Kittonkhola

{{short description|2000 Bangladeshi film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Kittonkhola | image = Kittonkhola.jpeg | alt =  | caption = Movie poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|language=bn|title=কিত্তনখোলা}} | director = Abu Sayeed | producer = {{Plainlist| * Aangik Communications * Impress Telefilm Limited }} | writer = {{Plainlist| * Abu Sayeed * Nurul Alam Atique }} | screenplay = | story = | based_on = {{Based on|''Kittonkhola''|Selim Al Deen}} | starring = {{Plainlist| * Raisul Islam Asad * Mamunur Rashid * Pijus Bandapadhyay * Jayanta Chattopadhyay * Naila Azad Nupur * Tamalika Karmakar * Azad Abul Kalam }} | narrator = | music = Abu Sayeed | cinematography = Samiran Datta | editing = Sujan Mahmud | studio =  | distributor =  | released = {{Film date|df=yes|2000}} | runtime = 96 minutes | country = Bangladesh | language = Bengali | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Kittonkhola''''' is a 2000 Bangladeshi film directed by Abu Sayeed. The story is based on the stage play of the same name by Selim Al Deen.<ref name="Raju2014" /> It stars Raisul Islam Asad, Mamunur Rashid, Pijus Bandapadhyay, Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Naila Azad Nupur, Tamalika Karmakar, Azad Abul Kalam, Kamal Ahmed and Habibur Rahman Habib.

==Plot== The word 'fair' means happiness and festivity. But amid the festivities, there are people experiencing misfortune. Shonai, Boshir, Dalimon, Rustom, Bonosribala and Chayanajan are among them, and Kitonkhola is their story. The contrast between rural culture and festivities and the harsh reality of their daily struggle is striking. This harsh reality forces Bonosribala to take her own life. Shonai, Boshir, Chayanjan and Rustom are perplexed by their profession. Darkness looms around them.

== Cast == * Raisul Islam Asad as Sonai<ref name="cinemaya" /> * Mamunur Rashid * Pijus Bandapadhyay as Idu Contractor<ref name="cinemaya" /> * Jayanta Chattopadhyay * Naila Azad Nupur as Banasribala<ref name="cinemaya" /> * Tamalika Karmakar as Dalimon<ref name="cinemaya" /> * Azad Abul Kalam as Chhayaranjan<ref name="cinemaya" />

==Response== In the summer 2001 issue of ''Cinemaya'', film critic Ahmed Muztaba Zamal wrote "The most outstanding performance in the film is that of Tamalika Karmakar". He also commended the presentation of characters Sonai and Chhayaranjan, but commented that director Abu Sayeed "has been less successful in presenting the other two important characters", Banasribala and Idu Contractor, and said the film "disappoints in places, with its technical imperfections."<ref name="cinemaya">{{cite magazine |author=Ahmed Muztaba Zamal |author-link=Ahmed Muztaba Zamal |date=Summer 2001 |title=Kittonkhola |magazine=Cinemaya |volume=52 |pages=13–14}}</ref>

==Awards== * National Film Awards in nine categories for 2000, including best film, best director, best script, best story, and best dialog.<ref name="Raju2014">{{cite book |last=Raju |first=Zakir Hossain |author-link=Zakir Hossain Raju |year=2014 |orig-year=First published 2008 |title=Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern? |publisher=Taylor & Francis |page=192 |isbn=978-1-317-60181-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Splendours of alternative films |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2003/09/12/d30912140170.htm |work=The Daily Star |date=12 September 2003}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== * {{cite news |last=Kamol |first=Ershad |date=24 July 2008 |title=Nakshi Kantha Film Festival drawing interest in Kolkata |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-47082 |work=The Daily Star}}

==External links== * {{IMDb title|2403814}}

Category:2000 films Category:Bengali-language Bangladeshi films Category:Films scored by Abu Sayeed Category:Films directed by Abu Sayeed (film director) Category:2000 Bangladeshi films Category:2000 Bengali-language films Category:Best Film National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners Category:Films whose writer won the Best Screenplay National Film Award (Bangladesh) Category:Films directed by Nurul Alam Atique Category:Impress Telefilm films