Golapi (franchise) explained

Golapi is a Bangladeshi drama film series which is created by Amjad Hossain. The films resolves around Golapi and his life journey. There are 3 films in the series. The character Golapi is played by 2 actors throughout the film series. Bobita (Ekhon Golapi Traine, Ekhon Golapi Dhakay) and Moushumi(Ekhon Golapi Bilatey) played the role Golapi in the film series.[1]

Golapi (film series)
Creator:Amjad Hossain
Origin:Golapi Ekhon Traine
Years:1978-2010
Films:Golapi Ekhon Traine (1978)Golapi Ekhon Dhakay (1994)Golapi Ekhon Bilatey (2010)
Owner:
  • Shukla Films
  • Channel Touch Bangladesh

Overview

Golapi Ekhon Traine (1978)

See main article: Golapi Ekhon Traine.

Mondol is an influential person in the village. His son Milon likes the girl of a street singer Golapi . In the meantime, Mondol brings a bridegroom for Golapi but they demand a cycle. Golapi's father cannot afford this so Milon pay for the cycle. But for some reason the marriage does not take place and Golapi's father commits suicide. As a result, Golapi's family fall into grief and she starts to work in different places by train. The people from the village do not take this positively and sit to desert them to work on trains.

Golapi Ekhon Dhakay (1994)

This is a story about Golapi a poor girls endless straggle life in capital city after harassment from rural life.

Golapi Ekhon Bilatey (2010)

See main article: Golapi Ekhon Bilatey.

Golapi divorces her husband and moves in with Mithun and his daughter, Tumpa, with the goal of raising Tumpa as her primary focus.

Films

!Film!Release date!Director!Writer!Producer!Ref.
Golapi Ekhon TraineSeptember 5, 1978Amjad HossainAmjad HossainAmjad Hossain[2]
Golapi Ekhon DhakaySeptember 30, 1994Amjad HossainAmjad HossainAmjad Hossain
Golapi Ekhon BilateyJanuary 29, 2010Amjad HossainAmjad HossainM.R. Haque & Syed Hassan

Golapi Ekhon Traine

See main article: Golapi Ekhon Traine.

Golapi Ekhon Traine was the first film in the Golapi film series. The film is also known as The Endless Trail in English. Bobita was cast as Golapi. Golapi Ekhon Traine won 9 awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Music Director, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Lyrics, Best Male Playback Singer, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography.[3]

Golapi Ekhon Dhakay

Golapi Ekhon Dhakay was the second film in the Golapi film series. The sequel released after 16 years Golapi Ekhon Traine released, making it to be first Bangladeshi film series. Bobita again played the role of Golapi.[4]

Golapi Ekhon Bilatey

See main article: Golapi Ekhon Bilatey.

Golapi Ekhon Bilatey was the 3rd and final film in the Golapi film series. Filming started in May 2006 and it was released on 29 January 2010 in Bangladesh. The film stars one of the most popular west-Bengal Indian actors, Mithun Chakraborty in one of the lead roles. And this time Moushumi was cast as Golapi.[5] [6]

Cast and Crew

Cast

Characters! colspan="3"
FilmsRef.
Golapi Ekhon TraineGolapi Ekhon DhakayGolapi Ekhon Bilatey
GolapiBobitaMoushumi[7] [8]
MilonFarooque--[9]
MoinaAnwara Begum-
Oli-Ilias Kanchan-
MondolATM Shamsuzzaman--
AlapiTarana HalimChampa-
BuriRawshan Jamil[10]
Lalu Sardar-Sadek Bacchu-
Mithun--Mithun Chakraborty
Reshmi--Rina Khan

Crew

Crew! colspan="3"
FilmsRef.
Golapi Ekhon TraineGolapi Ekhon DhakayGolapi Ekhon Bilatey
DirectorAmjad Hossain[11] [12] [13]
ProducerAmjad HossainM.R. Haque & Syed Hassan
WriterAmjad Hossain
ComposerAlauddin Ali-Gunwant Raj & Ram Shankar

Reception

Box office

This is a list of Golapi franchise performance at box office.

!Film!Release date!Budget!Box office!Ref.
Golapi Ekhon TraineSeptember 5, 1978৳500k৳1 crore[14]
Golapi Ekhon DhakaySeptember 30, 1994--
Golapi Ekhon BilateyJanuary 29, 2010৳935k-
Total৳0.14 crore(US$13k)৳1 crore(US$93k)

References

  1. Web site: সেইসব উজ্জ্বল দিনের স্মৃতি মনে পড়ছে খুব: ববিতা . 2023-05-08 . চ্যানেল আই অনলাইন . en-US.
  2. Web site: Shazu . Shah Alam . 2018-12-15 . Amjad Hossain passes away . 2023-05-08 . The Daily Star . en.
  3. Web site: বাংলাদেশ চলচ্চিত্র উন্নয়ন কর্পোরেশন . 2023-05-08 . www.fdc.gov.bd . en .
  4. Web site: ববিতা . ফরিদা আক্তার . অভিনেত্রী হয়ে ওঠা . 2023-05-08 . Prothomalo . bn.
  5. Web site: 2010-01-30 . Bollywood Star Mithun Chakrabarti talked about his Bangladeshi Film . 2014-09-04 . dhakanews.
  6. Web site: Noor . Zaheed Reza . Every birthday is a step closer to death: Babita . 2023-05-08 . Prothomalo . en.
  7. Web site: 2019-04-13 . The Golden Star of Cinema . 2023-05-08 . The Daily Star . en.
  8. Web site: sun . daily . Moushumi tells the tale of her 30-yr career success Daily Sun . 2023-05-08 . daily sun . en.
  9. Web site: Shazu . Shah Alam . 2020-10-24 . Farooque's golden career on the silver screen . 2023-05-08 . The Daily Star . en.
  10. Web site: 2017-12-29 . Women in Cinema Conference at Dhaka International Film Festival 2018 . 2023-05-08 . Dhaka Tribune.
  11. Web site: 2012-12-28 . glitz - A bdnews24.com Entertainment Production . 2023-05-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121228185658/http://glitz.bdnews24.com/details.php?catry=2&showns=2012 . 2012-12-28 .
  12. Web site: 2018-12-14 . চলচ্চিত্রকার আমজাদ হোসেন আর নেই . 2023-05-08 . banglanews24.com . bn.
  13. Web site: The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 163 . 2023-05-08 . archive.thedailystar.net.
  14. Web site: 2016-10-25 . Lights! Camera! Action! . 2023-05-08 . The Daily Star . en.