Third Person Singular Number

Third Person Singular Number

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Directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Produced by Impress Telefilm Ltd
Written by Anisul Hoque, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Starring Mosharraf Karim, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Abul Hayat, Rashed Uddin Ahmed and Lekha Haque
Music by Habib Wahid
Cinematography Late Subrata Ripon
Edited by Titash Shaha
Distributed by Impress Telefilm Ltd
Release date
 11 December, 2009
Running time
 123 minutes
Country Bangladesh
Language Bengali

Third Person Singular Number is a 2009 Bangladeshi drama film directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and written jointly by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and Anisul Hoque. The film stars actors Mosharraf Karim, Nusrat Imrose Tisha and musician Topu.

Plot

This film is a portrait of a young women, Ruba, whose live in boyfriend has been sent to jail and the movie follows her struggles after that navigating a conservative society.[1][2]

Cast

Production

The movie was inspired by the book, Tin Parber Jibon O Kichhu Bastab Case Study, by Syed Manzoorul Islam.[7] The script for the movie was written jointly by Anisul Haque and Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.[5] Nusrat Imrose Tisha made her debut in the movie.[8] Arpana Gosh also made her debut in the movie.[9] The movie was produced by Impress Telefilms.[10]

Release

The film initially had trouble getting approval from Bangladesh Film Censor Board.[1] The Movie premiered in Star Cineplex, Dhaka on 10 December 2009.[5] The film premiered at the Pusan International Film Festival 2009. It then went on to compete in Abu Dhabi Film Festival. The film had its European premier at the Rotterdam IFF 2010. The film traveled various festivals and received the best director award in Dhaka International Film Festival 2010. It was Bangladesh's official entry to the 83rd Oscar's foreign film category,[11] but didn't make the final shortlist.[12]

Reception

Variety wrote about the film "Third Person Singular Number is a thoroughly modern, stylistically assured story of a young woman.....combining an indie sensibility with sub continental elements"[13] Bangladeshi film critic Saif Samir criticized the film and gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars.[14] Topu received a Meril Prothom Alo award for his acting.[15] The movie was also awarded Best Film, Best Director for Farooki, Best actress in Meril Prothom Alo Awards 2010.[16]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Ghosh, Sankhayan (2017-03-03). "From Bangladesh, with love". livemint.com/. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  2. ↑ Heymont, George (2011-06-30). "Two Indian Indie Gems: The Blue Tower and Third Person Singular Number". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  3. ↑ "Biopic shows cricketer’s heartbreak - ‘Untold Story’ charts rise of India’s Dhoni - ARAB TIMES". ARAB TIMES. 2016-09-29. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  4. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (2016-02-29). "Irrfan Khan Climbs Into Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s ‘No Bed of Roses’ (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  5. 1 2 3 "“Third Person Singular Number” released across country". The Daily Star. 2009-12-11. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  6. ↑ "LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS". The Daily Star. 2014-11-22. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  7. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman. "Love thy neighbour". The Hindu. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  8. ↑ "Tisha: Caught up in a whirl ahead of Eid". The Daily Star. 2016-09-02. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  9. ↑ "11 women get Ananya award". The Daily Star. 2016-09-04. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  10. ↑ "Bangladesh’s Impress Group Launches Project to Back Young Filmmakers". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  11. ↑ "'Third Person Singular Number’ to compete in foreign language category in Oscar Award". The New Nation. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  12. ↑ "9 Foreign Language Films Continue to Oscar® Race". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-01-19.
  13. ↑ "'Variety review". Variety. Retrieved 2010-09-28.
  14. ↑ "'Saif Samir Movie Review". SAIFSAMIR.COM. Retrieved 2012-05-22.
  15. ↑ "Topu’s third solo album in the pipeline". The Daily Star. 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
  16. ↑ "Meril Prothom Alo Awards". The Daily Star. 2010-04-11. Retrieved 2017-03-26.
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