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film. The film directed by Hashibur Reza Kallol and produced by Sohani Hossain under the banner of Taranga Entertainment. It is a story written by Sohani Hossain and a screenplay and dialogue written by Ferdous Hassan. The film features Bangladeshi superstar Shakib Khan and

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(in her Bangladeshi debut) in the lead roles and Kabila, Nasrin, Rina Khan, Don and many have played supporting roles in the film. The

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of the film began on November 16, 2014, and wrapped up on November 20, 2016. The first look teaser of the film was revealed on April 14, 2016. The film released on April 7, 2017, in Bangladesh. The film's soundtrack album is composed by Bappa Mazumder, which his first soundtrack composition. It is the second direction of Hashibur Reza Kallol; previously he directed a film titled ''Andha Nirangam'', which is based on the evolution of

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's philosophy and consciousness. The film won numerous accolades including five National Film Awards in several categories including Khan's fourth Best Actor award at the 42 National Film Awards, six Bachsas Awards including Khan's third Best Actor award, two

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Plot

Cast

* Shakib Khan as Sobuj, an estranged son of a rich man, whose aunt and uncle turn him into a drug addict and desperate to seize his property *

as Shikha, a prostitute, who killed a doctor to save her honor and fled to Dhaka and later fell in love with drug addicted Sabuj * Don as himself, a leader of a terrorist group hired by Sabuj's uncle and aunt to kill him * Rina Khan as Ranga Mashi (রাঙা মাসি), a woman prostitute businesswoman * Kabila as himself, Sabuj's friend and collaborator *

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as Shikha's father * Shimul Khan as Zahir, a Police official * Saeed as Onik * Bithi Rani Sarkar - Item number; guest appearance in "Gulistaner Moor" song * Liza Mitu - Item number; guest appearance in "Raja Bodol" song

Production

On October 15, 2014, the film Muharat was held at a restaurant in

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Casting

Initially, though the film was supposed to play

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in the role of

's father, later he was dropped for the role and

was taken for this character after he was not present on time and was not present with the schedule.

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, who played the role of Rupa as the mother of one of the film's most important character Paoli Dam, after three days of shooting he suddenly felt the urge to return to the stage, and he withdrew from the film.

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was later selected for this character.

Filming

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as a ...

of the film began on November 16, 2014, at the Jharna spot of BFDC, the lead actors of film Shakib Khan and

took part in the first day of filming. The second lot of filming of the film started on December 26, 2014, in the Pubali of

. After the shooting of second lot, the film was stopped due to schedule complication of Shakib Khan and Paoli Dam. Subsequently, the third lot of filming was begun on February 24, 2016, in this lot

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, BFDC,

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and Gulshan Ladies Park are being filmed for six days. Then, the fourth and final lot of filming was begins on October 15, in

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. There are two songs and several scenes of the film were filmed for five days leading up to October 20, 2016.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack of the film was composed by Bappa Mazumder. The film used a total of seven songs, including two item songs. A song from the soundtrack titled "Naa Jani Kon Oporadhe" was recorded on September 19, 2012, in Bappa Mazumdar's own studio, where Momtaz Begum collaborated with him for the first time. Earlier in the same month, he recorded two songs from the soundtrack sung by himself with Dilshad Nahar Kona and

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titled "Anek Kothar Bhire" and "Ami Toke Chai". And also a song titled "Tor Premete" was recorded on August 3, 2014. On March 23, 2017, the first song of the film "Onek Kothar Vire" was released as a promotional track on Deco's

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channel under the banner of Qinetic Network. After that, the second song of the film titled "Naa Jani Kon Oporadhe" was released on March 26, and the song sung by Momtaz Begum, for the song she won the National Film Awards, the

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and the Bachsas Awards as the Best Female Singer And also Bappa Mazumder won the National Film Award for the first time as the Best Music Director for the song. The third song of the film titled "Ami Toke Chai" was released on March 28, on the occasion of Shakib Khan's birthday, the song sung by Bappa Mazumder and

. Then the fourth song of film titled "

Tor Premete Ondho Holam "Tor Premete" also known songs first stanza as "Tor Premete Ondho Holam" ( bn, তোর প্রেমেতে অন্ধ হলাম, ) is a National Award-winning song from the 2017 Bangladeshi romantic-drama film '' Swatta'' sung by Jame ...

" sung by

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and lyrics written by Sohani Hossain was released on March 30, 2017. For the song Sohani Hossain won the Global Music Awards for Best Lyricist in 2018, and James won the National Film Awards, the

and the Bachsas Awards in the Best Male Singer category. The song placed number 1 in the List of the Top 50 songs by ABC Radio in 2017, and it was ranked number 3 on the "Top 10 Bengali Songs Listened to YouTube in 2017" by '' The Daily Star''.

Promotion and released

The first look teaser of the film was revealed on

on April 14, 2016, on the occasion of

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. The film was submitted to the censor board on January 12, 2017, and then the film got an uncut certificate from the Bangladesh Film Censor Board on January 31, 2017. Director Hashibur Reza Kallol revealed a drawing poster of the film on his

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account on March 5, 2017, which was designed by Aseem Chandra Roy of Kolkata. Following that the official trailer of the film was released on

channel of Khan Films on March 16, 2017. On March 6, 2017, the film's producer and story writer Sohani Hossain organized a special exhibition of the film at the Rupakatha Cinema Hall in

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. On April 4, 2017, as a part of film promotion the inaugural exhibition of the film was held at the Star Cineplex in

Released

The film was released on April 7, 2017, in 48 theatres all over the country. On January 13, 2018, the film was exhibited in the Bangladesh Panorama category at the 2018 Dhaka International Film Festival. The film also exhibited at the Global Film Festival on August 22, 2019.

Reception

Critical reception

Ruhul Amin of Risingbd.com writes that his "several incompatibilities were noticed" in the film, such as the rural girl spoke fluently in Dhakaiya language, and everything was in a hurry. But he praised the performance of the two lead characters.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* * *
All songs from ''Swatta''
on Bangla Movie Database (in Bengali) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Swatta Bengali-language Bangladeshi films 2017 films Bangladeshi romantic drama films 2017 romantic drama films 2010s Bengali-language films