Koshai

{{short description|Bangladeshi film}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Koshai | image = Koshai Movie.jpeg | caption = Poster | director = Amjad Hossain | producer = Amjad Hossain | based_on = | screenplay = | starring = {{Plainlist| * Alamgir * Rozina * Jashim * Kabari }} | music = Alauddin Ali, Adhyan Dhara | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = | runtime = | released = {{Film date|1980}} | country = Bangladesh | language = Bengali | budget = | gross = }} '''''Koshai''''' ({{langx|bn|কসাই}}, {{translation}} "butcher") is a 1980 Bangladeshi film directed by Amjad Hossain.<ref name="ananda-alo" /> It stars Rozina, Bobita, Alamgir, Kabari, and Jashim. 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).

== Cast == * Bobita * Kabari * Rozina * Jashim * Alamgir

==Music== *"Bondhu Tin Din" - Runa Laila *"Amar Doshe Doshi Ami" - Syed Abdul Hadi

==Release and reception== The film was screened at the 1980 Moscow International Film Festival.<ref name="ananda-alo">{{cite news |script-title=bn:আনত্মর্জাতিক পরিমন্ডলে বাংলাদেশের সিনেমা |trans-title=Bangladesh Cinema in the International Arena |url=http://ananda-alo.com/%E0%A6%86%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%9C%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC/ |newspaper=Anando Alo |date= |access-date=2016-05-20}}</ref>

Writing in 2002, Critic 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".<ref>{{cite book |last=Raju |first=Zakir Hossain |author-link=Zakir Hossain Raju |year=2002 |chapter=Bangladesh: A Defiant Survivor |editor1-last=Vasudev |editor1-first=Aruna |editor2-last=Padgaonkar |editor2-first=Latika |editor3-last=Doraiswamy |editor3-first=Rashmi |title=Being & Becoming: The Cinemas of Asia |publisher=MacMillan |page=16 |isbn=0333-93820-8}}</ref>

== Awards == ;Bangladesh National Film Awards 1980 *Best Supporting Actress - Rozina<ref>{{cite news |last1=Milu |first1=Kamruzzaman |date=2018-12-21 |script-title=bn:হাল ছাড়েননি রোজিনা |trans-title=Rozina did not give up |url=https://mzamin.com/details-archive2016.php?mzamin=96987 |work=Manab Zamin |language=bn}}</ref> *Best Music Director - Alauddin Ali<ref>{{cite news |title=Of songs and a shining star |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/songs-and-shining-star-1942485 |work=The Daily Star |date=2020-08-10}}</ref> *Best Male Playback Singer - Syed Abdul Hadi<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mizan |first1=Mahfuz |title=Veteran Virtuoso: Syed Abdul Hadi in focus |url=http://www.newagebd.net/article/73989/veteran-virtuoso-syed-abdul-hadi-in-focus |work=New Age |date=2019-05-31 |language=en}}</ref> *Best Female Playback Singer - Sabina Yasmin<ref>{{cite news |last1=Milu |first1=Kamruzzaman |script-title=bn:জন্মদিনে সাবিনা: মেয়ে বাঁধনকে নিয়ে ঘুরছি সারাদিন |trans-title=Sabina on her birthday: I've been hanging out with my daughter Bandhan all day |url=https://www.banglanews24.com/cat/news/bd/136741.details |work=Banglanews24.com |date=2012-09-04 |language=bn}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|id=1075344}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Koshai}} Category:1980 films Category:Bengali-language Bangladeshi films Category:Films scored by Alauddin Ali Category:1980s Bangladeshi films Category:1980 Bengali-language films