The New Nation - Internet Edition

Sheikh Arif Bulbon

Laser Vision, a VCD, DVD and CD production house, recently released three VCDs. These are -

1)AHA!

Genre: Bangladeshi movie

Duration: 128 minutes

Length: 35 mm, colour

Story, screenplay, lyric and direction: Enamul Karim Nirjhar

Music: Debajyoti Mishra

Editing: Arghakamal Mitra

Camera: Saiful Islam Badol

Art: Kazi Rakib and Masuda Kazi

Costume: Emdad Haque

Starring: Tariq Anam Khan, Humayun Faridi, Fazlur Rahman Babu, Sathi Yasmin, Ferdous, Progya Laboni, Khaled Khan, Shahidul Alam Sachchu, Gazi Rakayet and others.

Story: Mallik, a total introvert, lives alone in the derelict of a mansion that his ancestors built in Dhaka. Multi-storeyed apartment buildings surround his ancestral home, and real estate developer Rafiqul is persistently persuading him to demolish the property to build one there, too. He offers him 10 flats out of the 35 he plans to make, apart from the cash. It's lucrative deal for the lonely owner of a run-down property he can't maintain anymore. Things take a sudden twist when Ruba, his only child, returns from the USA to live with her father. At the very same time, Soleman, a repentant, murderer serving Mallik, gets into trouble with the local toughs while defending his master's property. Ruba finds a suitor in her Australian born cousin Asif and a friend in Kislu, a middle-aged neighbour who wears seven differently coloured briefs around the week. The local toughs find an easy prey in Rafique and an advisory in Rafique's ally Kanchan, the local gang lord. The story progress through a complex array of people and their intentions, where Ruba seeks a man who doesn't play a man, Kislu walks in the clouds of love for the Ruba and the city, and Rafique tries to keep a balance between the toughs and his profits. It takes more sudden turns with stunning revelations about Ruba Soleman, and Asif. The biggest twist comes with the final torment of Mallik and Soleman, two persons faced with their greatest fears. And the film ends with the equation of sins and redemption revealed through the relation between people and architecture presented in a whole new perspective.

2)BOD NOSIB

Genre: Bangladeshi movie

Duration: 139 minutes

Story, screenplay and dialogue: Abdus Sattar

Direction: Sheikh Alauddin

Music: Abdus Sattar and Baburaj

Artistes (vocal): Rathindranath Roy, Abida Sultana, Shakila Zafar, Shamima Yasmin Diba, Rafiqul Alam and MA Khaleque.

Dance direction: S Alam, MR Chan and Rangeela.

Starring: Farook, Rani, Aruna Biswas, Prabir Mitra, Abdus Sattar, Rajib,

Tele Samad, Zamboo, Danesh, Shishir Roy and others.

3) SWAPNER BILAT - LONDON - MY DREAM

Genre: Bangladeshi drama

Production: Refugee and Migratory Movements Research Unit (RMMRU) with the support of British High Commission.

Story and direction: Gias Uddin Selim

Starring: Chancal Chowdhury, Tarin, Monir Khan Shimul, Anushah, Fazlur Rahman Babu, Mostafa Kamal, Arindam Dutta, Rawshan Ara Runa, Ziaur Rahman, Runa Khan and others.

Story: When any mother could get a bridegroom who is living in the UK, she always wants to oragnise marriage for her daughter. She could not though what will be that person for her daughter. But Hurre Zannat, living in Sylhet, could not lose in this traditional value. Huree Zannat along with her boyfriend Abul Hossain reached their dream destination UK after various climaxes while convincing her cousin Akbar.