Nodir Naam Modhumoti
DVD cover
নদীর নাম মধুমতী
Directed byTanvir Mokammel
Written byTanvir Mokammel
Produced byKINO-EYE FILMS
Starring
CinematographyAnwar Hossain
Edited byMahadeb Shi
Music bySyed Shabab Ali Arzoo
Release date
  • 20 December 1996 (1996-12-20)
Running time
130 minutes
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBengali

Nodir Naam Modhumoti (translated as The River Named Modhumoti) is a 1996 Bangladeshi Bengali language film directed by Tanvir Mokammel.[1][2] It won 20th Bangladesh National Film Awards for the Best Story, Best Dialogue and Best Male Playback Singer.[3]

Background

The film was banned by the Censor Board in 1994 citing the reason "anti-nationalist". Mokammel appealed this ban to the Bangladesh Supreme Court, and then to the High Court. The film was released later in 1996.[4]

Cast

Soundtrack

The music of this film was directed by Syed Shabab Ali Arzoo.[citation needed]

Awards

Award Title Category Awardee Result
1996 National Film Awards Best Story Tanvir Mokammel Won
Best Dialogue Tanvir Mokammel Won
Best Male Playback Singer Saidur Rahman Boyati Won

References

  1. ^ "In conversation with Tanvir Mokammel". The Daily Star. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. ^ "The River Named Modhumoti (Nadir Nam Modhumoti)". tanvirmokammel.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  3. ^ জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) [List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)]. Government of Bangladesh (in Bengali). Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Cinema, Consciousness, and Censorship". The Daily Star. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2019.

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Films directed by Tanvir Mokammel
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