Discoveries from Bangladesh World Cinema

Brishty ("The Rain") is a Bangladeshi film by director Morshedul Islam.

Pratima (Kanan Devi), a nurse, is persuaded by Jayant (Ganguly) to pretend to be his wife for a day, in order to convince his father Dr Dindayal (Choudhury) of his need for money. Dr Dindayal likes his new daughter-in-law very much and wants her to accompany him to the country where he runs a charitable hospital in the name of his late wife. There Dr Bhatt, Dindayal’s rival, finds out by hiring detectives that Pratima and Jayant are not married. He uses the information to try to oust Dindayal from the hospital. The solution eventually links with Pratima’s growing sense of responsibility towards Dr Dindayal’s medical endeavours.

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An early project of Shahran Morshed

Sariful Razz and Nusrat Imroz Tisha screen share for the first time - Roktojoba

A Bangla drama featuring Afran Nisho and Mehazabien in lead roles.

Two solitary individuals meet each other every day in the city of Calcutta and share the stories of their imaginary life. But one day when death makes an appearance, the truth is revealed.

Two heartbroken strangers meet at a resort after winning a lucky draw, and as they share their painful pasts, they slowly find comfort, healing, and unexpected feelings for each other.

A private office employee quietly falls for a news presenter working in the same building, and despite hating tea, he starts visiting the tea stall every day just to catch a glimpse of her—something the girl slowly begins to notice.

A book-addicted science enthusiast remains blind to romance until a determined young woman tries to make him understand the chemistry of love in Prem Rog.

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Jibon Sansar is a 1996 Bangladeshi romantic film written and directed by Zakir Hossain Raju. It is the first film directed by Raju. It stars Salman Shah, Shabnur, Faruk, Babita and Golam Mustafa.

A man and a woman meet after a long unexplained separation. Gradually over the course of a strained and oblique conversation, the nature of their shared past is revealed. This film grew out of a casual conversation between feminist writer and filmmaker Shameem Akhter and Masud. When Shameem mentioned the plot of a feminist short story she had written, Masud immediately suggested it be made into a short film. Shameem herself plays the female role, while noted actor Pijush Bandhapadhyay plays the mysterious male visitor who turns up at her door. The theme of an independent working woman, supporting a family household, was new to Bangladesh cinema in the early 1990s. This reflected the changing face of a rapidly urbanizing society with a growing population of educated wage- earning women, and in some ways paralleled the developments of Satyajit Ray’s 1963 classic Mahanagar. In this sense Se was a pioneering work for Bangladesh in expressing the new feminist ethos of the 1990s generation.

The first package drama in the history of Bangladesh, Prachir Periye (Beyond the Wall) was telecast in 1994 and is based on the novel Pishach Dweep (The Island of Evil) from the Masud Rana series.

Pintu is 21 and becomes conscious about his first date.Will he find his true love?

Backspace is a Bangladeshi television fiction written by Mehrab Zahid and created by Uday Bangali, which aired on Channel 9.

Layla is a silent monologue highlighted on a single woman's after work evening routine where loneliness came as a grand backdrop of metropolitan mechanical life.

The story-line revolves around Sabitri, a valiant female freedom fighter, focusing on the struggles of tea laborers during the tumultuous period of 1971. Sabitri's life was marked by uncertainties during the war, and as the newly independent country initiated trials for war criminals, she took on the role of a witness, tirelessly fighting to protect Sabitri and her war-born child Mongol from the clutches of adversity.

Arun is an ice-cream seller from Haldibari, a border town in West Bengal. He happily travels through the remote areas of rural Bengal for work. When he learns about an upcoming village fair in a nearby area, he plans to visit it. During the travel, he encounters different kinds of people – some try to help him reach his destination while others mislead him. He experiences setbacks and surreal events which teach him the meaning of love and life.

A Bangla drama starring Ziaul Faruq Apurba and Tasnia Farin in lead roles.

On the edge of Bangladesh, between mountains and water, stands a post-office, the only sign of civilization. It has a notorious reputation: its employees disappear. Two men, in love with each other, work there.

Two mercenaries want a new start of their lives but fell into problem again. They team up with another guy to solve these unsolved mysteries but to find out a numerous problems.

A young couple runs away to marry, and while waiting at a delayed train station, the young man unexpectedly bonds with a stranger as they share the stories of their complicated love lives.

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Story of a peculiar singer

At the heart of the story are Shojon and Duli, two adolescents from different religious backgrounds. They grow up together as childhood companions and close friends. However, their tender relationship eventually turns into one of separation and sorrow. Conflict erupts in the village, and its tragic consequences fall heavily upon Shojon and Duli.

