''Koshai'' ( bn, কসাই, "butcher") is a 1980 Bangladeshi film directed by
Amjad Hossain.
It stars
Rozina,
Bobita
Farida Akhtar Poppy, known by her stage name Babita, is a Bangladeshi film actress. She is a popular actress in Bangladeshi films of the 1970s. She is best known for her performance in Satyajit Ray's '' Distant Thunder'', a novel adaptation abou ...
,
Alamgir,
Kabari, and
Jashim
Abul Khayer Jashim Uddin (known professionally as Jashim; 14 August 1950 – 8 October 1998) was a Bangladeshi film actor, producer, action director and a freedom fighter. He acted in more than 200 films and is known as the first action hero of ...
. It won four
National Film Awards: Best Supporting Actress (
Rozina), Best Music Director (
Alauddin Ali), Best Male Playback Singer (
Syed Abdul Hadi), and Best Female Playback Singer (
Sabina Yasmin
Sabina Yasmin (born 4 September 1953) is a Bangladeshi singer. She is best known as a playback singer in Bengali cinema. She has won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer a record 14 times. She has recorded more than 1,5 ...
).
Cast
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Bobita
Farida Akhtar Poppy, known by her stage name Babita, is a Bangladeshi film actress. She is a popular actress in Bangladeshi films of the 1970s. She is best known for her performance in Satyajit Ray's '' Distant Thunder'', a novel adaptation abou ...
*
Kabari
*
Rozina
*
Jashim
Abul Khayer Jashim Uddin (known professionally as Jashim; 14 August 1950 – 8 October 1998) was a Bangladeshi film actor, producer, action director and a freedom fighter. He acted in more than 200 films and is known as the first action hero of ...
*
Alamgir
Music
*"Bondhu Tin Din" -
Runa Laila
Runa Laila ( bn, রুনা লায়লা, ur, ; born 17 November 1952) is a Bangladeshi playback singer and composer. She started her career in Pakistan film industry in the late 1960s. Her style of singing is inspired by Pakistani ...
*"Amar Doshe Doshi Ami" -
Syed Abdul Hadi
Release and reception
The film was screened at the 1980
Moscow International Film Festival
The Moscow International Film Festival (russian: Моско́вский междунаро́дный кинофестива́ль, translit. ''Moskóvskiy myezhdunaródniy kinofyestivál''; abbreviated as MIFF) is the film festival first he ...
.
Writing in 2002, filmmaker
Zakir Hossain Raju described ''Koshai'' as one of the films of the period that, "bubble with social criticism and satire, which were virtually non-existent earlier".
Awards
;
Bangladesh National Film Awards 1980
*Best Supporting Actress -
Rozina
*Best Music Director -
Alauddin Ali
*Best Male Playback Singer -
Syed Abdul Hadi
*Best Female Playback Singer -
Sabina Yasmin
Sabina Yasmin (born 4 September 1953) is a Bangladeshi singer. She is best known as a playback singer in Bengali cinema. She has won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer a record 14 times. She has recorded more than 1,5 ...
References
External links
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1980 films
Bengali-language Bangladeshi films
Films scored by Alauddin Ali
1980s Bengali-language films
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