Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s film Television – which depicts a transforming society in the country and a growing conflict between tradition and modernity – bagged the The Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (Netpac) award at the 19th Kolkata Film Festival.
The film is on a winning streak as, recently it won the City of Rome prize for best feature film (jury) at the Asiatica Filmmediale 2013. In addition, it also won the best feature (audience) in popular vote.
Previously, the acclaimed film was nominated to compete at the Oscars in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
The movie has been selected by the Oscar Bangladesh Committee to compete at the 86th Annual Academy Awards.
Television is based on the theme of tradition versus contemporary in the rural arena. The film is about an old-fashioned character who believes TV is evil.
Since he is the head of the village, he restricts the buying of television in the village, and disturbance occurs when a Hindu resident of the area buys a TV set.
The film dared to step out of the norm and feature a non-professional actor in the lead role: Shahir Kazi Huda, an environmental consultant who had done small stints in films and commercials, had to quit his job and undergo rigorous training to create his character, including picking up a local dialect.
Other lead actors of the popular film are Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Mosharraf Karim and Chanchal Chowdhury.
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