International Competition · 45th Edition
Dear Maloti (Priyo Maloti)
Priyo Maloti
Director
Shankha Das Gupta
Country
Bangladesh
Runtime
1 h 46 min
Language
Bengali
Premiere
World Premiere
Synopsis
After her husband dies in a devastating fire, Maloti, a pregnant housewife in Dhaka, Bangladesh, falls into a bureaucratic maze that questions her moral grounds, stigmatizes her religious identity, and jeopardizes the future of her unborn child.
Cast
Shahjahan Shamrat, Mehazabien Chowdhury, Rizvi Rizu, Azad Abul Kalam
Screenplay
Shnakha Das Gupta, Abu Sayed Rana
Producers
Adnan Al Rajeev, Redoan Rony, Fazle Hasan Shishir
About the Director
Shankha Das Gupta is a Dhaka-based filmmaker. Since 2007,he has directed numerous fictions and drama series forlocal television channels and OTT platforms. His latest notable work is GUTI (2023) an web series forCHORKI (Bangladeshi web platform) and BOLI (2021) an webseries for HOICHOI (an Indian web platform).
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