Akash Ar Mati Explained

Akash Ar Mati
Director:Fateh Lohani
Music:Subal Das
Cinematography:Baby Islam
Production Companies:Film Development Corporation
Country:East Pakistan

Akash Ar Mati (The Sky and the Earth) is a 1959 black and white film directed by Fateh Lohani and produced by Film Development Corporation (FDC).[1] It was the first sound feature produced in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) including post-production,[2] though like Mukh O Mukhosh (The Face and the Mask), the first Bengali-language film made in East Pakistan, it used some cast and crew from the West Bengal film industry.[3]

Background

Akash Ar Mati was actor-director Fateh Lohani's second venture. Satrang, an Urdu film directed by him was released in 1965.[4] He based Akash ar Mati on one of dramatist Bidhayak Bhattacharya's stories.[5] A musical film, it was thematically ambitious. But it suffered from poor technical knowledge and the inexperience of film-makers of Dhaka.[6] [7] The film flopped commercially.[8]

Legendary Bangladeshi actress Sumita Devi,[9] Fazlul Karirt, Pradip, the first Bangladeshi hero Aminul Haque,[1] Dagu, Ali, Zinat, Rablul, Madhuri, Tejon, and Ranon acted in the film.[10] Baby Islam was the cinematographer.[11] Subal Das was the music director.[12]

Cast

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 'Mukh O Mukhosh' hero Aminul no more… . Dhaka Mirror . August 1, 2011 . September 22, 2014.
  2. News: Sumita Devi fighting for life . . November 2, 2003 . September 22, 2014 . September 24, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140924042656/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/11/02/d31102140391.htm . dead .
  3. Book: Vasudev . Aruna . Padgaonkar . Latika . Doraiswamy . Rashmi . 2002 . Being & Becoming: The Cinemas of Asia . Macmillan . 8 . 978-0-333-93820-1.
  4. Book: Hayat, Anupam . Anupam Hayat . 2012 . Lohani, Fateh . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Lohani,_Fateh . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  5. Book: Hayat, Anupam . Anupam Hayat . 2012 . Bhattacharya, Bidhayak . http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bhattacharya,_Bidhayak . Islam . Sirajul . Sirajul Islam . Jamal . Ahmed A. . Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh . Second . Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  6. Zaki . Syed Salahuddin . Syed Salahuddin Zaki . Summer 1995 . On Bangladesh Cinema . Indian Journal of American Studies . 25 . 25.
  7. Film World, Volume 7, Page 90, T.M. Ramachandran, 1971
  8. Puja Annual, Page 200, Amrita Bazar Patrika, 1971
  9. News: Shamim . Mirza . January 7, 2014 . Sumita Devi – the queen of silver screen in 60s . . September 22, 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140924040917/http://www.daily-sun.com/details_yes_07-01-2014_Sumita-Devi-%E2%80%93-the-queen-of-silver-screen-in-60s_728_1_7_1_0.html . September 24, 2014 .
  10. Web site: A brief History of Bangladesh Cinema . Hayat . Anupam . Anupam Hayat . Bangladesh.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20100613210015/http://www.bangladesh.net/cinema/page10.html . June 13, 2010 . dead .
  11. News: We lost this year: Baby Islam . The Daily Star . December 31, 2010 . October 1, 2014 . October 6, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006075254/http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=168129 . dead .
  12. News: Musician Subal Das passes away . The Daily Star . UNB . August 17, 2005 . September 22, 2014 . October 6, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141006072957/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2005/08/17/d50817012923.htm . dead .

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