Chitra Nodir Pare

Edited byMahadeb ShiMusic bySyed Shabab Ali Arzoo114 minutesCountryBangladeshLanguageBengali

Chitra Nodir Pare (known in English as Quiet Flows the River Chitra) is a Bangladeshi Bengali directed by Tanvir Mokammel. It is a feature film on destiny of a Hindu family in East Pakistan. The film won seven national awards including the best film and the best director of the year 1999. Other awards were best Story, best Dialogue, best Art-Director, best Supporting Actress and best Make-up Man. The film was shown in London, Oslo, Fribourg (Switzerland), Singapore, Delhi, Calcutta and Trivandrum film festivals.^[1]

Cast

• Momtajuddin Ahmed – Shashikanta Sengupta
• Afsana Mimi – Minoti
• Tauquir Ahmed – Badal
• Rawshan Jamil – Anuprova
• Sumita Devi
• Nazmul Huda

Soundtrack

The music of this film was directed by Syed Shabab Ali Arzoo.

Response

Film critic Ahmed Muztaba Zamal, writing in Cinemaya in 2000, named Chitra Nodir Pare as one of the top twelve films from Bangladesh.^[2]

Awards

Award Title	Category	Awardee	Result
National Film Awards	Best Film	Tanvir Mokammel (Producer)	Won
	Best Director	Tanvir Mokammel	Won
	Best Supporting Actress	Rawshan Jamil	Won
	Best Story	Tanvir Mokammel	Won
	Best Dialogue	Tanvir Mokammel	Won
	Best Art Direction	Uttom Guha	Won
	Best Makeup	Dipak Kumar Sur	Won

See also

• Srabon Megher Din (1999)

References

External links

• Chitra Nodir Pare at IMDb
• Chitra Nodir Pare at the Rotten Tomatoes
• Chitra Nodir Pare at the Bangla Movie Database