''Rupkothar Golpo: A Fairy Tale'' ( bn, রূপকথার গল্প) is a 2006

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i film directed by

Tauquir Ahmed Tauquir Ahmed (born 5 March 1966) is a Bangladeshi architect and actor, turned director in both television and cinema. His films won many international and national awards including Bangladesh National Film Awards in the Best Director, Best S ...

. Impress Telefilm Limited produced and distributed the film.

Story

''Rupkathar Golpo'', is not a fairy tale as the title suggests, but is rather a story of the human condition in current times. The film centres on a desperate mother (Taskin Sumi) whose child is lost. In the film a young man ( Chanchal Chowdhury), fired on his first day at work, encounters a streetwalker with a child. To be able to buy some food for her baby, the girl decides to go with a truck driver (

) leaving her child in the young man's care. The police however suspect the young man to be an abductor, seeing him with a baby that is apparently not his and he is taken to the police station. After returning the girl cannot find her child and combs the city with the truck driver looking for the baby. The young man, incapable of articulating his pain, is an honest soul and being torn by responsibility and moral consequence cannot leave the child. He tries his best to save the baby. The truck driver starts gambling, loses everything and decides to bet the girl. His partners in the gamble rape her while he is left senseless under the influence of alcohol. Within this unremarkable premise lies the profoundly moving story of ''Rupkothar Golpo''. Filmed in the ravages of contemporary life, the movie is a sharp portrayal of despair and hope, desperation and survival, loss and redemption, poignantly told in subtle actions and spare words. The film narrates a story of humanity, in all its imperfections and cruelty.

Cast

* Chanchal Chowdhury *

Abul Hayat Abul Hayat (born 7 September 1944) is a Bangladeshi actor. He is also a writer, civil engineer and director. He earned Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Daruchini Dwip (2007) and was awarded Ekushey Padak for ...

Humayun Faridi Humayun Kamrul Islam (known as Humayun Faridi; 29 May 1952 – 13 February 2012) was a Bangladeshi actor and drama organiser. He worked in television dramas, movies and theatre plays. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor for his ...

* Dr. Enamul Haque * Rahmat Ali *

Shabnam Parvin Shabnam Parvin (born 1966) is a Bangladeshi actress, director, and producer. Career Shabnam Parvin started her acting career in 1982, performing on stage in a play entitled ''Kumar Khalir Char'', against the wishes of her parents.Mahmud Ullah� ...

* Ejajul Islam *

Hosne Ara Putul Hosne Ara Putul ( bn, হোসনে আরা পুতুল; also spelled as Hosneara Putul) is a Bangladeshi actress and model. Putul is the recipient of several accolades, including National Film Awards in 1994. Career In 2004 she appeared ...

* Taskin Sumi * Mamunur Rashid *

Mosharraf Karim K M Mosharraf Hossain (born 22 August 1971), known by his stage-name Mosharraf Karim ( bn, মোশাররফ করিম), is a Bangladeshi actor, works both in films and television. He began working as a theater artist in late the 1980s wi ...

* Tushar Khan * Jhuna Chowdhury * Saleh Ahmed

Soundtrack

The music of the film was directed by Bari Siddiqui. lyrics were penned by

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Tagore (; bn, রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer and painter. He resh ...

, Nidhu Babu, Shahidullah Forayezi and Bari Siddiqui. *"Kachher Manush Amay Phele" (part 1) - Bari Siddiqui *"Kachher Manush Amay Phele" (part 2) - Bari Siddiqui *"Hoilona Hoilona Amar Prem Sadhon" - Bari Siddiqui *"Premer Ghuri Bin Batashe Ore" - Bari Siddiqui *"Shoto Noto Shyamo Rai" - Bari Siddiqui *"Mono Jaago Mongolo Loke" - Bipasha Hayat *"Kar Tore Nishi Jaago" -

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 ...

Awards

This film won several awards including

Dhaka International Film Festival Dhaka International Film Festival ( bn, ঢাকা আন্তর্জাতিক চলচ্চিত্র উৎসব) is a biennial film festival held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1992, the festival was initially organized on a ...

* Audience Choice Award: Film

Meril Prothom Alo Awards ''Meril Prothom Alo Awards'' or ''Prothom Alo Awards'' is an annual Bangladeshi awards ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in Bangladeshi Film Industry. The awards are divided into two components, Viewers' Choice and Critics' Choice. The a ...

* Critics Choice Best Director - Tauquir Ahmed * Critics Choice Best Actor - Chanchal Chowdhury

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