Alta Banu

Alta Banu
Bengali	আলতা বানু
Directed by	Arun Chowdhury
Screenplay by	Brindaban Das
Based on	Alta Banu by Faridur Reza Sagar
Starring	Zakia Bari Momo Anisur Rahman Milon Farzana Rikta
Release date	20 April 2018 (2018-04-20) (Bangladesh)
Country	Bangladesh
Language	Bengali

Alta Banu (Bengali: আলতা বানু) is a 2018 Bangladeshi romantic drama film directed by Arun Chowdhury and starring Zakia Bari Momo, Anisur Rahman Milon and Farzana Rikta.[1] The screenplay, by Brindaban Das, is based on a story of the same name by Faridur Reza Sagar.[2]

Alta Banu was filmed on the banks of the Kaliganga River in Ghior Upazila starting in July 2017, and later on the banks of the Gomati River in Comilla.[1] It was released on 20 April 2018, at five cinema halls in Bangladesh.[3] The film was premiered at Toronto International Film Festival, Pyongyang International Film Festival, Dhaka International Film Festival and Delhi International Film Festival.[4]

Cast

• Zakia Bari Momo as Alta[5]
• Anisur Rahman Milon as Sohel Rana, Alta's fiancé[2][6]
• Farzana Rikta as Banu, Alta's younger sister[7]
• Raisul Islam Asad as Alta's father[8]
• Dilara Zaman[2]
• Shamima Nazneen[2]
• Mamunur Rashid[2]

Reception

Critical response

Swapan Mullick of The Statesman wrote that the film had "a restrained tone that revealed a distinct effort to reach out to a serious audience".[9] Film director Dipankar Dipon praised Arun Chowdhury's direction & Momo's performance after watching the film.[10]

References

1. "'Alta Banu' begins promotional campaign". The Daily Star. 24 March 2018.
2. "'Alta Banu' selected for Toronto film fest". Prothom Alo. 21 March 2018.
3. পাঁচ প্রেক্ষাগৃহে ‘আলতা বানু’ [Five of the theaters are 'Alta Banu']. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 20 April 2018.
4. বাংলাদেশ, Daily Bangladesh :: ডেইলি. আন্তর্জাতিক চলচ্চিত্র উৎসবের শেষ দিনে ‘আলতা বানু’. Daily Bangladesh (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-05-11.
5. "Many happy returns to Mamo". The Independent. Dhaka. 19 December 2017.
6. "Alta Banu". International Film Festival of South Asia, Toronto. Archived from the original on 2018-08-22. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
7. "Farzana Rikta wants to act in films regularly". The Independent. Dhaka. 26 April 2018.
8. মমর প্রেমিকের কারণে... [Due to the lover of Momo ...]. Manab Zaman (in Bengali). 6 August 2018.
9. "From Dhaka, with a flow of new ideas". The Statesman. 7 July 2018.
10. আলতা বানু আজকের দিনের শেষের কবিতা : দীপংকর দীপন. m.poriborton.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2019-04-13. Retrieved 2020-05-11.

External links

• Alta Banu at IMDb