Rokeya Prachy awarded at Kara Int'l Film Festival

Rokeya Prachy

Co-director Catherine Masud was present in Karachi for the screening of the film. Last July, Ontorjatra was also honoured with a Special Jury Mention Award at Cinefan's International Festival of Asian Cinema in Delhi.

Ontorjatra was aired nationwide in the UK on Channel 4 on December 21. The film participated at the Dubai International Film Festival too, held recently. On November 25th, the film was shown at the closing ceremony of the Bengal Film Session at the British Museum in London. The film session, which opened with Satyajit Ray's Devi, featured classic Bengali films by Ray, Ritwitik Kumar Ghatak and Mrinal Sen among others. Tareque and Catherine Masud were specially invited by the Museum to present their films.

Ontorjatra is presented in Bangladesh by Maasranga Productions Ltd and is made with support from the British Council. Sara Zaker, Rifaqat Rasheed, Abdul Momen Chowdhury, Rokeya Prachy, Jayanto Chattopadhyay, Harold Rasheed have played the major roles in the film.