''Golapi Ekhon Traine'' ( - English name: The Endless Trail) is a Bangladeshi drama film based on the novel of

Amjad Hossain Amjad Hossain (14 August 1942 – 14 December 2018) was a Bangladeshi film director, actor, scriptwriter and lyricist. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director twice, for the films '' Golapi Ekhon Traine'' (1978) and '' Bha ...

''Droupodi Ekhon Traine'' and directed by himself. The film is one of his "Golapi" film series. This film was released on September 5, 1978 and became popular and had positive critical receptions.

Plot

Mondol ( A.T.M. Shamsuzzaman) is an influential person in the village. His son, Milon (

Farooque Akbar Hossain Pathan Dulu (; 18 August 1948 – 15 May 2023), known by the stage name Farooque (Bengali: ফারুক), was a Bangladeshi actor, politician, businessman and producer. He was known as 'Mia Bhai' (respected brother) to mass peo ...

), likes the daughter of a street singer ( Anwar Hossain) Golapi (

Bobita Farida Akhtar Poppy, known by her stage name Babita, (born 30 July 1953) is a Bangladeshi film actress. She is best known for her performance in Satyajit Ray's ''Distant Thunder (1973 film), Distant Thunder'', a novel adaptation about the Benga ...

). Mondol brings a marriage proposal for Golapi but the groom's family demand dowry in the form of a bicycle. Golapi's father cannot afford it so Milon pays for the cycle. The marriage does not take place, unfortunately, and Golapi's father commits suicide. As a result, Golapi's family fall further into poverty and she starts to work various jobs on the trains. The people from the village do not take this positively and try to stop her from working on the trains.

Cast

- Golapi *

- Milon * Anwar Hossain - Golapi's Father * Rosy Samad - Golapi's Mother * Anwara - Moina * Tarana Halim - Alapi *

Rawshan Jamil Rawshan Jamil (8 May 1931 – 14 May 2002) was a Bangladeshi actress and dancer. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in the dance category in 1995 and Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film '' Noyonmoni'' (1 ...

- Buri * A.T.M. Shamsuzzaman - Mondol *

Abdullah al Mamun Abdullah Al Mamun () is a Bengali given name. It may refer to: * Abdullah al-Ma'mun (786-833), the seventh Abbasid caliph * Abdullah Al-Mamun Suhrawardy (1877–1935), Bengali Islamic scholar, barrister, and academic * Abdullah al Mamun (playwr ...

- Manik * Teli Samad - Bonga

Soundtrack

The music of this film was directed by

Alauddin Ali Alauddin Ali (24 December 1952 – 9 August 2020) was a Bangladeshi music composer. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director eight times for the films '' Golapi Ekhon Traine'' (1978), '' Sundori'' (1979), ''Koshai'' (1980) ...

and lyrics were penned by Tahera Haque, Moniruzzaman Monir, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Gazi Mazharul Anwar and Amjad Hossain.

Syed Abdul Hadi Syed Abdul Hadi (born 1 July 1940) is a Bangladeshi singer. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer five times for his playback performance in the films '' Golapi Ekhon Traine'' (1979), '' Sundori'' (1979), ''Kosha ...

Sabina Yasmin Sabina Yasmin (born 4 September 1954), is a Bangladeshi singer. She is best known as a playback singer in Bengali cinema. She has won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer a record 14 times. She has recorded more th ...

and other popular singers sang in this film.

Awards

National Film Awards The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India ...

*Golapi Ekhon Traine made history winning 9 awards out of 16 including Best Film, Best Director, Best Music Director, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Lyrics, Best Male Playback Singer, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography (Color). * Amjad Hossain made a unique record of achieving 4 National Awards in the same year including Best Film (Producer), Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Lyricist.

References

External links