Forever Flows

Nirontor
Directed by	Abu Sayeed
Written by	Humayun Ahmed
Produced by	Impress Telefilm Limited
Starring	Shabnur Litu Anam Shilpi Sarkar Apu Dolly Johur Jayanta Chattopadhyay Amirul Huq Chawdhury
Cinematography	Mazibul Huq Bhuiyan
Edited by	Junaid Halim
Music by	S I Tutul
Release date	2006 (2006)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Bangladesh
Language	Bengali

Nirontor (in English as Forever Flows) is a 2006 Bangladeshi drama film directed by Abu Sayeed.[1] It stars Dolly Johur, Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Amirul Haque Chowdhury, Litu Anam and Shilpi Sarkar Apu.[2] It was Bangladesh's submission to the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[3][4]

Plot

The film portrays the struggle of Tithi, a young girl from a lower-middle-class family. Tithi takes up the job of a call girl to support her family. With time, the economic condition of the family changes, but slowly Tithi becomes very much aloof and indifferent to everything. She takes refuge in solitude.

Director Abu Sayeed receiving Silver Peacock (Special Jury Award) for the film at IFFI (2006)

Cast

• Shabnur as Tithi
• Litu Anam as Hiru
• Shilpi Sharkar Apu as Farida
• Dolly Johur as Mother
• Jayanta Chattopadhyay as Nasim
• Amirul Huq Chawdhury as Father
• Shahidul Islam Sachchu
• Ilias Kanchan

Award

• Special Jury Award, International Film Festival of India, Goa, 2006
• Best Film, International Film Festival Kerala, 2006
• Best Film by FIPRESCI, International Film Festival of Kerala, 2006
• Bangladesh Submission for OSCAR, 2006

Festival participations

• Official selection, Rotterdam International film Festival
• Official selection, Palm Spring International Film Festival
• Official selection, Kolkata International Film Festival
• Official selection, Bangalore international film festival
• Official selection, Pune International Film Festival

See also

• Cinema of Bangladesh
• List of submissions to the 79th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

References

1. "Abu Sayeed film's screening at Public Library today, tomorrow". The Independent. Dhaka.
2. Rothman, Roth. "VR's first stop won't be at home". Variety.
3. Sneider, Jeff (2006-10-19). "Oscar race counts 61 countries". Variety. Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
4. "Foreign language Oscar nominees announced". The New Zealand Herald. 2007-01-17. Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2008-06-22.

External links

• Nirontor at IMDb
• Nirontor from BMDB