Lalsalu (film) explained

Lalsalu
Native Name:	লালসালু
Director:	Tanvir Mokammel
Producer:	Tanvir Mokammel
Cinematography:	Anwar Hossain
Country:	Bangladesh
Language:	Bengali

Lalsalu (titled A Tree Without Roots internationally) is a 2001 Bangladeshi film written, directed and produced by Tanvir Mokammel.^{[1] [2]} The screenplay is based on Syed Waliullah's 1948 novel of the same name.

The film earned eight Bangladesh National Film Awards, including Best Film and Best Director for Tanvir Mokammel.^[3]

Cast

• Tauquir Ahmed as Akkas Miah
• Raisul Islam Asad as Majid
• Mehbooba Mahnoor Chandni as Jamila
• Munira Yusuf Memy as Rahima
• Amirul Haque Chowdhury as Khalek Bepari
• Aly Zaker
• Chitralekha Guho
• Rawshan Jamil

Awards

Bangladesh National Film Awards

• Best Film
• Best Director
• Best Actor
• Best Story
• Best Dialogue
• Best Cinematography
• Best Sound Recording

BACHSAS Awards

• Critics' Award for Best Actor^[4]

Further reading

• Ronnie Scheib . September 2, 2002 . A Tree Without Roots . Variety.

Notes and References

1. News: Lalsalu hits cinema halls . The Daily Star . June 28, 2003 . March 14, 2016.
2. Book: Zakir Hossain Raju . Zakir Hossain Raju . Multiple Islams, multiple modernities . 2011 . Andrew N. Weintraub . Islam and Popular Culture in Indonesia and Malaysia . https://books.google.com/books?id=pcOsAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA51 . Routledge . 51 . 978-1-136-81229-3.
3. Web site: http://www.fdc.gov.bd/site/page/f3bb17fe-d9ad-4b61-bd8a-5824262691ad/১৯৭৫-২০১২. bn:জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২). bn. List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012). March 25, 2019. Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. Government of Bangladesh.
4. News: 32nd BACHSAS Awards: A glitzy night. Afsar Ahmed. June 28, 2004. March 14, 2016. The Daily Star.