Koshai

1980 Bangladeshi film
  • Alamgir
  • Rozina
  • Jashim
  • Kabari
Music byAlauddin Ali, Adhyan Dhara
Release date
  • 1980 (1980)
CountryBangladeshLanguageBengali

Koshai (Bengali: কসাই, transl. "butcher") is a 1980 Bangladeshi film directed by Amjad Hossain.[1] It stars Rozina, Bobita, Alamgir, Kabari, and Jashim. It won four National Film Awards: Best Supporting Actress (Rozina), Best Music Director (Alauddin Ali), Best Male Playback Singer (Syed Abdul Hadi), and Best Female Playback Singer (Sabina Yasmin).

Cast

  • Bobita
  • Kabari
  • Rozina
  • Jashim
  • Alamgir

Music

  • "Bondhu Tin Din" - Runa Laila
  • "Amar Doshe Doshi Ami" - Syed Abdul Hadi

Release and reception

The film was screened at the 1980 Moscow International Film Festival.[1]

Writing in 2002, filmmaker Zakir Hossain Raju described Koshai as one of the films of the period that, "bubble with social criticism and satire, which were virtually non-existent earlier".[2]

Awards

Bangladesh National Film Awards 1980

References

  1. ^ a b আনত্মর্জাতিক পরিমন্ডলে বাংলাদেশের সিনেমা [Bangladesh Cinema in the International Arena]. Anando Alo. Retrieved 2016-05-20.
  2. ^ Raju, Zakir Hossain (2002). "Bangladesh: A Defiant Survivor". In Vasudev, Aruna; Padgaonkar, Latika; Doraiswamy, Rashmi (eds.). Being & Becoming: The Cinemas of Asia. MacMillan. p. 16. ISBN 0333-93820-8.
  3. ^ Milu, Kamruzzaman (2018-12-21). হাল ছাড়েননি রোজিনা [Rozina did not give up]. Manab Zamin (in Bengali).
  4. ^ "Of songs and a shining star". The Daily Star. 2020-08-10.
  5. ^ Mizan, Mahfuz (2019-05-31). "Veteran Virtuoso: Syed Abdul Hadi in focus". New Age.
  6. ^ Milu, Kamruzzaman (2012-09-04). জন্মদিনে সাবিনা: মেয়ে বাঁধনকে নিয়ে ঘুরছি সারাদিন [Sabina on her birthday: I've been hanging out with my daughter Bandhan all day]. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali).
  • Koshai at IMDb


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