Aynabaji আয়নাবাজি |
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Directed by | Amitabh Reza Chowdhury |
Produced by | Gousul Alam Mahjabin Reza Esha Yousuf Asaduzzaman Sokal Mohammad Younus Bin Faruq |
Screenplay by | Anam Biswas Gousul Alam |
Story by | Gousul Alam |
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Music by |
Album: Ornob Habib Wahid Fuad Chirkutt Score: Indradip Dasgupta |
Cinematography | Rashed Zaman |
Edited by | Iqbal Ahsanul Kabir |
Production
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Content Matters
Half Stop Down |
Distributed by | Half Stop Down |
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146 min |
Country | Bangladesh |
Language | Bengali |
Aynabaji (Bengali: আয়নাবাজি pronounced [äɪ̯naːbäd͡ʒi]) is a 2016 Bangladeshi crime thriller film directed by Amitabh Reza Chowdhury and produced by Gousul Alam under the banner of Content Matters Production. The film stars Chanchal Chowdhury, Masuma Rahman Nabila and Partha Barua in lead roles. It is the director Amitabh Reza's first feature film.
The story is about Ayna, a struggling actor who gets to live his profession in real life after failing in his career. Gifted with the natural talents of acting, he is a man with a versatile character and can morph into anybody he wants. It is also a story about the dark side of metro city Dhaka.
Brindabon Das plays a prison officer while Arifin Shuvo, and Bijori Barkatullah makes guest appearances as AC Sajjad and Saber's separated wife respectively. Producer Gousul Alam and director Amitabh Reza have special appearances.
Gousul Alam Shaon had written the story for the film, while Anam Biswas adapted into a screenplay. Esha Yousuf was the executive producer of the film while Amitabh Reza is the director of the movie. The entire film was shot in Dhaka. Shooting of the film officially began on February 2015 and ended in August 2015. The film was released on 30 September 2016.
The music for Aynabaji is composed by Arnob, Fuad, Habib & Chirkut Band. Songs have been well praised by critics.
The film was released on 30 September 2016 in Dhaka and later in Chittagong and other cities. It was screened at Marché du Film at 69th annual Cannes Film Festival, where it scored well. Aynabaji has won the award of the best film at United States's 11th Seattle South Asian Film Festival. The movie was pirated after it was release on Robi online TV. The film had a limited release in theaters in the United States, France, Canada and Australia.