Titash Ekti Nadir Naam
| Titash Ekti Nadir Naam | |
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| File:Titash Ekti Nadir Naam DVD cover.jpg | |
| A River Called Titas | |
| Directed by | Ritwik Ghatak |
| Produced by | Habibur Rahman Khan |
| Story by | Ritwik Ghatak (screenplay) Advaita Malla Burman (the original novel) |
| Starring | Golam Mustafa Kabori Sarwar Rowshan Jamil Prabir Mitra Rosy Samad Rani Sarkar Fakrul Hasan Bairagi |
| Music by | Ritwik Ghatak (music theme) Ustad Bahadur Khan |
| Cinematography | Baby Islam |
| Edited by | Basheer Hussain |
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Release dates
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July 27, 1973 |
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Running time
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159 mins |
| Country | Bangladesh |
| Language | Bengali |
Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (Bengali: তিতাস একটি নদীর নাম), or A River Called Titas, is a 1973 Bangladeshi film directed by Ritwik Ghatak.[1][2] The movie was based on a novel by the same name, written by Advaita Malla Burman.[3] The movie explores the life of the fishermen on the bank of the Titas River in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh.
Rosy Samad, Golam Mostafa, Kabori, Prabir Mitra, and Roushan Jamil acted in the main roles.[4] The shooting of the movie took a toll on Ghatak's health, as he was suffering from tuberculosis at the time.
Alongside Satyajit Ray's Kanchenjungha (1962)[5] and Mrinal Sen's Calcutta 71 (1972), Titash Ekti Nadir Naam is one of the earliest films to resemble hyperlink cinema, featuring multiple characters in a collection of interconnected stories, predating Robert Altman's Nashville (1975).
In 2007, A River Called Titas topped the list of 10 best Bangladeshi films, as chosen in the audience and critics' polls conducted by the British Film Institute.[6]
Contents
Plot
A fisherman, Kishore, marries a young girl accidental when he visits a nearby village. After their wedding night (during which the couple is almost too shy to speak), she is kidnapped on the river. Kishore became mad. She fights with the bandits, jumps into the river and is saved by some strange villagers. But she does not know her new husband's name or what he looks like, she only remembers the name of his village. Ten years pass before she attempts to find him with their son, who sees his mother as a goddess. Some residents of Kishore's village refuse to share food with her and her son because of the ever-present threat of starvation. A young widow whose name is Basanthi giving consideration to the mother and child. Kishore was the lover of Basanthi on childhood. Director Ghatak appears in the film as a boatman, and Basanti's story is the first of several melodramatic tales.[7]
Cast
- Rosy Samad as Basanti
- Kabori Sarwar as Rajar Jhi
- Rowshan Jamil as Basanti's Mother
- Rani Sarkar as Munglee
- Sufia Rastam as Udaytara
- Bonani Choudhury as Morol Ginni
- Prabir Mitra as Kishore
- Chand as Subla
- Golam Mustafa as Ramprasad & Kader Milan
- Ritwik Ghatak as Tilak Chand
- Fakrul Hasan Bairagi as Nibaran Kundu
- Shafikul Islam as Ananta
References
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