''Alpha'' is a 2019 Bangladeshi
fantasy
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crime
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drama
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film starring Alamgir Kabir, Doyel Mash and
ATM Shamsuzzaman
Abu Taher Mohammad Shamsuzzaman ( bn, আবু তাহের মোহাম্মদ শামসুজ্জ়ামান; 10 September 1941 – 20 February 2021), better known as known as ATM Shamsuzzaman, was a Bangladeshi film and telev ...
in lead roles. It is the third direction of
Nasiruddin Yousuff
Nasiruddin Yousuff is a Bangladeshi stage and film director. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Director for the film '' Guerrilla'' (2011). He was awarded Ekushey Padak by the Government of Bangladesh
The Government of the Peopl ...
.
The film was released on 26 April 2019. It was the submission of
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...
to the
92nd Academy Awards
The 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored films released in 2019 and took place on February 9, 2020, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, beginning at 5:00 ...
for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
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, but was not nominated.
Synopsis
The film tells the story of a rickshaw painter, Alpha. He saw disharmony of the society. He had to struggle to with the condition of concrete jungle.
Cast
* Alamgir Kabir as Alpha
*
Al-Mamun Al Siyam
Al-Mamun Al Siyam ( bn, আল-মামুন আল সিয়াম; born 02 March 1993) is a Bangladeshi film actor, known for the 2012 film '' Ghetu Putro Komola'', which was selected as the Bangladeshi entry for the Best Foreign Language ...
as Sarfaraz
* Doyel Mash as Golenur
* ATM Shamsuzzaman as Gondho Jetha
* Heera Chowdhury as Hekmat
* Ishrat Nishat as Solaiman's mother
* Vaskor Rasha as Alpha's father
Release
The film was premiered on 20 April 2019 in
Bangladesh Film Archive
Bangladesh Film Archive is an independent institution that is the national film archive of Bangladesh and preserves films, commercials and other visual medias produced in Bangladesh. It is located in Shahbagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
History
The arch ...
and it was released in theatres on 26 April 2019.
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See also
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* List of Bangladeshi submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
References
External links
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{{Bangladeshi submission for Academy Awards
2019 films
2019 fantasy films
2019 crime drama films
Bangladeshi crime drama films
Bengali-language Bangladeshi films
2010s Bengali-language films