Ammajan (1999)

Original title

আম্মাজান

Directed by

Kazi Hayat

Genre

gangster film

Country

Bangladesh

Runtime

2h 25m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A gangster drama in which a man takes on a criminal life to protect his mother. The film follows his violent rise and the personal costs along the way.

grittyintensemelodramaticemotionally chargeddarkly comicfast-pacedvisceralnostalgic

What happens

Ammajan (lit. 'Dear Mother') is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language crime-drama film directed by Kazi Hayat and written by Monwar Hossain Dipjol. The film was released in 1999 in Bangladesh. It was produced by Dipjol. It stars Manna, Shabnam, Moushumi, Amin Khan, and Dipjol in lead roles. Ammajan became a massive commercial success and is the 7th highest-grossing Bangladeshi films of all time. Manna’s performance was hugely praised, particularly his role as an anti-hero the first time on screen. The title song, Ammajan, performed by Ayub Bachchu, became a cultural phenomenon, cementing the film’s legacy in popular culture. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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