Nodir Naam Modhumoti

1996 Bangladeshi film

Tauquir Ahmed
Abul Khair
Aly Zaker
Raisul Islam Asad
Sara Zaker
Afsana Mimi

CinematographyAnwar HossainEdited byMahadeb ShiMusic bySyed Shabab Ali Arzoo

Release date

20 December 1996 (1996-12-20)

Running time

130 minutesCountryBangladeshLanguageBengali

Nodir Naam Modhumoti (translated as The River Named Modhumoti) is a 1996 Bangladeshi Bengali language film directed by Tanvir Mokammel.^[1]^[2] It won 20th Bangladesh National Film Awards for the Best Story, Best Dialogue and Best Male Playback Singer.^[3]

Background

The film was banned by the Censor Board in 1994 citing the reason "anti-nationalist". Mokammel appealed this ban to the Bangladesh Supreme Court, and then to the High Court. The film was released later in 1996.^[4]

Cast

Tauquir Ahmed
Aly Zaker
Raisul Islam Asad
Sara Zaker
Afsana Mimi
Abul Khair

Soundtrack

The music of this film was directed by Syed Shabab Ali Arzoo.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

Award Title	Category	Awardee	Result
1996 National Film Awards	Best Story	Tanvir Mokammel	Won
	Best Dialogue	Tanvir Mokammel	Won
	Best Male Playback Singer	Saidur Rahman Boyati	Won

References

^ "In conversation with Tanvir Mokammel". The Daily Star. 25 August 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
^ "The River Named Modhumoti (Nadir Nam Modhumoti)". tanvirmokammel.com. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
^ জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) [List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)]. Government of Bangladesh (in Bengali). Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
^ "Cinema, Consciousness, and Censorship". The Daily Star. 22 June 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2019.