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Wikipedia article
'Shankhonad' (, 'Wail of the Conch') is a 2004 Bangladeshi drama film directed by Abu Sayeed. It stars Zahid Hasan, KS Firoz, Nazma Anwar, and Fazlur Rahman Babu.
Plot
Osman return to his ancestral village on a stormy night, the village he had fled in the dark of the night 27 years ago. He finds shelter in the home of Mannaf Khan, a village elder. Osman seeks to rediscover his childhood and goes about reliving the past in childhood memories. He meets Kunjo Buri who had nursed him as an infant. He also meets his boyhood friend Fazlu. Osman is not after worldly gains, he only wants to spend the rest of his life in the village and the nostalgia of bygone days. That, However, is not to be. He comes face to face with a reality of a markedly different kind.
Cast
* Zahid Hasan as Osman
* KS Firoz as Mannaf Khan
* Nazma Anwar as Kujo Buri
* Fazlur Rahman Babu as Fazlu
* Krishnendu
* Rebeka Dipa
* Insan Ali
* Mehnaz Parveen Bani
Festival participations
* Official selection, Fribourg International Film Festival
* Official selection, Asian African & Latin American Film Festival
* Official selection, Commonwealth Film Festival
* Official selection, Dubai International Film Festival
* Official selection, International Film Festival, India
Reception
Writing in 'Variety', Deborah Young praised Mahfuzur Rahman Khan's camerawork, but said the convoluted narrative structure "is urgently in need of a substantial re-edit to make the storytelling more logical".
Award
* National Film Award in three categories, 2004
* Best Film, Meril-Prothom Alo 2004
References
Category:Bengali-language Bangladeshi films
Category:2004 films
Category:Films scored by S I Tutul
Category:Films directed by Abu Sayeed (film director)
Category:2000s Bengali-language films
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