Lathial

Lathial (Bengali: লাঠিয়াল) is a Bangladeshi film directed by Narayan Ghosh Mita.^[2] The film is the first recipient of National Film Awards. This film was awarded with 6 different categories including Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Art Director.^[3]

Lathial
DVD cover for Lathial
Bengali	লাঠিয়াল
Directed by	Narayan Ghosh Mita
Written by	Shiekh Fazlur Rahman Zahirul Haque
Screenplay by	Narayan Ghosh Mita
Produced by	Narayan Ghosh Mita
Starring	Bobita Farooque Rosy Samad Anwar Hossain Narayan Chakraborty
Cinematography	Rafiqul Bari Chowdhury
Edited by	Boshir Hossain
Distributed by	Mitali Films
Release date	22 August 1975 (1975-08-22) (Bangladesh)[1]
Running time	97 minutes
Country	Bangladesh
Language	Bengali

Plot

Dukhu Mia (Farooque) is a stage performer and his brother Kader Lathial (Anwar Hossain) works for Matbor (Obaidul Haque Sarkar). Dukhu beats Matbor's son Mokbul (A.T.M. Shamsuzzaman) for irritating Banu (Bobita) whom he loves. Matbor complains this to Kader and Kader beat Dukhu for this. This incident becomes the reason of dispute between two brothers. Dukhu leaves home at night and is found by Morol (Narayan Chakraborty) in the banks of river. Dukhu starts a new life there. Banu waits for him and finally one night he comes to meet her. By this time, Matbor sends proposal of marriage of Banu and Mokbul to Banu's father. Kader's wife (Rosy Samad) sends the news to Dukhu but he is going to claim a new river pirate. Matbor is also informed about river pirate on the wedding day. He sends Kader to claim it. Banu and Kader's wife also leave for the new pirate to stop marrying Mokbul. Dukhu and Kader battle to claim the pirate and all of a sudden Kader hits his wife who is trying to stop them. Then they stop fighting. By this time, Matbor comes and scolds Kader. Kader killed Matbor and announces the villages to own the pirate.

Cast

• Bobita as Banu
• Farooque as Dukhu Mia
• Rosy Samad as Kader's wife
• Anwar Hossain^[4] as Kader Lathial
• Narayan Chakraborty as Morol
• Obaidul Haque Sarkar as Matbor
• Rina Akram
• A.T.M. Shamsuzzaman as Mokbul
• Abdul Matin as Matin
• Rahima Khatun
• Abdus Sobhan
• Kazi Shafiq
• Zillur Rahman
• Dilip Chakraborty

Soundtrack

The music of this film was directed by Satya Saha and lyrics were penned by Moniruzzaman Monir and Gazi Mazharul Anwar. Abdul Jabbar, Sabina Yasmin, Syed Abdul Hadi, Khondoker Faruque Ahmed and Mohammad Ali Siddique sang in this film.^{[citation needed]}

Track No.	Track Title	Singer(s)	Lyrics	Music Director
1	Shei to Amar Ma	Abdul Jabbar		Satya Saha
2	Shukher Ashay Sukher Neshay			Satya Saha
3	Oi Agune Purbi			Satya Saha
4	Ami Kokhono Raja			Satya Saha
5	Dekho Dekho Grambasi			Satya Saha
6	Ghater Kokil Ghatey Jarey	Sabina Yasmin		Satya Saha
7	Dholok Bajhe Kashi Bajhe			Satya Saha

Awards

Award Title	Category	Awardee	Result
National Film Awards	Best Film	Narayan Ghosh Mita (Producer)	Won[5]
	Best Director	Narayan Ghosh Mita	Won
	Best Actor	Anwar Hossain	Won[6]
	Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Farooque	Won
	Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Rosy Samad	Won
	Best Editing	Boshir Hossain	Won

See also

• Cinema of Bangladesh