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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
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11 December, 2009 |
Running time
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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.
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.
The movie was inspired by the book, Tin Parber Jibon O Kichhu Bastab Case Study, by Syed Manzoorul Islam. The script for the movie was written jointly by Anisul Haque and Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. Nusrat Imrose Tisha made her debut in the movie. Arpana Gosh also made her debut in the movie. The movie was produced by Impress Telefilms.
The film initially had trouble getting approval from Bangladesh Film Censor Board. The Movie premiered in Star Cineplex, Dhaka on 10 December 2009. 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, but didn't make the final shortlist.
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" Bangladeshi film critic Saif Samir criticized the film and gave the film 2.5 out of 5 stars. Topu received a Meril Prothom Alo award for his acting. The movie was also awarded Best Film, Best Director for Farooki, Best actress in Meril Prothom Alo Awards 2010.