After the partition of India in 1947, Shashikanta's family, like millions of other Hindu families of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), faced the dilemma of whether to migrate from the land in which they have been living for centuries. But Shashikanta Sengupta, an eccentric lawyer, stubbornly refuses to leave his motherland. Widower Shashikanta has two children, Minoti and Bidyut. Anuprava Devi is an affectionate old aunt who lives with the family. The family has a house in Narail, a small provincial town on the bank of the Chitra river. Some Muslim neighbors eye Shashaikanta's house. But the family refuse to migrate. Shashikanta's children Minoti and Bidyut are friends with the neighboring Muslim children- Badal, Salma and Nazma. Minoti and Badal become more than friends. The children grow up.

Chitra Nodir Pare (1998)

Quiet Flows the River Chitra

★ 7/10 February 7, 1998 110 min

Drama

Director: Tanvir Mokammel  ·  Writer: Tanvir Mokammel

After the partition of India in 1947, Shashikanta's family, like millions of other Hindu families of East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), faced the dilemma of whether to migrate from the land in which they have been living for centuries. But Shashikanta Sengupta, an eccentric lawyer, stubbornly refuses to leave his motherland. Widower Shashikanta has two children, Minoti and Bidyut. Anuprava Devi is an affectionate old aunt who lives with the family. The family has a house in Narail, a small provincial town on the bank of the Chitra river. Some Muslim neighbors eye Shashaikanta's house. But the family refuse to migrate. Shashikanta's children Minoti and Bidyut are friends with the neighboring Muslim children- Badal, Salma and Nazma. Minoti and Badal become more than friends. The children grow up.

Director

Tanvir Mokammel

Cast

Momtazuddin Ahmed Shashikanto Sengupta Afsana Mimi Minoti Tauquir Ahmed Badal Rawshan Zamil Anuprova Devi Nazmul Huda Bachchu Nimai Babu Amirul Haque Chowdhury Shamsuddin Lawyer Ramendu Majumdar Comrade Jotin Syed Akhtar Ali Bijoy barber Uttam Guho Madman Ahsanul Haque Minu Shafique S.M. Mohsin Man with Bicycle Rafiqullah Selim Court office middleman