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Rickshaw Girl (2021)

Rickshaw Girl poster
Directed by
Amitabh Reza Chowdhury
Genre
drama, family
Country
Bangladesh
Runtime
1h 42m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young girl in Bangladesh navigates family and social expectations as she pursues her dream of driving a rickshaw. The film follows her struggles and small victories in a traditional community.

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What happens

Rickshaw Girl (In Bangladesh known as Naimar Rong) is a 2025 US-Bangladesh joint venture drama film, based on novel Rickshaw Girl by Indian-American author Mitali Perkins. The film was directed by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury and Executive Produced by Md Assaduzzaman Sokal from their Production company Half Stop Down. Novera Rahman played a titular role in the film. Shakib Khan was supposed to play a guest role in the film. But Later, the film director Amitabh Reza Chowdhury chose Siam Ahmed instead of Shakib Khan as he could not give time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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