''Joyjatra'' ( bn, জয়যাত্রা) is

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 ...

i 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 Scre ...

and produced by Azam Faruk, featuring

Mahfuz Ahmed Mahfuz Ahmed (born 23 October 1967) is a Bangladeshi television and film actor. He is also a television presenter, model and television producer. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor twice for his roles in ''Laal Sobuj'' (2005) an ...

Bipasha Hayat Bipasha Hayat (born 23 March 1971) is a 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 Prothom Alo Awa ...

, Azizul Hakim, Ahsan Habib Nasim, and others. The film is set in the period of the

Bangladesh Liberation War The Bangladesh Liberation War ( bn, মুক্তিযুদ্ধ, , also known as the Bangladesh War of Independence, or simply the Liberation War in Bangladesh) was a revolution and armed conflict sparked by the rise of the Bengali ...

Plot

Joyjatra takes place during the liberation war of Bangladesh. Many people from various villages and ethnic backgrounds attempt to flee to India after the Pakistan Army launched an attack on them. For days, the refugees have been stuck on a boat on a journey to India, but eventually, some of them were killed by the army.

Cast

as Baidhan * Azizul Hakim as Adam *

as Hawa *

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 for ...

as Ramkrisna *

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

as Panchanand Saha *

Tariq Anam Khan Tariq Anam Khan (born 10 May) is a Bangladeshi actor, director, writer and producer in theatre, television, and film. He was awarded the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actor in Negative role for the film Desha: The Leader in 2014 and in ...

as Tarafdar * Chadni as Marium * Intekhab Dinar as Johnson * Rumana as Sokhina * Shahed Sharif Khan as Kashem *

Shams Sumon Shams Sumon is a Bangladeshi actor. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor for the film ''Sopnopuron''. Works * ''Joyjatra ''Joyjatra'' ( bn, জয়যাত্রা) is Bangladeshi film directed by Tauquir A ...

as Jashimuddin * Farhana Rahman as Jashimuddin's wife * Shuvra as Fatema *

Ahsan Habib Nasim Ahsan is a male name in Urdu and Persian, coming from the Arabic triconsonantal root Ḥ-S-N, also as the diminutive of Hassan. Given name * Ahsan Ayaz (born 1998), Pakistani squash player * Ahsan Iqbal, Pakistani politician * Ahsan Khan (actor), ...

as Ali *

Nazma Anwar Nazma Anwar ( – 14 December 2004) was a Bangladeshi film and television actress, and drama activist. She performed in Bengali films including ''Hajar Bachhor Dhore'' (2005), ''Dukhai'' (1997) '' Joyjatra'' (2004), '' Shonkhonil Karagar'' (1992), ...

as Grandmother * Saleh Ahmed as Imam *

Jayanta Chattopadhyay Jayanto Chattopadhyay (born 28 July 1946) is a Bangladeshi actor and reciter. He studied in English literature from Calcutta University. He portrayed the famous character Misir Ali in a television drama named ''Trishna''. Works Films * ''Adam ...

as Dr. Kalikingkor *

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 ...

(credited as Mosharraf Hossain) as Foni, who later converts to Islam and changes his name to Farid Ali.

Soundtrack

The songs of this film were composed by Sujey Shyam and the lyrics by Mosharraf Hossain.

Awards and nominations

This film won several awards including

Bangladesh National Film Awards The National Film Awards ( bn, জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার) is an annual awards ceremony held annually in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is considered to be the most prominent film award ceremony in Banglades ...

Dhaka International Film Festival * Won Special Award for the Film

Meril Prothom Alo Awards ''Meril Prothom Alo Awards'' or ''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' Choice. The a ...

* Won Critics Choice Best Director -

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