Forever Flows

Nirontor
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
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[edit]

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

Cast[edit]

Award[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "Abu Sayeed film's screening at Public Library today, tomorrow". The Independent. Dhaka.
^ Rothman, Roth. "VR's first stop won't be at home". Variety.
^ Sneider, Jeff (2006-10-19). "Oscar race counts 61 countries". Variety. Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
^ "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[edit]

Nirontor at IMDb
Nirontor from BMDB

[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.

[VarietySubmissionList-3] Sneider, Jeff (2006-10-19). "Oscar race counts 61 countries". Variety. Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2008-06-22.

[NZHeraldShortlist-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.

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2015-Present (Special Mention)	Goran Radovaovic (Enclave) (46th) Tiffany Hsiung (The Apology) (47th) Chezhiyan (To Let) (49th) Abhishek Shah (Hellaro) (50th) Kripal Kalita (Bridge) (51st) Simon Farriol (The Wealth of the World) (52nd) Roman Vasyanov (The Dorm) (52nd) Praveen Kandregula (Cinema Bandi) (53rd)
2012-2014 (Centenary Award)	Mira Nair (The Reluctant Fundamentalist) (43rd) Kamaleshwar Mukherjee (Meghe Dhaka Tara) (44th) Shrihari Sathe (Ek Hazarachi Note) (45th)