''Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini'' () also known by initialism as PDPK, is a 2013 Bangladeshi

romance film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

written by Rumman Rashid Khan and directed by

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. The film stars

Shakib Khan Masud Rana Sheikh (born 28 March 1979), better known by the stage name Shakib Khan, is a Bangladeshi actor and filmmaker who works in Bengali language, Bengali films. He is widely regarded as one of the most popular figures of all time in Benga ...

Joya Ahsan Jaya Maswood (born 1 July), popularly known as Jaya Ahsan, is a Bangladeshi film actress, model, producer and playback singer. Starting her career as a model and, later, as a film actress, she works mostly in Bangladeshi and Indian Bengali fil ...

, and

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with Razzak, Anwara,

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, Lamia Mimo and

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in supporting roles. The plot of the film revolves around Joy, an aeronautical engineer who goes to Malaysia to find his long-lost aunt, and falls in love with Zara. Shakib, a billionaire businessman and Zara's childhood friend, also confesses his love for her. The film takes a dramatic turn when Joy discovers that Zara is the daughter of his aunt while Shakib plots to make Zara fall in love with him. Purnodoirgho Prem Kahini was theatrically released on 16 October 2013, on the occasion of

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. The film opened to major critical success and earned numerous accolades. It received six

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nominations, with Khan winning Best Actor and Ahsan winning Best Actress. The film had the longest theatrical run in 2013, completing over 100 days at the box office. The film was a blockbuster at the box office, and one of the biggest film of 2013. Due to the film's commercial success, the producers announced a sequel titled '' Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini Two'', which was released on 8 April 2016.

Plot

The film is about Joy (

) who is engaged to his cousin Mitu (

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). But he promises his grandfather that he will not tie the knot before he finds his missing aunt and uncle. In search of his missing relatives, he goes to Malaysia, where he meets a girl Zara (

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) who is a UN employee. They become familiar with each other and Zara helps Joy find his aunt. Joy, appreciative of her companionship and help, falls for Zara. To avoid him, Zara gets involved with another man Shakib Ahmed (

). In this situation, the climax of the film comes down between responsibility towards family, relatives and love affairs.

Cast

as Joy Shikder *

as Zara Haque *

as Shakib Ahmed * Razzak as Samad Shikdar * Anwara as Rokeya Begum *

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as Nishat Shikdar *

as Dr. Shamsul Haque *

as Mitu Shikder * Shaju Khadem as Sentu * Sohel Rana as the Narrator *

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as the Narrator

Music

The soundtrack for the film is composed by Showkat Ali Emon and

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composed one songs as guest composers, with the lyrics penned by Kabir Bakul. The soundtrack features 7 tracks overall.

Reception

* The film completed 50 days in 20 centers. * The film completed 100 days in 6 centers.

Awards

Sequel

The original production team had announced plans to make a sequel called ''

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''. the sequel will retain leads

and

, while

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and

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is a new addition to the cast and is released on 8 April 2016 to positive response from Critic and audience.

References

External links

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Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini
at the Bangladesh Movie Database {{DEFAULTSORT:Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini 2013 films 2013 romantic drama films Bengali-language Bangladeshi films Bangladeshi romantic drama films Films scored by Shawkat Ali Emon Films scored by Koushik Hossain Taposh 2010s Bengali-language films Jaya Ahsan