Discoveries from Bangladesh World Cinema

A typical family drama

This documentary, A Baul The Baul, unfolds polygonal aspects of the mysterious and mystic life of this religio-cultural sect deeply rooted in Bengal. The phenomenon of ever-increasing popularity of the Baul music and its influence on modern music are unplugged and demystified here. This film deals with their worldview, their music and their interaction with contemporary society. Various practitioners of the Baul music and philosophy like Gour Khyapa, Purna Das Baul, Kanai Das Baul, Brahmakhyapa (an urban Baul music band) and others uphold their understanding on this issue. Moreover, dynamics of the relation between the music and the philosophy in Baul life are discussed.

Adnan Al Rajeev's directorial theatrical debut film.

Drama of Bangladesh

A renowned architect loses faith in love after his girlfriend suddenly disappears without a trace, driving him into alcoholism and self-destruction, but when a determined young woman begins investigating the mystery behind the disappearance, she slowly falls for the broken man she is trying to save.

Two careless brothers constantly ignore their mother’s advice and get involved in street fights, but everything changes when the younger one is badly injured. In the hospital, a kind doctor saves him and even donates blood, and touched by her compassion, he falls in love and begins to transform himself into a better person for her.

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Bani standing on the door with volatility. She founds footsteps with blood on the floor which leads her inside. Scarcely she knocks back on the wall and discovers hand marks on the wall. Then she begins to touch the marks hesitantly. Looking ahead she found a mirror and become apprehensive about it. Coming in front of the mirror she looks herself absurd. She puts on and wears saree, wig, shackle, ornaments from the dressing table, then begins to rotate and turns pale. As she rotates, her saree and ornaments fall down one by one. Now she moves towards the door, be taken aback, sees the room for once and goes away.

Lal, son of a freedom fighter, is a crime reporter who goes to a village to uncover the mystery of a serial killer Ranga Mama but dies in his hand. Thus, till the truth remain covered. His older brother now comes to the village as a college teacher to find out the serial killer and have revenge on him.

Set against the backdrop of the Pakistan Army crackdown during Bangladesh’s 1971 war, this political thriller follows a student activist who takes refuge from the Pakistan army in a local barbershop.

A portrayal of Liberation War of Bangladesh and the rape of women by Pakistani armies. These women commit suicide and their children are adopted.

The depiction of a deprived person is the Nekabbarer. He who lost his wealth in the wrong way, joined the liberation war of 1971, he lost his lover, lost a leg in the war. After the war crippled the rest of the life has to be spent. He had to stay in the madhouse. Nekabbarer went out of the garrison to starve, got the deprivation of society and the lance. Nekabbarer faced death, for ending their deprivation.

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A dark and visceral journey. A language that tears apart the morbid nature of the dead-old primal human eyes. No warning was given. No mercy was shown.

It's a 1976 Bangladeshi film about Crime and Drama and Happy Ending

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

A determined young man dreams of building his own business despite opposition from his mother and his girlfriend’s family, forcing him to choose between securing a stable job for love or risking everything to follow his ambition.

Upcoming Eid UL Adha drama of Bangladesh, 2026

A shy young man who becomes extremely nervous around women faces constant rejection, but when he finally gathers the courage to propose to a girl directly, she misunderstands him and publicly humiliates him, only to later realize her mistake and desperately try to win over the very man who no longer wants her.

A young man passionate about cricket struggles against his father’s expectations when he falls in love with a girl during practice, but their growing bond turns dangerous as a drug-peddling criminal enters their lives and creates chaos between them.

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The Munim in Ranimaa's family lives with his son, Kaushal and daughter, Madhavi. After he passes away, Ranimaa brings up both children as her own, along with her only son, Rajesh.

Two contrasting hearts discover love’s true colors as emotions, misunderstandings, and affection slowly paint their lives together in Hridoyer Rong.

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Story of a visually impaired Madrassa student in search of his mother.

