Chitra Nodir Pare

Chitra Nodir Pare (known in English as Quiet Flows the River Chitra) is a Bangladeshi Bengali language film on the destiny of a Hindu family in East Pakistan. Directed by Tanvir Mokammel, the film won seven national awards including the best film and the best director of the year 1999. Other awards were best Story, best Dialogue, best Art-Director, best Supporting Actress and best Make-up Man. The film was shown in London, Oslo, Fribourg (Switzerland), Singapore, Delhi, Calcutta and Trivandrum film festivals.^[1]

Chitra Nodir Pare
Directed by	Tanvir Mokammel
Written by	Tanvir Mokammel
Produced by	Tanvir Mokammel
Starring	Momtajuddin Ahmed Afsana Mimi Rawshan Jamil Tauquir Ahmed Sumita Devi Nazmul Huda
Edited by	Mahadeb Shi
Music by	Syed Shabab Ali Arzoo
Release date	1999 (1999)
Running time	114 minutes
Country	Bangladesh
Language	Bengali

Cast

• Momtajuddin Ahmed – Shashikanta Sengupta
• Afsana Mimi – Minoti
• Tauquir Ahmed – Badal
• Rawshan Jamil – Anuprova
• Sumita Devi
• Nazmul Huda

Soundtrack

The music of this film was directed by Syed Shabab Ali Arzoo.

Response

Film critic Ahmed Muztaba Zamal, writing in Cinemaya in 2000, named Chitra Nodir Pare as one of the top twelve films from Bangladesh.^[2]

Awards

Award Title	Category	Awardee	Result
National Film Awards	Best Film	Tanvir Mokammel (Producer)	Won
	Best Director	Tanvir Mokammel	Won
	Best Supporting Actress	Rawshan Jamil	Won
	Best Story	Tanvir Mokammel	Won
	Best Dialogue	Tanvir Mokammel	Won
	Best Art Direction	Uttom Guha	Won
	Best Makeup	Dipak Kumar Sur	Won

See also

• Srabon Megher Din (1999)