The River Named Modhumoti

Dec 20, 1996

2h 10m

★ 10.0

Overview

During the 1971 liberation war of Bangladesh, in a remote village, a landlord collaborated with the Pakistani army. After the death of his brother, he married his sister-in-law who had a young son. A teacher in the village, with a widowed daughter, taught the young man had a daughter. When the war broke out, the young man joined the Bengali guerrillas, shattering his innocence. In the village, the landlord's action get worse and worse, until he kills the teacher and compels the daughter to marry him. Now the young man must return to his village with new determination.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Prasad Productions Private Ltd.

Kino-Eye Films

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Cast

Bachchu

Tauquir Ahmed

Motaleb

Aly Zaker

Akhter

Raisul Islam Asad

Shanti

Sara Zaker

Rahela

Afsana Mimi

Bachchu's Mother

Ayesha Akhtar

Motaleb's Uncle

Abul Khair

Kashem

Ramendu Majumdar

Mohammad Abdul Khaleque

Amirul Haque Chowdhury

Fozlu

Keramat Mawla

Pakistani Military Captain

K.S. Firoz

Manju

Jayanto Chattopadhyay

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