''Daruchini Dwip'' () () is a Bangladeshi

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film. It was released on 31 August 2007 throughout Bangladesh. The film is based on the Bangladeshi novelist and filmmaker

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’s popular novel of the

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. It was directed by popular actor - director Tauquir Ahmed. ''Daruchini Dwip'' stars

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, the award-winning

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, Dolly Johur, Challenger, Rahmat Ali,

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and

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, Emon,

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, and Munmun. The film was appreciated by film critics and won the National Film Award of Bangladesh ''Best Film of the Year 2007'' and was nominated in seven categories also won all of them. It also won ''Best Foreign Language Film'' at the 2010 Bali International Film Festival Awards in

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Plot

A team of young men and women in their 20s plan to go on a big trip across Bangladesh. The main protagonist of the film is Shuvro. They all hail from the mega city of

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. In Bangladesh, being a conservative country, it is not common to the sight of a group consisting of both young, single men and women traveling together. Yet in this story, the women are seen to try to make it against the stream. Each had a different destination in mind: like

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and many more places. Finally they decide to go to Daruchini Dwip. Shuvro (

) has a big problem for his weak eyesight because he may be put out from the program. But finally the full team goes on a train with Shuvro.

Cast

– Shuvro *

– Jori *

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– Ayon / Boltu * Emon – Shonju *

– Anushka * Munmun – Muna * Rishta Laboni Shimana * Sabrina Shafi Nisa *

– Shonju's father * Afroza Banu – Shonju's mother Farida *

– Shuvro's father * Dolly Johur – Shuvro's mother * Rahmat Ali – Jori's uncle * Shirin Alam – Jori's aunt *

– Anushka's father *

– Monir * Challenger – Jori's father *

– Jori's mother

Awards and achievement

International awards

* Winner Best Foreign Language Film: Bali International Film Festival Awards 2010

National Film Awards

''Daruchini Dwip'' won the National Film Awards total seven categories in the year of 2007. * Winner Best Film 'Impress Telefilm Ltd.' 2007 * Winner Best Actor: '

' 2007 * Winner Best Actress: '

' 2007 * Winner Best Music Director '

S I Tutul A B M Shahidul Islam Tutul, known as S.I. Tutul, is a Bangladeshi singer and musician who is the lead singer and lead guitarist of the Dhrubotara. He graduated from the University of Chittagong. He also works in the Cinema of Bangladesh, Banglad ...

' 2007 * Winner Best Choreographer: 'Kabirul Islam Ratan' 2007 * Winner Best Side Role Actor: '

' 2007 * Winner Best Scriptwriter: '

' 2007

Meril Prothom Alo Awards

Music

The music for ''Daruchini Dwip'' was directed by

Soundtrack

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Daruchini Dwip 2007 films 2007 romantic comedy-drama films Bengali-language Bangladeshi films Bangladeshi romantic comedy-drama films Films based on Bangladeshi novels Films scored by S.I. Tutul Films directed by Tauquir Ahmed 2000s Bengali-language films Best Film National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners Films whose writer won the Best Screenplay National Film Award (Bangladesh) Films shot in Cox's Bazar Impress Telefilm films