The beauty of Bangladeshi cinema View(s):A collection of recently released Bangladeshi movies, some of which have won international awards will be screened at the Bangladesh Film Festival in Colombo from March 23 to 25 at the National Film Corporation cinema hall. Directed by Morshedul Islam, the film won six awards, including those for Best Film and Best Director at the 40th Bangladesh National Film Awards. Bangladeshi comedy drama ‘Television’ directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki wilk be screened at 3 pm on March 25. The film was Selected as the Bangladeshi entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards. ‘Bhuban Majhi’, a 2017 film based on the Bangladeshi War of Independence will be screened at 3 pm on March 24.

Source: Sunday Times March 10, 2018 20:15 UTC