Forever Flows
Nirontor is a 2006 Bangladeshi drama film directed by Abu Sayeed. It stars Shabnoor, Ilias Kanchan, Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Dolly Johur, Litu Anam, and Amirul Haq Chowdhury. 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.
Plot
The film portrays the struggle of Tithi, a young girl from a lower-middle-class family. Tithi takes up the job of a call girl to support her family. With time, the economic condition of the family changes, but slowly Tithi becomes very much aloof and indifferent to everything. She takes refuge in solitude.File:The Secretary, [Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Shri S.K. Arora giving away the Silver Peacock (Special Jury Award) for the best film to Mr. Abu Sayeed.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Director Abu Sayeed receiving Silver Peacock (Special Jury Award) for the film at International [Film Festival of India|IFFI] (37th [International Film Festival of India|2006]) ]
Cast
- Shabnur as Tithi
- Ilias Kanchan as Dabir, a client of Tithi
- Jayanta Chattopadhyay
- Dolly Johur as Minu, Tithi's mother
- Litu Anam
- Amirul Huq Chowdhury as Jalaluddin, Tithi's father
- Shilpi Sharkar Apu as Farida, Dabir's wife
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