Fagun Haway Explained

Fagun Haway
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Director:	Tauquir Ahmed
Producer:	Faridur Reza Sagar Impress Telefilm Limited
Music:	Pinto Ghosh
Cinematography:	Enamul Haque Sohel
Editing:	Amit Debnath
Runtime:	136 minutes
Country:	Bangladesh
Language:	Bengali

Fagun Haway (bn|ফাগুন ‍হাওয়ায়|lit=In Spring breeze) is a Bangladeshi historical drama film based on the novel Bou Kotha Kou by Tito Rahman. This movie is based on the Bengali language movement during 1952 in East Pakistan.^[1] This was the sixth film directed by Tauquir Ahmed simultaneously released in February 2019 at 52 cinema halls across the country.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies (BFFS) nominated this film for the Best International Feature Film category at the 92nd Academy Awards.^[5] Faridur Reza Sagar's Fagun Haway and Star Cineplex’s film No Dorai have jointly won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Film of 2019.^[6]

Cast

• Siam Ahmed as Nasir
• Nusrat Imrose Tisha as Deepti
• Yashpal Sharma as Jamshed
• Abul Hayat as Deepti's grandfather
• Afroza Banu as Nasir's mother
• Rawnak Hasan as Obayed
• Saju Khadem as Manju
• Fazlur Rahman Babu as Chandor
• Shahidul Alam Sachchu as Amzad
• Faruque Ahmed as Moulvi
• A K Azad Shetu
• Naresh Bhuiyan
• Abdur Rahim
• Hasan Ahmed
• Siam Hasan Redoy as Noyon Babu

Awards

Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Film of 2019.

Notes and References

1. News: Fagun Haway : An Astounding Amalgamation Of Love And/For Language . Daily Sun.
2. News: 'Fagun Haway' draws huge crowds . Dhaka Tribune . 2019-02-17.
3. News: Tauquir's 'Fagun Haway' releasing on Feb 15. Daily Sun. 2019-06-11.
4. News: 'Fagun Haway' trailer raises the bar for Tauquir. Dhaka Tribune. 2019-01-30. 2019-06-11.
5. News: Bangladeshi films to be sent to this year's Oscars. The Daily Star. 2019-09-22. 2019-09-22.
6. News: bn:‘জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার ২০১৯’ জয়ী যারা. https://www.banglanews24.com/entertainment/news/bd/827222.details. 2020-12-03. banglanews24.com. 3 December 2020 . bn.