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Titash Ekti Nadir Naam
Directed byRitwik Ghatak
Story byRitwik Ghatak (screenplay),
Advaita Malla Burman (the original novel)
Produced byHabibur Rahman Khan
StarringGolam Mustafa
Kabori Choudhury
Roushan Jamil
Prabir Mitra
Rosy Samad
Rani Sarkar
Fakrul Hasan Bairagi
CinematographyBaby Islam
Edited byBasheer Hussain
Music byRitwik Ghatak (music theme)
Ustad Bahadur Khan
Release date
July 27, 1973
Running time
159 mins
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBengali

Titash Ekti Nodir Naam (Bengali: তিতাস একটি নদীর নাম, English: A River Named Titash) is a 1973 Bengali film directed by Ritwik Ghatak.[1][2] The movie was based on a novel by the same name, written by Advaita Malla Burman.[3] The movie explores the life of the fishermen on the bank of the Titash River in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh.

Rosy Samad, Golam Mostafa, Kabori, Prabir Mitra, and Roushan Jamil acted in the main roles.[4] The shooting of the movie took a toll on Ghatak's health, as he was suffering from tuberculosis at the time.

Alongside Satyajit Ray's Kanchenjungha (1962)[5] and Mrinal Sen's Calcutta 71 (1972), Titash Ekti Nadir Naam is one of the earliest films to resemble hyperlink cinema, featuring multiple characters in a collection of interconnected stories, predating Robert Altman's Nashville (1975).

In 2007, A River Named Titash topped the list of 10 best Bangladeshi films, as chosen in the audience and critics' polls conducted by the British Film Institute.

Cast

Character Actor
Basanti Rosy Samad
Rajar Jhi Kabari Choudhury
Basanti's Mother Roushan Jamil
Munglee Rani Sarkar
Udaytara Sufia Rastam
Moral Ginni Bonani Choudhury
Kishore Prabir Mitra
Subla Chand
Ramprasad & Kader Milan Golam Mustafa
Tilak Chand Ritwik Ghatak
Nibaran Kundu Fakrul Hasan Bairagi
Ananta Shafikul Islam

Ghatak on the film

  • "Could the civilization be destroyed for ever? No it isn't. It's transformed. This is the motif I wanted to highlight through this film."
  • "Without me, Titash couldn't be possible. Titash was my dream."

References

  1. ^ "A River Called Titus (1973)". New York Rimes. Retrieved 3 August 2012.
  2. ^ Deanne Schultz (2007). Filmography of World History. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 153–. ISBN 978-0-313-32681-3. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  3. ^ Sisir Kumar Das (1 January 1995). History of Indian Literature: 1911-1956, struggle for freedom : triumph and tragedy. Sahitya Akademi. pp. 299–. ISBN 978-81-7201-798-9. Retrieved 8 July 2012.
  4. ^ Silver Jubilee, Bangladesh Film Archive celebrations, Events on the 2nd day, Ersahad Kamol, The Daily Star, June 11, 2004.
  5. ^ "An Interview with Satyajit Ray". 1982. Retrieved 2009-05-24.


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