Fagun Haway (2019)

Directed by

Tauquir Ahmed

Genre

drama film

Country

Bangladesh

Runtime

2h 16m

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film is about the Bengali language movement in East Pakistan during 1952. It follows the lives of people involved in the struggle for the right to speak their mother tongue.

poignantnostalgicslow-pacedearnesthistoricaltenderyearninggrounded

What happens

Fagun Haway (Bengali: ফাগুন ‍হাওয়ায়, lit. 'In Spring breeze') is a Bangladeshi historical drama film based on the novel Bou Kotha Kou by Tito Rahman. This movie is based on the Bengali language movement during 1952 in East Pakistan. This was the sixth film directed by Tauquir Ahmed simultaneously released in February 2019 at 52 cinema halls across the country. Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies (BFFS) nominated this film for the Best International Feature Film category at the 92nd Academy Awards. Faridur Reza Sagar's Fagun Haway and Star Cineplex’s film No Dorai have jointly won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Film of 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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