Kittonkhola

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| director = Abu Sayeed

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Aangik Communications
Impress Telefilm Limited

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| based_on = {{Based on|Kittonkhola|Selim Al Deen}}

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| music = Abu Sayeed

| cinematography = Samiran Datta

| editing = Sujan Mahmud

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| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2000}}

| runtime = 96 minutes

| country = Bangladesh

| language = Bengali

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Kittonkhola is a 2000 Bangladeshi film directed by Abu Sayeed. The story is based on the stage play of the same name by Selim Al Deen. It stars Raisul Islam Asad, Mamunur Rashid, Pijus Bandapadhyay, Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Naila Azad Nupur, Tamalika Karmakar, Azad Abul Kalam, Kamal Ahmed and Habibur Rahman Habib.

Plot

Fair means happiness and festivity. But amid this festivity, there are people with their misfortune. Shonai, Boshir, Dalimon, Rustom, Bonosribala and Chayaranjan are amongst these people and 'Kittonkhola' is their tale. Rural culture, festivities contrast against the gross reality of their life struggle. This harsh reality forces Bonosribala to commit suicide. Shonai, Boshir, Chayaranjan and Rustam are baffled by their profession. Darkness looms around them.

Cast

Raisul Islam Asad as Sonai
Mamunur Rashid
Pijus Bandapadhyay as Idu Contractor
Jayanta Chattopadhyay
Naila Azad Nupur as Banasribala
Tamalika Karmakar as Dalimon
Azad Abul Kalam as Chhayaranjan

Response

In the summer 2001 issue of Cinemaya, film critic Ahmed Muztaba Zamal wrote "The most outstanding performance in the film is that of Tamalika Karmakar". He also commended the presentation of characters Sonai and Chhayaranjan, but commented that director Abu Sayeed "has been less successful in presenting the other two important characters", Banasribala and Idu Contractor, and said the film "disappoints in places, with its technical imperfections."{{cite magazine |author=Ahmed Muztaba Zamal |author-link=Ahmed Muztaba Zamal |date=Summer 2001 |title=Kittonkhola |magazine=Cinemaya |volume=52 |pages=13–14}}

Awards

National Film Awards in nine categories for 2000, including best film, best director, best script, best story, and best dialog.{{cite book |last=Raju |first=Zakir Hossain |author-link=Zakir Hossain Raju |year=2014 |orig-year=First published 2008 |title=Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern? |publisher=Taylor & Francis |page=192 |isbn=978-1-317-60181-4}}{{cite news |title=Splendours of alternative films |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/09/12/d30912140170.htm |work=The Daily Star |date=12 September 2003}}