"Shangkhonad"
Abdullah-al-Mujahid, English, DU
Bangladeshi film producers are making good films. The latest 'Shangkhonad' by Abu Sayeed is a good example of the quality films being produced here. The plot of the film is based on a very conventional element of our society. The story developed from the family feud over land and a hair-raising killing for usurpation triggers it. The film ends up encapsulating various themes of the age, which are everlasting, such as selfishness, religious hypocrisy and survival of the fittest. All these are wreathed up in celluloid adroitly, no doubt. Fazlu, an impecunious youth lives by stealing, wanted to be a dacoit but circumstances made him a thief of burial-cloth. Perhaps, his witnessing of torturing of the have-nots by the rich at village level might have helped him to shape this bandit career. But his aim fell flat. The sky of his reality is not detached from the hundreds of downtrodden. The existing social system cannot afford to procure two square meals for them-- let alone meterialising any dream. Surely, the movie has the potential to attract conscious viewers.
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