Alta Banu Explained
Alta Banu |
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Director: | Arun Chowdhury |
Screenplay: | Brindaban Das |
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Country: | Bangladesh |
Language: | Bengali |
Alta Banu (Bengali: আলতা বানু) is a 2018 Bangladeshi romantic drama film directed by Arun Chowdhury and starring Zakia Bari Momo, Anisur Rahman Milon and Farzana Rikta.[1] The screenplay, by Brindaban Das, is based on a story of the same name by Faridur Reza Sagar.[2]
Alta Banu was filmed on the banks of the Kaliganga River in Ghior Upazila starting in July 2017, and later on the banks of the Gomati River in Comilla. It released on 20 April 2018, at five cinema halls in Bangladesh.[3] The film was premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, Pyongyang International Film Festival, Dhaka International Film Festival and Delhi International Film Festival.[4]
Cast
Reception
Critical response
Swapan Mullick of The Statesman wrote that the film had "a restrained tone that revealed a distinct effort to reach out to a serious audience".[9] Film director Dipankar Dipon praised Arun Chowdhury's direction & Momo's performance after watching the film.[10]
Notes and References
- News: 'Alta Banu' begins promotional campaign . The Daily Star . 24 March 2018.
- News: 'Alta Banu' selected for Toronto film fest . Prothom Alo . 21 March 2018.
- News: bn:পাঁচ প্রেক্ষাগৃহে ‘আলতা বানু’ . Five of the theaters are 'Alta Banu' . http://www.banglanews24.com/entertainment/news/bd/649073.details . Banglanews24.com . 20 April 2018 . bn.
- Web site: bn:আন্তর্জাতিক চলচ্চিত্র উৎসবের শেষ দিনে ‘আলতা বানু’. https://m.daily-bangladesh.com/আন্তর্জাতিক-চলচ্চিত্র-উৎসবের-শেষ-দিনে-আলতা-বানু/77216. বাংলাদেশ. Daily Bangladesh :: ডেইলি. Daily Bangladesh. bn. 2020-05-11.
- News: Many happy returns to Mamo . The Independent . Dhaka . 19 December 2017.
- Web site: Alta Banu . International Film Festival of South Asia, Toronto . 2018-08-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180822045954/https://www.iffsatoronto.com/movie/alta-banu/ . 2018-08-22 . dead .
- News: Farzana Rikta wants to act in films regularly . The Independent . Dhaka . 26 April 2018.
- News: bn:মমর প্রেমিকের কারণে... . Due to the lover of Momo ... . http://mzamin.com/article.php?mzamin=129340 . Manab Zaman . 6 August 2018 . bn.
- News: From Dhaka, with a flow of new ideas . The Statesman . 7 July 2018.
- Web site: bn:আলতা বানু আজকের দিনের শেষের কবিতা : দীপংকর দীপন. http://m.poriborton.com/dhallywood/118171. m.poriborton.com. bn. 2020-05-11. 2019-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20190413111045/http://m.poriborton.com/dhallywood/118171. dead.