku" Jamai *

as Nusrat Jahan "Nupur" *

as Hormuz Ali *

as Puspita *

as Nupur's grandpa * Dulari Chakroborthy as Nupur's grandma * Rebecca Rouf as Nupur's mother *

Sadek Bachchu Mahbub Ahmed Sadek (known as Sadek Bachchu; 1 January 1955 – 14 September 2020) was a Bangladeshi film actor. He also appeared in television dramas and theatre. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor in Negative Role for the film ...

as Dealer Bachchu, Pushpita's father *

Shiba Shanu Chowdhury Mazhar Ali (born: 7 August 1970; Popularly known as Shiba Shanu) is a Bangladeshi actor. He is mostly known for his villain role in Cinema of Bangladesh. In 1998, He started his film career as an actor with the film Matrivumi. His no ...

as Siraj, a chairman of Union Parishad * Khaleda Akter Kolpona as herself; Akash Chowdhury's mother * Kabila as Abdul Ali Mokami, a police official; Nupur's maternal uncle *

Kala Aziz Kala or Kalah may refer to: Religion Hinduism *Kāla, a Sanskrit word meaning ''time'' *Kāla, a Hindu deity of time, destiny, death and destruction closely related to Yama and Shiva. *Kalā, a Sanskrit word meaning ''performing arts'' * Kala Bo, ...

as Akhtar Ali, a matchmaker (special appearance) * Jadu Azad

Production

The film ''Panku Jamai'' began on February 2, 2016, with a Muharat that was held at the 4th floor of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC). It is the first collaboration between the director and protagonist. The film's story was written by Abdul Mannan, about this he said, "I'm making this film with a completely original story, I've not followed any shade or story of any other film here. I've written the story myself, so I'm confident that I can present a good film to the audience."

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was composed by

Emon Saha Emon Saha is a Bangladeshi composer, musician and singer. He earned 7 Bangladesh National Film Awards for his music composition and direction in the films Chandragrohon (2008), Kusum Kusum Prem (2011), Ghetuputra Komola (2012), Pita (2012), ...

Ali Akram Shuvo Ali Akram Shuvo is a Bangladeshi music director who has composed music for films. He has composed 60 films. Career He won the Bachsas Award for Best Music Director in 2012 for film ''Khodar Pore Ma''. He composed the song "Monta Kere Nili" for ...

and Debendranath Chattopadhyay with background music by AR Bablu. The film's songs are sung by Runa Laila,

Andrew Kishore Andrew Kishore Kumar Baroi (widely known as Andrew Kishore, 4 November 1955 – 6 July 2020) was a Bangladeshi playback singer. He is considered as the "Playback King" of Bangladesh music industry who sang more than 15 thousands songs. He sang ...

, Monir Khan,

Rizia Parveen Rizia Parveen (born August 20) is a Bangladeshi singer. She specializes in play back singing and has done over 600 playback songs. Her popular playback songs includes "Tumi Amar Chad Ami Chaderi Alo", "Premer Naame Mitthey Bolona", "Sotti Kotha G ...

Kanak Chapa Kanak Chapa (; born 11 September 1969) is a Bangladeshi singer. She received the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer three times, for her performance in the films ''Love Story'' (1995), '' Premer Taj Mahal'' (2001) a ...

and

S.I. Tutul A B M Shahidul Islam, known as S.I. Tutul, is a Bangladeshi singer and musician who is the lead singer and lead guitarist of the Dhrubotara Band. He also works in the Bangladeshi film industry. He won Bangladesh National Film Awards for Best M ...

respectively. The first song titled "Alta Dudhey" was sung by

and

. It was penned by Sudeep Kumar Dip and composed by

, which was revealed on June 10, 2018, on Live Technologies Limited's YouTube channel.

Release

The film ''Panku Jamai'' was released in 50 theaters across the country on June 16, 2018, on the occasion of

Eid al-Fitr , nickname = Festival of Breaking the Fast, Lesser Eid, Sweet Eid, Sugar Feast , observedby = Muslims , type = Islamic , longtype = Islamic , significance = Commemoration to mark the end of fasting in Ramadan , dat ...

. It was released in India on May 12, 2023, along with the film '' Pathaan'' in Bangladesh under the SAFTA agreement.

Reception

National award-winning director

Chatku Ahmed Syed Uddin Ahmed, popularly known as Chatku Ahmed (born 6 October 1946) is a Bangladeshi film director, producer, dialogue writer and screenwriter. In 1986, he won the Bachsas Awards in 3 categories for the film ''Griha Bibad''. He won Banglades ...

noted that the film's name was inconsistent with the story, however, he praised Shakib Khan's performance, referring to Khan as "the soul of Bangladeshi cinema".

References

External links

* * {{BMDb title, movie/794
''Panku Jamai''
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