Alifa

Alifa (Bengali: আলিফা) is an Indian Bengali drama feature film written and directed by Deep Choudhury and produced by Arman Ahmed. It stars Baharul Islam and Jaya Seal.

Alifa
আলিফা
Directed by	Deep Choudhury
Written by	Deep Choudhury
Produced by	Arman Ahmed
Starring	Baharul Islam Jaya Seal Victor Banerjee Al-Mamun Al Siyam Pakija Hasmi Satya Ranjan
Cinematography	Nahid Ahmed
Edited by	Rabiranjan Maitra
Music by	Anirban Borthakur Subir Kumar Das Bickram Ghosh
Release dates	December 2016 (2016-12) (Kolkata) 30 March 2018 (2018-03-30)
Running time	109 minutes
Country	India
Languages	Bengali Assamese

Alifa won the Best Debut Film of A Director award to Deep Choudhury in 2017 64th National Film Awards.^[1]

Story

This movie carries the story of a couple and their daughter Alifa as they had lost their home to soil erosion by the Beki River at Barpeta and settled in Guwahati for their livelihood.[^[2]]

Cast

• Baharul Islam
• Jaya Seal
• Victor Banerjee
• Al-Mamun Al Siyam as Saif
• Prasun Gayen
• Satya Ranjan
• Pakija Hasmi
• Rayan Abdul
• Swapna Dey
• Mahmuda Begum
• Tajmal Hussain
• Pabitra Rabha as Ranjan

Festivals

Alifa premièred at 22nd Kolkata International Film Festival in at Kolkata, West Bengal in November 2016.

Alifa was also screened at Ottawa Indian Film Festival Awards 2017 at Ottawa, Canada^[3]

Reception

Critical response

NEZine.com writes about the film as "Alifa- in search of hope and humanity amidst chaos and despair"^[4]

Alifa was also featured in North East Today article in April 2017.^[5]

Accolades

The film was screened at 22nd Kolkata International Film Festival^[6]

Awards and nominations

64th National Film Awards

• Best Debut Film of A Director – Deep Choudhury. Alifa (2016)