In the midst of a dry and harsh landscape in Bangladesh, hope sprouts where you least expect it. ‘A Flower in the Desert’ tells the touching story of a child who, despite poverty and hardship, fights for beauty, dreams and vitality in a world marked by silence and survival.

More than 3.4 million children live on the streets of Bangladesh, where they represent the lowest level in society, enduring violence, abuse, and lack of access to education and healthcare. The film is told from the perspective of street children, former street children, and social workers.

A film that unearths the day-to-day challenges of a sanitation and waste worker, and her unfettered ambition to reach her dreams.

Two young lovers decide to stay apart without seeing or contacting each other for a year to test whether their feelings are truly meant to last.

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A lyrical poem about the forever flow of the Ganges river, Ganga Buri can be seen as a love letter to its position in people’s hearts. Focusing on the ancient ritual of ‘Ganga Puja’, where people come to be spiritually cleansed by the water, Sagar imagines the hopes of this mother river – that she would want to purify her children as they speak to her.

Struggle of not being able to express love in troubling times

The romantic story narrates about a middle-class young man and his relations with the different women in his life. Who would be his "Shesh Bikeler Meye"?

Selim was a migrant worker in Korea, preparing to his return back home. He needed a place to stay for awhile, and he visits a furniture industry to meet his friend Rahman. Selim could not go back to his home country due to his family’s request, he gets a job at a furniture factory. Selim’s new life begins!

An 8-year-old boy, who is unaware of the true meaning of war, lives his daily life surrounded by its harsh reality. Amidst bloodshed, death and processions, he sees bullet shells as a currency to buy his beloved cotton candy. If the war ends and violence ceases, so too will the supply of bullet shells. The innocent boy finds himself pondering how he'll satisfy his craving for cotton candy if peace prevails. Despite despising war, he also has a deep love for his favourite sweet.

A school teacher meets a boy in the pouring rain.

The societal study pressure throws a six year old fat girl into suicide at Balarampur during COVID-19 Pandemic. Is her incompetent father guilty?

A Bangla drama starring Farhan Ahmed Jovan and Keya Akter Payel in the leads.

A woman travels to propose to her boyfriend.

College students take a shady job vandalizing a temple for cash, but their actions trigger a series of violent supernatural events that mysteriously sync with daily Islamic prayer times, threatening their survival.

At a lively wedding, playful rivalry between the bride’s and groom’s groups sparks unexpected romance between a boy and a girl from opposite sides, even though she is already engaged.

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Parents of a middle class family along with their children are living happily. Suddenly an accident turns their world upside down.

Inspired by a true story.

Abid, a city boy, explores rural life with a folk singer, Kabiyal. He learns Baul philosophy and uncovers the Kabiyal's past as a communist leader. Abid's mother's story links to this, leading to a profound realization about his heritage.

A fortune teller struggles to find a donor for his mother's kidney transplant when accidentally he gets a chance to change his fate.

A sincere journalist dreams of doing meaningful reporting, but while his unethical boss constantly ignores him and discourages real journalism, his wife and mother stand beside him, and when he uncovers a chairman’s corruption, he must decide whether to obey his boss or risk everything to publish the truth.

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How far are you willing to go for the love of your life

Montu Mridha’s wife and son live in a trance, often disappearing. Montu believes they are possessed, spending days searching for them and trying to cure them with holy apples.

Directed by Vicky Zahed

On a cold winter night, rivalry between three gangs get heated as they try to lay claim to a corpse lying on a deserted road.

In the 90s, a well-educated and wealthy man finds himself arrested at a village police station after accidentally hitting a goat with his car on a rural road. What begins as a seemingly amusing and trivial incident quickly unravels into a night of terror, as the police station reveals a dark and deeply haunting mystery.

A Bangla romantic drama starring Apurba and Tanjin Tisha in the leads.

Mayer Ashirbad is a social drama that portrays the story of a poor boy Kamal, who makes it big in life as a distinguished doctor, set to make his village a better place.

Whenever a young woman crosses paths with a particular boy, some disaster follows—her dress tears, her phone gets stolen, or she ends up injured—but amidst the endless chaos and accidents, the two unexpectedly fall in love.

Apon Manush is a 2017 Bangladeshi film Bappy Chowdhury, Amiya Ami and Pori Moni opposite him. Director Shah Alam Mondol directed the film. Its musical score has been composed by Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul. The film is a dubut of Amiya Ami in Dhallywood Film industry