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Gangajatra

Gangajatra
গঙ্গাযাত্রা
Directed by Syed Wahiduzzaman Diamond
Produced by Impress Telefilm Limited
Written by Shobnom Shahnaz Chowdhury
Screenplay by Hasan Ahmed
Starring
Music by Emon Saha
Cinematography Syed Wahiduzzaman Diamond
Edited by Monir Hossain
Distributed by Impress Telefilm Limited
Release date
November 28, 2009
Running time
105 minutes
Country Bangladesh
Language Bengali

Gangajatra (Bengali: গঙ্গাযাত্রা; also known in English as The Journey) is a Bangladeshi Bengali film directed by Syed Wahiduzzaman Diamond. This film was shown at "Kolkata International Film Festival" in 2010.

Rupa's (Shimla) husband sells her and her daughter Nipa (Sabrina) to a whore house for money. There Rupa wants to get back her usual life and believed her client Ratan (Sacchu) but he betrayed with her. in the meantime, whore house owner insists her to serve the clients in front of her child. As a result, she gets frustrated with her life and commit suicide along with her child. Prokash (Ferdous) and Sudhamoni (Popy) carried these two dead body for funeral. But people of the society impede them; even those two corpse do not get any government land. Now, it's time for Prokash and Sudhamoni to make a proper funeral of them.

The music of this film was directed by Emon Saha and lyrics were penned by Mohammad Hossain Jemmy and Syed Wahiduzzaman Diamond.

This film won National Film Awards in eight categories and Bachsas Awards in seven categories


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