Gariwala

{{short description|Bangladeshi film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Gariwala

| image = Gariwala poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| director = Ashraf Shishir

| writer = Ashraf Shishir

| screenplay =

| story =

| based_on =

| producer =

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Rokeya Prachy
• Raisul Islam Asad
• Masum Aziz
• Maruf
• Kabbo

}}

| narrator =

| cinematography = Shohag Chowdhury

| editing = Shabbir Mahmood

| music = Rafayet Newaz

| studio = Impress Telefilm

| distributor = Impress Telefilm

| released = {{film date|df=yes|2014|10|23|UAE|ref1=|2015|09|24|Bangladesh|ref2=}}

| runtime = 76 minutes (feature version)

| country = Bangladesh

| language = Bengali

}}

Gariwala (English title: The Cart) is a 2014 Bangladeshi film written and directed by Ashraf Shishir, and starring Rokeya Prachy, Raisul Islam Asad, Masum Aziz, Imran Imu, and child artists Maruf and Kabbo.{{cite news |title='Gariwala' wins seven awards at Texas Film Festival |url=https://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/17923 |work=The Independent |location=Dhaka |date=4 October 2015 |access-date=21 January 2016}}

Funded by a Bangladesh government grant, Gariwala began as a short film before being expanded to feature length.{{cite news |last=Rahman |first=Ador |date=3 July 2015 |title=Negligence fired me up: Shishir |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/entertainment/Negligence-fired-me-up-Shishir |work=Prothom Alo |access-date=21 January 2016}} It premiered at the Sharjah International Film Festival for Children & Youth in the United Arab Emirates on 23 October 2014. It toured extensively on the festival circuit, where its runtime was commonly described as 76 minutes.{{cite web |url=https://www.cfsbangladesh.org/festival2015/brochure.pdf |title=Future in Frames |website=Children's Film Festival, Bangladesh}} It opened in Bangladesh on 24 September 2015. It won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Short Film in 2014.{{cite news |title=Moushumi, Mim, Ferdous receive National Film Award |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/entertainment/Moushumi-Mim-Ferdous-receive-National-Film-Award |work=Prothom Alo |date=11 May 2016}}