Forever Flows

Nirontor

Directed by	Abu Sayeed
Written by	Humayun Ahmed
Produced by	Impress Telefilm Limited
Starring	Shabnur Litu Anam Shilpi Sarkar Apu Dolly Johur Jayanta Chattopadhyay Amirul Huq Chawdhury
Cinematography	Mazibul Huq Bhuiyan
Edited by	Junaid Halim
Music by	S I Tutul
Release date	2006
Running time	95 minutes
Country	Bangladesh
Language	Bengali

Nirontor (in English as Forever Flows) is a 2006 Bangladeshi drama film directed by Abu Sayeed.^[1] It stars Dolly Johur, Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Amirul Haque Chowdhury, Litu Anam and Shilpi Sarkar Apu.^[2] It was Bangladesh's submission to the 79th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.^[3]^[4]

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Plot

The film portrays the struggle of Thithi, a young girl from a lower-middle-class family. Tithi takes up the job of a call girl to support her family. In time, the economic condition of the family changes, but slowly Tithi becomes very much aloof and indifferent to everything. She takes refuge in solitude.

Cast

Shabnur as Tithi
Litu Anam as Hiru
Shilpi Sharkar Apu as Farida
Dolly Johur as Mother
Jayanta Chattopadhyay as Nasim
Amirul Huq Chawdhury as Father
Shahidul Islam Sachchu
Ilias Kanchan

Award

Special Jury Award, International Film Festival of India, Goa, 2006
Best Film, International Film Festival Kerala, 2006
Best Film by FIPRESCI, International Film Festival of Kerala, 2006
Bangladesh Submission for OSCAR, 2006

Festival participations

Official selection, Rotterdam International film Festival
Official selection, Palm Spring International Film Festival
Official selection, Kolkata International Film Festival
Official selection, Bangalore international film festival
Official selection, Pune International Film Festival

References

^ "Abu Sayeed film's screening at Public Library today, tomorrow". The Independent. Dhaka.
^ Rothman, Roth. "VR's first stop won't be at home". Variety.
^ Sneider, Jeff (2006-10-19). "Oscar race counts 61 countries". Variety. Archived from the original on 2007-12-08. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
^ "Foreign language Oscar nominees announced". The New Zealand Herald. 2007-01-17. Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2008-06-22.

External links

Nirontor at IMDb
Nirontor from BMDB

Bangladeshi submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Matir Moina (2002)
Shyamol Chhaya (2005)
Forever Flows (2006)
Swopnodanay (2007)
Aha! (2008)
Beyond the Circle (2009)
Third Person Singular Number (2010)
Ghetuputra Komola (2012)
Television (2013)
Glow of the Firefly (2014)
Jalal's Story (2015)
Oggatonama (2016)
The Cage (2017)
No Bed of Roses (2018)
Alpha (2019)
Sincerely Yours, Dhaka (2020)
Rehana Maryam Noor (2021)
Hawa (2022)
No Ground Beneath the Feet (2023)

v t e IFFI Silver Peacock - Special Jury Award and Special Mention
1969-Present (Special Jury Award)	Lester James Peries (Golu Hadawatha) (4th) Mrinal Sen (Bhuvan Shome) (4th) Sobhan Babu (Bangaru Panjaram) (4th) Santwana Bardoloi (Adajya) (29th) Huo Jianqi (Postmen in the Mountains) (31st) Revathi (Mitr, My Friend) (33rd) Magdy Ahmed Aly (Asrar EL-Banat) (33rd) Subhadro Chowdhury (Prohor) (34th) Gennady Sidorov (Old Women) (35th) Tom Hooper (Red Dust) (36th) Abu Sayeed (Nirontor) (37th) Golam Rabanny Biplab (On The Wings of Dreams) (38th) Julia Urbini (More Than Anything in the World) (38th) Malini Fonseka (Akasa Kusum) (39th) Giorgi Ovashvili (The Other Bank) (40th) Kaushik Ganguly (Arekti Premer Golpo) (41st) Taika Waititi (Boy) (41st) Salim Ahamed (Adaminte Makan Abu) (42nd) Lucy Mulloy (Una noche) (43rd) Onur Ünlü (Thou Gild'st the Even) (44th) Julia Vargas-Weise (Sealed Cargo) (46th) Lee Joon-ik (The Throne) (47th) Mahesh Narayanan (Take Off) (48th) Milko Lazarov (Ága) (49th) Pema Tseden (Balloon) (50th) Kamen Kalev (February) (51st) Renata Carvalho (The First Fallen) (52nd) Nikhil Mahajan (Godavari) (52nd) Lav Diaz (When The Waves Are Gone) (53rd) Rishab Shetty (Kantara) (54th)
2015-Present (Special Mention)	Goran Radovaovic (Enclave) (46th) Tiffany Hsiung (The Apology) (47th) Chezhiyan (To Let) (49th) Abhishek Shah (Hellaro) (50th) Kripal Kalita (Bridge) (51st) Simon Farriol (The Wealth of the World) (52nd) Roman Vasyanov (The Dorm) (52nd) Praveen Kandregula (Cinema Bandi) (53rd)
2012-2014 (Centenary Award)	Mira Nair (The Reluctant Fundamentalist) (43rd) Kamaleshwar Mukherjee (Meghe Dhaka Tara) (44th) Shrihari Sathe (Ek Hazarachi Note) (45th)

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