Tungiparar Miya Bhai
Official poster
Bengaliটুঙ্গিপাড়ার মিয়া ভাই
Directed bySelim Khan
Shamim Ahamed Roni
Written byShamim Ahamed Roni
Screenplay byShamim Ahamed Roni
Produced byPinki Akter
Starring
CinematographySaiful Islam Shahin
Edited byTouhid Hossain Chowdhury
Music byEmon Saha
Production
company
Story Splash Media
Distributed byShapla Media
Release dates
  • March 30, 2021 (2021-03-30) (Premier)
  • April 2, 2021 (2021-04-02) (Bangladesh)
Running time
128 Minutes
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBengali
Budget৳83 lakh (US$77,000)[1]

Tungiparar Miya Bhai is a 2021 Bangladeshi biographical feature film. Its director is Selim Khan and producer is Pinky Akter. The film was made under the banner of Story Shapla Media.[2]

It was written and co-directed by Shamim Ahamed Roni. The film is based on the early events of life of First President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. The two main characters in this film are Bangabandhu and his wife Fazilatunnesa Mujib Renu, played by Shanto Khan and Prarthana Fardin Dighi.

The film was shot in August and September 2020 inside Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC), Dhaka University and various places in Chandpur.[3] Due to its historical context, the Bangladesh Film Censor Board was very careful in granting clearance for the film. After obtaining the final clearance for release, the film premiered on March 30, 2021 and later on April 2, it was released in 54 screens across Bangladesh. The Ministry of Education of Bangladesh also directed that the film be shown in all schools and colleges.[4] It won awards in two categories at a film festival.

Storyline

"Tungiparar Miya Bhai" depicts various notable events of the earlier life of the first President of Bangladesh Sheikh Mujibur Rahman from 1930 to 1952 during his lifetime.[3] His educational life in film, developing his leadership qualities while attending missionary school in 1939; Marriage to Begum Fazilatunnesa in 1934, 9 years of marriage beginning in 1942, political activism in British India during her student life and later her political relations with Pakistan Movement, Hussain Shaheed Suhrawardy, Sher-e-Bangla A. K. Fazlul Huq and Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani; His political role in the Calcutta riots during the partition of United Bengal; Arrests, imprisonment and release have been predominant for various reasons.

Cast

In addition to the main characters in the film Tungiparar Miya Bhai, regular actors from theater have played various supporting roles.[3] List of main characters in the film -

Also Harunur Rashid and Shariful Islam Sharif in the role of Guard, Sohail Uddin and Sultan Ahmed in the role of other policemen, Govinda Mandal and Rajib Das in the role of various officers, Syed Mosharraf in the role of employee, Tajuddin Taju and Swarna Akhter in the role of students, Chowdhury, Mitul Khan, Chamak Khan, Sweden Aslam and Rakib Hasan e acted.

Production

The pre-production of the film started just after making of August 1975, a political thriller made by the same director duo about the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[5] Prior to the commencement of the main filming, the actors underwent six months of research[6] on Sheikh Mujib and two months of practice for the actual implementation of the characters.[3] Most of the films were shot in the premises of BFDC, Chandpur, Dhaka University. The principal photography was completed in 32 days, from 19 August 2020 to 24 September.[3][7] This is the first biopic about Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[4] The music of the film is composed and directed by Emon Saha. Only one song has been used in the film; The song composed by Sudip Kumar Dwip is sung by Bappa Mazumder.[3] The film was made at a cost of BDT 83 lakh.[1] After the story was created under the banner of Splash Media, Shapla Media took the distributor rights.[2]

Release

Censorship and marketing

The Bangladesh Film Censor Board verifies the historical accuracy of allowing the screening of the film.[8][9] On March 14, 2021, the censor board's clearance was granted, but permission for re-examination was suspended. Subject to revision, it got its final clearance on March 23.[10] Shapla Media released the official poster of the film on October 26, 2020.[11] Before getting the censor clearance, Shapla Media campaigned for its release on March 12, 2021.[12]

Release

The release date of Tungiparar Miya Bhai has been announced several times. The film was originally slated for release on December 25, 2020.[2] The release date was later fixed for March 12, 2021[13] and Independence Day.[10] The film was premiered on March 30, 2021 at the Shilpakala Academy,[14] after that the film was commercially released on April 2 in 54 cinemas across Bangladesh.[15] In addition to the theaters, the film is released on the video on demand service named "Cinebuzz".[4]

Apart from being released through entertainment, the film was directed by the Ministry of Education of Bangladesh to be screened in all schools and colleges as it was biopic of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.[4] The exhibition was held on 7 August 2021 at the Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi.[16] It was broadcast in all television channel of Bangladesh on March 17, 2022.[17]

Reception

Shanto Khan and Jayanta Chattopadhyay won the Best Actor award at the Second Cinemaking International Film Festival.[18]

Accolades

List of awards and nominations
Organization Year Date Category Recipient Result Source
2nd Cinemaking International Film Festival 2022 6 January 2022 Best Actor Shanto Khan Won [18]
Best Actor (Character) Jayanta Chattopadhyay Won

References

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