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Swopnodanay
Bengaliস্বপ্নডানায়
Written by
Starring
CinematographyMahfuzur Rahman Khan
Edited byJunaid Halim
Music byBappa Mazumder
Production
company
Release date
  • 5 August 2007 (2007-08-05)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBengali

Swopnodanay (Bengali: স্বপ্নডানায়, On the Wings of Dreams) is a 2007 Bengali drama film directed and co-written by Golam Rabbany Biplob. It was Bangladesh's submission to the 80th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated.[1][2]

Plot

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The story of the movie revolves around a village in Naogaon district. The entire movie's dialogues are in the regional language of Naogaon. The story begins with a hawker in a village market. People call him Fazlu Kabiraj. In fact, he sells ointment in the market. His companion is his ten-year-old son Ratan. One day after the haat, Fazlu goes to a second-hand shop to buy pants for Ratan. After buying the pants he finds some foreign notes in a pocket. What will be the value of this notes, he thinks of his family dreams. When he talks to his childhood friend Siraj Member about this, he gets greedy. Fazlu Kabiraj's life changed in his dream of owning money, and relations with people close to him deteriorated.[3]

Cast

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  • Mahmuduzzaman Babu as Fazlu
  • Rokeya Prachy as Matka
  • Fazlur Rahman Babu as Siraj
  • Momena Choudhury
  • Shamima Islam Tusti as Rehana
  • Shoma as Asma
  • Golam Rasul Babu
  • Shah Alam Kiran
  • Gulshan Ara
  • Fargana Milton
  • Ratan
  • Shoma
  • Shamoly

Awards

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Best Director Asian New Talent Competition 10th Shanghai International Film Festival, 2007

Silver Peacock 38th International Film Festival of India-GOA, 2007

Meril Prothom Alo Awards

  • Best Film

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "A Record 63 Countries Vying For Best Foreign-Language Oscar Nod". Yahoo! Movies. 17 October 2007. Archived from the original on 26 September 2008. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
  2. ^ Gaydos, Steven; McCarthy, Libby (15 January 2008). "Oscar's foreign film race heats up". Variety. Retrieved 23 June 2008.
  3. ^ "স্বপ্নডানায় (Shopnodanay)". বাংলা মুভি ডেটাবেজ (in Bengali). Retrieved 21 July 2023.
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