''Rupkothar Golpo: A Fairy Tale'' () is a 2006 Bangladeshi film directed by

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 ...

Impress Telefilm Limited Impress Telefilm Limited is a media production house in Bangladesh, formed in 2003. The company produces film, drama, and drama serials, music videos, variety shows, magazine programmes, musical programmes, and documentaries as well as TV commerc ...

produced and distributed the film.

Story

''Rupkathar Golpo'', is not a fairy tale as the title suggests, but rather a story of the human condition in current times. The film centres on a desperate mother (Taskin Sumi) whose child is lost. In the film a young man (

Chanchal Chowdhury Suchinta Chowdhury Chanchal (born June 1, 1974), better known as Chanchal Chowdhury (), , is a Bangladeshi actor. He gained recognition with television roles in late 2000s, and went on to become one of the most popular leading men of Cinema of B ...

), fired on his first day at work, encounters a streetwalker with a child. To be able to buy some food for her baby, the girl decides to go with a truck driver (

) leaving her child in the young man's care. The police however suspect the young man to be an abductor, seeing him with a baby that is apparently not his and he is taken to the police station. After returning the girl cannot find her child and combs the city with the truck driver looking for the baby. The young man, incapable of articulating his pain, is an honest soul and being torn by responsibility and moral consequence cannot leave the child. He tries his best to save the baby. The truck driver starts gambling, loses everything and decides to bet on the girl. His partners in the gamble rape her while he is left senseless under the influence of alcohol. Within this unremarkable premise lies the profoundly moving story of ''Rupkothar Golpo''. Filmed in the ravages of contemporary life, the movie is a sharp portrayal of despair and hope, desperation and survival, loss and redemption, poignantly told in subtle actions and spare words. The film narrates a story of humanity, in all its imperfections and cruelty.

Cast

Abul Hayat Abul Hayat ( born 7 September 1944) is a Bangladeshi actor. He is also a writer, civil engineer and director. He earned Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Daruchini Dwip (2007) and was awarded Ekushey Padak fo ...

Humayun Faridi Humayun Kamrul Islam, better known as Humayun Faridi (; 29 May 1952 – 13 February 2012) was a Bangladeshi actor. He worked in television dramas, movies and theatre plays. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor for his lead ...

* Dr. Enamul Haque * Rahmat Ali * Shabnam Parvin *

Ejajul Islam Ejajul Islam () also known by as Dr. Ejaj, is a Bangladeshi physician and actor who appears in Bangladeshi television shows and films. Islam graduated with an MBBS from Rangpur Medical College in 1984 and a post-graduate diploma in nuclear medic ...

* Hosne Ara Putul * Taskin Sumi * Mamunur Rashid *

Mosharraf Karim K M Mosharraf Hossain (born 22 August 1971), known by his stage name Mosharraf Karim, is a Bangladeshi television and film actor. A prominent actor in Bangladesh, he has received multiple awards for his contribution to the Bangladeshi entertainm ...

* Tushar Khan * Jhuna Chowdhury * Saleh Ahmed

Soundtrack

The music of the film was directed by

Bari Siddiqui Bari Siddiqui (15 November 1954 – 24 November 2017) was a Bangladeshi singer-songwriter and flautist. His songs include ''Shua Chan Pakhi'', ''Amar Gaye Joto Dukkho Shoy'', ''Pubali Batashe'' and ''Manush Dhoro Manush Bhojo''. Early life Popu ...

. lyrics were penned by

Rabindranath Tagore Rabindranath Thakur (; anglicised as Rabindranath Tagore ; 7 May 1861 – 7 August 1941) was a Bengalis, Bengali polymath who worked as a poet, writer, playwright, composer, philosopher, social reformer, and painter of the Bengal Renai ...

, Nidhu Babu, Shahidullah Forayezi and

. *"Kachher Manush Amay Phele" (part 1) -

*"Kachher Manush Amay Phele" (part 2) - Bari Siddiqui *"Hoilona Hoilona Amar Prem Sadhon" - Bari Siddiqui *"Premer Ghuri Bin Batashe Ore" - Bari Siddiqui *"Shoto Noto Shyamo Rai" - Bari Siddiqui *"Mono Jaago Mongolo Loke" -

Bipasha Hayat Bipasha Hayat (born 23 March 1971) is a leading Bangladeshi actress, model, painter and playback singer. She won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film ''Aguner Poroshmoni'' (1994). She earned Meril Protho ...

*"Kar Tore Nishi Jaago" -

Runa Laila Runa Laila (born 17 November 1952) is a Bangladeshi playback singer and composer. She started her career in the Pakistani film industry in the late 1960s. Her style of singing is inspired by Pakistani playback singer Ahmed Rushdi and also f ...

Awards

This film won several awards including

Dhaka International Film Festival Dhaka International Film Festival () is a biennial film festival held in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Established in 1992, the festival was initially organized on annual basis, but became a biennial event since 1995. DIFF is one of the most prestigious fi ...

* Audience Choice Award: Film

Meril Prothom Alo Awards The ''Meril-Prothom Alo Awards'', or simply ''Prothom Alo Awards'', is an annual Bangladeshi awards ceremony honouring cinematic achievements in Bangladeshi Film Industry. The awards are divided into two components, Viewers' Choice and Critics ...

* Critics Choice Best Director - Tauquir Ahmed * Critics Choice Best Actor -

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