Alta Banu

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Alta Banu
Bengaliআলতা বানু
Directed byArun Chowdhury
Screenplay byBrindaban Das
Based onAlta Banu
by Faridur Reza Sagar
Starring
Release date
  • 20 April 2018 (2018-04-20) (Bangladesh)
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBengali

Alta Banu (Bengali: আলতা বানু) is a 2018 Bangladeshi romantic drama film directed by Arun Chowdhury and starring Zakia Bari Momo, Anisur Rahman Milon and Farzana Rikta.[1] The screenplay, by Brindaban Das, is based on a story of the same name by Faridur Reza Sagar.[2]

Alta Banu was filmed on the banks of the Kaliganga River in Ghior Upazila starting in July 2017, and later on the banks of the Gomati River in Comilla.[1] It released on 20 April 2018, at five cinema halls in Bangladesh.[3] The film was premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, Pyongyang International Film Festival, Dhaka International Film Festival and Delhi International Film Festival.[4]

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Critical response[edit]

Swapan Mullick of The Statesman wrote that the film had "a restrained tone that revealed a distinct effort to reach out to a serious audience".[9] Film director Dipankar Dipon praised Arun Chowdhury's direction & Momo's performance after watching the film.[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "'Alta Banu' begins promotional campaign". The Daily Star. 24 March 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e "'Alta Banu' selected for Toronto film fest". Prothom Alo. 21 March 2018.
  3. ^ পাঁচ প্রেক্ষাগৃহে ‘আলতা বানু’ [Five of the theaters are 'Alta Banu']. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 20 April 2018.
  4. ^ বাংলাদেশ, Daily Bangladesh :: ডেইলি. আন্তর্জাতিক চলচ্চিত্র উৎসবের শেষ দিনে ‘আলতা বানু’. Daily Bangladesh (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-05-11.
  5. ^ "Many happy returns to Mamo". The Independent. Dhaka. 19 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Alta Banu". International Film Festival of South Asia, Toronto. Archived from the original on 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
  7. ^ "Farzana Rikta wants to act in films regularly". The Independent. Dhaka. 26 April 2018.
  8. ^ মমর প্রেমিকের কারণে... [Due to the lover of Momo ...]. Manab Zaman (in Bengali). 6 August 2018.
  9. ^ "From Dhaka, with a flow of new ideas". The Statesman. 7 July 2018.
  10. ^ আলতা বানু আজকের দিনের শেষের কবিতা : দীপংকর দীপন. m.poriborton.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2020-05-11.