Shakeeb Fahad

Hairey London Boro Koshto is a drama that depicts the consequences of drug and alcohol abuse among the younger generation. It portrays the social crisis caused by these addictions and emphasizes the importance of youth centers as places for active, meaningful social engagement to prevent teens from wandering the streets. The film also highlights the role of better health education in schools and parental encouragement as key factors in combating these issues. The story aims to raise awareness and suggest remedies for drug and alcohol-related problems among young people, focusing on prevention and support within the community

The story is about a homemaker who experiences emotional assault every day.

A band of drugged up robbers attempt a jewellery shop heist, until everything falls apart!

A young man who works as a pizza delivery boy, realizes how his life leads to darkness from a path of light.

A rural villager, RIPON is surprised anyone would send him a package. he opens it, shocked to find the Courier has delivered a box full of garbage he recognizes as items he had discarded into the river Surma during his wedding celebration.

Ahare Jibon

During lockdown, Mohin finds comfort in a radio. But it suddenly stops. Determined to fix it, he discovers surprising truths about his past.

An uptown girl, caught in the quagmires of modern times, was entangled at her own apartment. She became the tools of a game of Power. Choked and soaked, Suvashree, set to be liberated from the power hounds.

Story of almost every artist trying to follow their passion, coming from middle class families in Bangladesh. The constant pressure they have to face from their family and society. Where being an artist is like bearing a curse, dying everyday.

A beggar called Lyangra (the cripple guy), who lives at the railway station, regularly goes to the house of Kaala, a drug dealer, to buy his weed from him. When kaala's wife sohagi catches his eye, lyangra starts trying to get closer to kaala and eventually has an affair with sohagi. when kaala finds out he beats sohagi and she runs away with lyangra to his hometown. when she hears there that lyangra is a convicted murderer, who runs away from place to place just to avoid his sentence, sohagi gets scared and she wants to return to kaala.

A film-maker and a novelist meet in a dry river-bed affected by climate change and discover a new truth.

Rickshaw puller Aslam lost his primary source of livelihood, his rickshaw in an accident. He wandered aimlessly and picked up a pistol in the slum. With this pistol he went out to avenge all the wrongs done to him. But in a city full of rubbish, Aslam squirmed like a cockroach trapped in a spider's web.

A paralyzed man and a deaf son both seriously affected by the war, lives a life dependent of each other while they both reminisce of their past .

The Rope (Roshi), directed and produced by independent filmmaker Yasmine Kabir, is a 10-minute silent documentary about the children who are employed in Dhaka to make rope from jute and work from dawn to dusk twisting, tying, knotting and weaving the fiber.

Shankar's family does not know why he has lost his job. Shankar is caught up between looking for a new job and his own contemplation. His daily life is dotted with financial crisis and the awkwardness of being unemployed. Amidst all these things, strange illusions come to him. He realizes that he cannot anymore communicate with the world around him.

A couple meets a TV actress with her boyfriend on the highway, as their car was broken down. They offered them a lift as they were staying in the same hotel. The wife was a big fan of the TV actress. After reaching the hotel, the couple enjoyed in their room, as they have come on a vacation after long time. The husband got up in the night and came outside to smoke a cigarette, suddenly he heard some noise from the TV actresses room.

A drug dealer steals drug from his boss and tries to sell it. He visits an old hotel to stay for the night, but when he arrives there is already a woman who has booked the same room for the night and only one room is available. So the receptionist requests both of them to share the room for the night.

Common Gender is a 2012 Bangladeshi film starring Dolly Zahur and Chitralekha Guha. It is the first Bangladeshi film to portray the lives of Hijra or transgender people. It is one of the first films in world cinema to have two transgender people as lead characters. It was subsequently released in the United States.

Compelling performance of long notes on the traditional Bangladeshi harmonium and shehnais — instruments on the brink of disappearance in contemporary society.

Social business is one that uses business to solve social problems. Equity holders may gradually recoup their investments, costs and profits without taking dividends.

Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's second film. It was made for television.