Alpha (2019 film)

Alpha
Poster of Alpha
Directed byNasiruddin Yousuff
Written byNasiruddin Yousuff
Screenplay byNasiruddin Yousuff
Produced by
Starring
Edited byCatherine Masud
Production
company
Release date
  • 26 April 2019 (2019-04-26)
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBangla

Alpha is a 2019 Bangladeshi fantasy crime drama film starring Alamgir Kabir, Doyel Mash and ATM Shamsuzzaman in lead roles. It is the third direction of Nasiruddin Yousuff.[1][2] The film was released on 26 April 2019.[3][4][5] It was the submission of Bangladesh to the 92nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not nominated.[6][7][8]

Synopsis

The film tells the story of a rickshaw painter, Alpha. He saw disharmony of the society and had to struggle with the condition of a concrete jungle.

Cast

  • Alamgir Kabir as Alpha
  • Al-Mamun Al Siyam as Sarfaraz
  • Doyel Mash as Golenur
  • ATM Shamsuzzaman as Gondho Jetha
  • Heera Chowdhury as Hekmat
  • Ishrat Nishat as Solaiman's mother
  • Vaskor Rasha as Alpha's father

Release

The film was premiered on 20 April 2019 in Bangladesh Film Archive and it was released in theatres on 26 April 2019.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Nasiruddin Yousuff-directed 'Alpha' releasing today". The Independent. 26 April 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Alpha: An artist's appeal for justice in our concrete jungle". Dhaka Tribune. 30 April 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  3. ^ "এবার 'আলফা'". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 17 April 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  4. ^ "'Alpha' to release on April 26". The Daily Star. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  5. ^ "আজ মুক্তি পাচ্ছে আলফা". Jugantor (in Bengali). 26 April 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Nasiruddin Yousuff directorial 'Alpha' to represent Bangladesh in Oscars". Daily Sun. 21 September 2019. Archived from the original on 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  7. ^ অস্কারে বাংলাদেশ থেকে মনোনয়ন পেল ‘আলফা’. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 21 September 2019. Archived from the original on 27 May 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
  8. ^ অস্কারে নাসির উদ্দিন ইউসুফের ‘আলফা’. Amader Shomoy (in Bengali). 21 September 2019. Retrieved 21 September 2019.