Plot

The plot takes us back to 1971 when Matin, a young man joined a jute mill in Khulna, a district of then East Pakistan. He brought his new bride Sanjida and the newly wed start to put together a happy new life. They have just registered their marriage but did not complete other rituals of a reception party. Sanjida longs to meet her new in-laws who live in a different town. Days go by and West Pakistani forces invade East Pakistan. Unrest and uncertainty spread like wild fire. Millions of Bengali people become refugees forced into a journey through unknown places and villages looking for a safe place.

Director

Saidul Anam Tutul did his post-graduate Diploma in Film (Editing) from renowned Film & TV Institute of India, Pune, in 1976. At the beginning of his career, he was involved in feature film and documentary film editing before starting his advertising filmmaking career in 1980. He made some remarkable TV Drama Productions. He has conducted a special Course on Film Editing, Screenplay & Video Production organized by the National Institute of Mass Communication, Bangladesh. He worked as part time lecturer in Bangladesh Cinema & Television Institute. In 2003, Mr. Anam directed a Full-length Feature Film named ‘ADHIAR’. He received numbers of awards including National Film Award for Editing. In 2018, he started working on his next feature film Kalbela. He completed the shooting, but during the post-production phase he had a massive cardiac arrest and passed away.

Cast

Tahmina Authoi, Muniruzzaman Shishir, Lutfur Rahman George, Jayanto Chattopadhyay, Masum Bashar, Mili Bashar, Saika Ahmed, Sheikh Mahbubur Rahman, Julfiqar Chanchal, Kohinoor Alam, Tanvir Masud and other actors.

Crew

Writer & Director: Saidul Anam Tutul
Producer: Mobashera Khanam
Executive Producer: Humayun Kabir Shuvo, Oishi Anam, Amrita Anam
Cinematographer: Ripon Rahman Khan
Film Editor: Sameer Ahmed
Music Director: Farid Ahmed
Assistant Director: Ratan Kumar Barman, Showkat Ali Rana, Sayeed Ahmed
Production Manager: Humayun Kabir Titu