''Daruchini Dwip'' ( bn, দারুচিনি দ্বীপ) is a Bangladeshi

Bengali-language Bengali ( ), generally known by its endonym Bangla (, ), is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bengal region of South Asia. It is the official, national, and most widely spoken language of Bangladesh and the second most widely spoken of t ...

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

Humayun Ahmed Humayun Ahmed (; 13 November 1948 – 19 July 2012) was a Bangladeshi novelist, dramatist, screenwriter, filmmaker, songwriter, scholar, and professor. His breakthrough was his debut novel '' Nondito Noroke'' published in 1972. He wrote over 20 ...

’s popular novel of the same name. It was directed by popular actor - director

Tauquir Ahmed Tauquir Ahmed (born 5 March 1966) is a Bangladeshi architect and actor, turned director in both television and cinema. His films won many international and national awards including Bangladesh National Film Awards in the Best Director, Best Scr ...

. ''Daruchini Dwip'' stars

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Fazlur Rahman Babu Fazlur Rahman Babu (born 22 August 1960) is a Bangladeshi actor and singer. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor 4 times for his roles in the films ''Shonkhonaad'' (2004), '' Meyeti Ekhon Kothay Jabe'' (2017), '' Fagu ...

, the award-winning

Zakia Bari Momo Zakia Bari Mamo is a Bangladeshi model and actress who is best known around the country as Lux Channel I Superstar. After winning the Lux Channel I Superstar beauty pageant in 2006, she got a chance to act in '' Daruchini Dip''. For her role i ...

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and Abdullah al Mamun. The film marks the debut film of

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, Emon, Bindu, 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 boys and girls plan to have a big trip across Bangladesh.The main protagonist of the fim is

Shuvro Shuvro (শুভ্র in Bengali), sometimes transliterated as Shubhro or Śubhra, is a fictional character created by Bangladeshi writer Humayun Ahmed. Shuvro is one of Ahmed's recurring characters, who first appeared in the short story "Ekti ...

. 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 girls are seen to try to make it against the stream. Each had a different destination in mind: like

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Cox's Bazar Cox's Bazar (; bn, কক্সবাজার, Kôksbajar; ) is a city, fishing port, tourism centre, and district headquarters in Southeastern Bangladesh. It is located south of the city of Chittagong. Cox's Bazar is also known by the n ...

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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 *

Mosharraf Karim K M Mosharraf Hossain (born 22 August 1971), known by his stage-name Mosharraf Karim ( bn, মোশাররফ করিম), is a Bangladeshi actor, works both in films and television. He began working as a theater artist in late the 1980s wi ...

– Ayon / Boltu * Emon – Shonju * Bindu – Anushka * Munmun – Muna *

– Shonju's father * Afroza Banu – Shonju's mother Farida * Abdullah al Mamun – Shuvro's father *

–

's mother * Rahmat Ali – Jori's uncle * Shirin Alam – Jori's aunt *

– Anushka's father *

– Monir *

– 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, known as S.I. Tutul, is a Bangladeshi singer and musician who is the lead singer and lead guitarist of the Dhrubotara Band. He also works in the Bangladeshi film industry. He won Bangladesh National Film Awards for Best M ...

' 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 2007 comedy films 2007 drama 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