Part of our 20 Great Bangladeshi Films of the 21st Century list, “Swapnajaal” is a co-production between Bangladesh and India, and actually features scenes shot in both countries.
Swapnajaal is screening at Hoichoi
The story begins in a riverside small town in the 1990s, where two teenagers, Muslim Apu and Hindu Shuvra, are living their romance under rather harsh circumstances. As if the obstacles placed by their religions were not enough, Shuvra’s father, after an altercation with the Muslim “kingpin” of the area Aynal Gazi, disappears, and her family is forced to move to Kolkata, leaving Apu behind. Shuvra eventually manages to get accustomed to life in India, to a point at least, even joining a theater troupe. Back home, however, Apu is desperately trying to find a way to go to Kolkata, while he also tries to find out what really happened to her father. As if divine justice,...
Swapnajaal is screening at Hoichoi
The story begins in a riverside small town in the 1990s, where two teenagers, Muslim Apu and Hindu Shuvra, are living their romance under rather harsh circumstances. As if the obstacles placed by their religions were not enough, Shuvra’s father, after an altercation with the Muslim “kingpin” of the area Aynal Gazi, disappears, and her family is forced to move to Kolkata, leaving Apu behind. Shuvra eventually manages to get accustomed to life in India, to a point at least, even joining a theater troupe. Back home, however, Apu is desperately trying to find a way to go to Kolkata, while he also tries to find out what really happened to her father. As if divine justice,...
- 10/29/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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