Shankhonad

শঙ্খনাদ/ Shankhonad
Directed by	Abu Sayeed (Film Director)
Written by	Nasreen Jahan
Produced by	Aangik Communications
Starring	Zahid Hasan K S Firoz Najma Anwar Fazlur Rahman Babu Rebeka Dipa Mehnaj Bony Insan Ali
Cinematography	Mahfuzur Rahman Khan
Edited by	Junaid Halim
Music by	S I Tutul
Release date	2004
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Bangladesh
Language	Bengali

শঙ্খনাদ/ Shankhonad is a 2004 Bangladeshi drama film directed by Abu Sayeed (Film Director). It starring Zahid Hasan, K S Firoz, Najma Anwar, Fazlur Rahman Babu, Rebeka Dipa, Mehnaj Bony and Insan Ali.

Plot

Osman return to his ancestral village on a stormy night, the village he had fled in the dark of the night 27 years ago. He finds shelter in the home of Mannaf Khan, a village elder. Osman seeks to rediscover his childhood and goes about reliving the past in childhood memories. He meets Kunjo Buri who had nursed him as an infant. He also meets his boyhood friend Fazlu. Osman is not after worldly gains, he only wants to spend the rest of his life in the village and the nostalgia of bygone days. That, However, is not to be. He comes face to face with a reality of a markedly different kind.

Award

• National Film Award in three categories, 2004
• Best Film, Meril-Prothom Alo 2004

Festival participations

• Official selection, Fribourg International Film Festival
• Official selection, Asian African & Latin American Film Festival
• Official selection, Commonwealth Film Festival
• Official selection, Dubai International Film Festival
• Official selection, International Film Festival, India

References

• http://www.banglanews24.com/fullnews/bn/421880.html
• http://www.dhallywood24.com/tag/%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%99%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%96%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A6
• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2403814/