Chhutir Ghonta (1980)

Original title

ছুটির ঘন্টা

Directed by

Azizur Rahman

Genre

drama film

Country

Bangladesh

Runtime

2h 28m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Based on a true story, a twelve-year-old school boy in Bangladesh is trapped in a washroom by a caretaker's mistake right before a Muslim holiday. The boy starves to death and is not found until the vacation ends.

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What happens

Chhutir Ghonta (transl. When the bell rang') is a 1980 Bangladeshi drama film written and directed by Azizur Rahman. It stars Razzak, Shabana, Sujata and Master Sumon in the lead. It is based on the true story of a twelve-year-old school boy named Khokon in Bangladesh, who starved to death after the washroom he was in was mistakenly closed by the caretaker the day before the Muslim vacation Eid-ul-Azha started. The boy was found dead after the vacation was over. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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