Bangladesh Film Festival begins today

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) is holding a mega festival of Bangla films from today, titled “Bangladesh Film Festival 2015”. The festival will run simultaneously at the 64 district Shilpakala Academies till December 24.

Cultural Affairs Minister Asaduzzaman Noor will open the festival, with Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu as chief guest, at the National Art Gallery auditorium, which will be the festival venue in Dhaka. Other guests will include BSA Director General Liaqat Ali Lucky, Syed Salahuddin Zaki, Mosihuddin Shaker and Morshedul Islam. The festival's first film will be Tareque Masud's “Mati'r Moyna”.

The festival features some of the best films made in Bangladesh, including classics like Zahir Raihan's “Kacher Deyal”, Mosihuddin Shaker's “Surjo Dighol Bari”, Goutam Ghose's “Padma Nodi'r Majhi”, Subhash Dutta's “Sutorang”, Abu Sayeed's “Kittonkhola”, Alamgir Kabir's “Simana Periye”, Badal Rahman's “Emil'er Goyenda Bahini”, Tareque Masud's “Runway” and Abdullah Al Mamun's “Sareng Bou”. Besides, recently-made films of taste, including Prosun Rahman's “Sutopa'r Thikana”, Morshedul Islam's “Amar Bondhu Rashed”, Nasiruddin Yousuff's “Guerilla”, Gazi Rakayet's “Mrittika Maya” and Tanvir Mokammel's “Lalon”.