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Wikipedia article
'Joyjatra' is Bangladeshi film directed by Tauquir Ahmed and produced by Azam Faruk, featuring Mahfuz Ahmed, Bipasha Hayat, Azizul Hakim, Ahsan Habib Nasim, and others. The film is set in the period of the Bangladesh Liberation War.
Plot
Joyjatra takes place during the liberation war of Bangladesh. Many people from various villages and ethnic backgrounds attempt to flee to India after the Pakistan Army launched an attack on them. For days, the refugees have been stuck on a boat on a journey to India, but eventually, some of them were killed by the army.
Cast
* Mahfuz Ahmed as Baidhan
* Azizul Hakim as Adam
* Bipasha Hayat as Hawa
* Abul Hayat as Ramkrisna
* Humayun Faridi as Panchanand Saha
* Tariq Anam Khan as Tarafdar
* Chadni as Marium
* Intekhab Dinar as Johnson
* Rumana Khan as Sokhina
* Shahed Sharif Khan as Kashem
* Shams Sumon as Jasimuddi
* Farhana Rahman as Jasimuddi's wife
* Shuvra as Fatema
* Ahsan Habib Nasim as Ali
* Nazma Anwar as Grandmother
* Saleh Ahmed as Imam
* Jayanta Chattopadhyay as Dr. Kalikingkor
* Mosharraf Karim (credited as Mosharraf Hossain) as Foni, who later converts to Islam and changes his name to Farid Ali.
Soundtrack
The songs of this film were composed by Sujey Shyam and the lyrics by Mosharraf Hossain.
Awards and nominations
This film won several awards including
'Bangladesh National Film Awards'
'Dhaka International Film Festival'
* 'Won' Special Award for the Film
'Meril Prothom Alo Awards'
* 'Won' Critics Choice Best Director - Tauquir Ahmed
See also
* Bangladesh National Film Awards
* Cinema of Bangladesh
References
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