Chitra Nodir Pare Explained

Chitra Nodir Pare
Director:Tanvir Mokammel
Producer:Tanvir Mokammel
Editing:Mahadeb Shi
Music:Syed Shabab Ali Arzoo
Runtime:114 minutes
Country:Bangladesh
Language:Bengali

Chitra Nodir Pare (known in English as Quiet Flows the River Chitra) is a Bangladeshi Bengali directed by Tanvir Mokammel. It is a feature film on destiny of a Hindu family in East Pakistan. The film won seven national awards including the best film and the best director of the year 1999. Other awards were best Story, best Dialogue, best Art-Director, best Supporting Actress and best Make-up Man. The film was shown in London, Oslo, Fribourg (Switzerland), Singapore, Delhi, Calcutta and Trivandrum film festivals.[1]

Cast

Soundtrack

The music of this film was directed by Syed Shabab Ali Arzoo.

Response

Film critic Ahmed Muztaba Zamal, writing in Cinemaya in 2000, named Chitra Nodir Pare as one of the top twelve films from Bangladesh.[2]

Awards

Award Title Category Awardee Result
Best Film Tanvir Mokammel (Producer)
Best Director
Best Supporting Actress Rawshan Jamil
Best Story
Best Dialogue
Best Art Direction Uttom Guha
Best Makeup Dipak Kumar Sur

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Quite Flows the River Chitra (Chitra Nadir Pare) . October 13, 2015.
  2. Ahmed Muztaba Zamal . Ahmed Muztaba Zamal . Winter 2000 . National Ten Best Films . Cinemaya . 50 . 13.