Meghla Akash

Meghla Akash also (Bengali: মেঘলা আকাশ meaning of English: The Cloudy Sky ) is a Bangladeshi Bengali language film. The film was directed by Bangladeshi filmmaker Nargis Akter as her first directed film.^[2] It was released in 2002 all over Bangladesh. This thought has brought forward Nargis Akhter's first feature film Meghla Akash that deals with the issue of HIV/AIDS prevention and control.^[3] It stars Moushumi, Ayub Khan, Amit Hasan, Shakil Khan, Purnima, Wasimul Bari Rajib, Shahidul Alam Sachchu, Ferdousi Mojimder, Pijush Bandhopadhya and many more. Public consciousness based the films special appearance Indian actress Shabana Azmi^[4] The film was appreciated by film critics and film viewers and won the National Film Award of Bangladesh as best director Nargis Akter of the year 2002, with won a total of six categories.^[5]

Meghla Akash
VCD cover
Directed by	Nargis Akhtar
Written by	Masum Reza
Produced by	Nargis Akhtar
Starring	Moushumi Ayub Khan Shakil Khan Purnima Amit Hasan Neelam Sing Rajib Ferdousi Mazumder Shahidul Alam Shachhu Dildar
Cinematography	Mahfuzur Rahman Khan
Edited by	Mujibur Rahman Dulu
Music by	Alauddin Ali
Release date	2002 (2002)[1]
Running time	137 minutes
Country	Bangladesh
Language	Bengali

Synopsis

'Meghla', (Moushumi) a beautiful girl, loves with 'Moni' (Amit Hasan). Mohit's father rejects Meghla because her uncle cannot provide dowry. Meghla leaves her village with a broken heart. Khoybor, an evil person, provokes her and tells her that he will find a job for her. Then he sells her in the market for prostitution. This is how the story begins.

Cast

• Moushumi as Meghla
• Ayub Khan as Jabed Ahmed
• Shakil Khan as Tingku
• Purnima as Rimi
• Amit Hasan as Moni
• Neelam Sing as Jabed's girl friend
• Rajib as Hawlader
• Ferdousi Mazumder as prostitution leader
• Shahidul Alam Shachhu as Koybar Molla
• Dildar as police constable
• Syed Hasan Imam
• Dolly Zahur as Meghla's aunt
• Amol Bose as Moni's father
• Jahanara Bhuiyan
• Probir Mitra as Dr. Mitra
• Pijush Bandyopadhyay as Baker Shakib
• Sirajul Islam
• Anis as Kazi
• Shabana Azmi as virology doctor (special appearance)

Awards and achievement

National Film Awards

Meghla Akash won the National Film Awards total six categories in the year of 2002.^[6]

• Winner Best screenplay : 'Nargis Aktar' 2002
• Winner Best Actress: 'Moushumi ' 2002

Music

The music was arranged and conducted by Bangladeshi music director Alauddin Ali;^{[citation needed]} lyrics were provided by Mohammad Rafiquzzaman.^{[citation needed]} Playback singers were as follows:

• Mitali Mukharjee
• Protik Dey
• Khalid Hasan Milu
• Ragob Chowdhury.