Sincerely Yours, Dhaka

Sincerely Yours, Dhaka (Bengali: ইতি, তোমারই ঢাকা) is a 2018 Impress Telefilm drama film produced as Bangladesh's first anthology film directed by eleven individual directors. It is a collection of gritty shorts centered on the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka, and the people living in its margins. It was awarded "Best Original Screenplay" at the 11th edition of the Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF), held in India in January 2019.[2] It is one of the first two films to enter Netflix originating from Bangladesh. It was selected as the Bangladeshi entry for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[3] It was also screened at 51st International Film Festival of India in January 2021 in Country in focus section.[4]

Sincerely Yours, Dhaka
Festival release poster
Bengaliইতি, তোমারই ঢাকা
Directed by
  • Tanvir Ahsan
  • Abdullah Al Noor
  • Syed Saleh Sobhan Auneem
  • Krishnendu Chattopadhyay
  • Golam Kibria Farooki
  • Mir Mukarram Hossain
  • Nuhash Humayun
  • Mahmudul Islam
  • Rahat Rahman
  • Robiul Alam Robi
  • Syed Ahmed Shawki
Written byRahat Rahman
Produced byAbu Shahed Emon
Starring
Cinematography
  • Murshed Bipul
  • Ishtiaque Hossain
  • Khair Khandakar
  • Barkat Hossain Polash
  • Tanveer Ahmed Shovon
  • Tuhin Tamijul
  • Farhad Hossain
Edited by
  • Sohel Mondol
  • Rahat Rahman
Distributed byImpress Telefilm
Netflix
Release dates
  • 7 October 2018 (2018-10-07) (South Korea)[1]
  • 15 November 2019 (2019-11-15) (Bangladesh)[1]
Running time
136 minutes
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBengali

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In this omnibus, 11 Bangladeshi filmmakers created a love letter to the city of Dhaka representing their point of view of the lifestyle of the residents and the frequent happenings in the city.[5]

1. The Background Artist (Nuhash Humayun) : The story is about a movie side character who are called extras.

2. Cheers (Syed Ahmed Shawki) : This story is based on psychological resentment of a girl after a breakup in love.

3. Jibon's Gun (Rahat Rahman) : A story about a teenaged gangster in Dhaka.

4. Magfirat (Robiul Alam Robi) : The story is about a car driver whose mentality get dramatically changed while working in Dhaka.

5. Sounds Good (Golam Kibria Farooki) : The whole movie set has been highlighted in the eyes of the movie soundman.

6. Obisshashe Dhaka (Mir Mukarram Hussain) : It is portrayed that going to help someone in Dhaka can turn into a danger to oneself.

7. Where, Nowhere (Tanvir Ahsan) : The director has confusingly told 3 tragic stories of a middle-class family in Dhaka in which you can only understand 1 and a half of the stories.

8. Dhaka Metro (Mahmud Hasan) : The story is about a second hand car dealer whose wife is ill but the car that would be sold for her surgery gets stolen.

9. M for Money / Murder (Abdullah Al Noor) : A story of the tragic fate of 2 corrupt industrialists.

10. Jinnah is Dead (Krishnendu Chattyapadhay) : The story is about the conflict between a Bihari mether and a Bengali resident in Bihari Camp, Mohammadpur, Dhaka.

11. Juthi (Syed Saleh Ahmed Sobhan) : It is a story about the complex psychology between men and women.

Cast

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Iti, Tomari Dhaka to be released on November 15". Dhaka Tribune. 3 November 2019.
  2. ^ "'Iti, Tomari Dhaka' awarded at Jaipur International Film Festival 2019". The Daily Star. 26 January 2019.
  3. ^ "'Sincerely Yours, Dhaka' competes for Oscars". Dhaka Tribune. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 26 November 2020.
  4. ^ Tushar Jadhav (11 January 2021). "Bangladesh to be country of focus at 51st International Film Festival of India". DD News: GOI. Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Busan International Film Festival | 3-12 October, 2019". www.biff.kr. Archived from the original on 28 May 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
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