Joyjatra

Joyjatra (Bengali: জয়যাত্রা) is a Bangladeshi film directed by Tauquir Ahmed^[1] and produced by Azam Faruk, featuring Mahfuz Ahmed, Bipasha Hayat, Azizul Hakim, Ahsan Habib Nasim, and others.^[2] The film is set in the period of the Bangladesh Liberation War.^[3]

Plot

Joyjatra takes place during the liberation war of Bangladesh. Many people from various villages and ethnic backgrounds attempt to flee to India after the Pakistan Army launched an attack on them. For days, the refugees have been stuck on a boat on a journey to India, but eventually, some of them were killed by the army.

Cast

Mahfuz Ahmed as Baidhan
Azizul Hakim as Adam
Bipasha Hayat as Hawa
Abul Hayat as Ramkrisna
Humayun Faridi as Panchanand Saha
Tariq Anam Khan as Tarafdar
Chadni as Marium
Intekhab Dinar as Johnson
Rumana as Sokhina
Shahed Sharif Khan as Kashem
Shams Sumon as Jashimuddin
Farhana Rahman as Jashimuddin's wife
Shuvra as Fatema
Ahsan Habib Nasim as Ali
Nazma Anwar as Grandmother
Saleh Ahmed as Imam
Jayanta Chattopadhyay as Dr. Kalikingkor
Mosharraf Karim (credited as Mosharraf Hossain) as Foni, who later converts to Islam and changes his name to Farid Ali.

Soundtrack

The songs of this film were composed by Sujey Shyam and the lyrics by Mosharraf Hossain.

Awards and nominations

This film won several awards including

Bangladesh National Film Awards

Dhaka International Film Festival

Won Special Award for the Film

Meril Prothom Alo Awards

Won Critics Choice Best Director - Tauquir Ahmed

References

^ a b ‘জয়যাত্রা’র এক দশক. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 10 December 2014. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
^ Subhan, Farah (1 December 2012). "Inspiring Liberation War movies to watch". Amader Kotha. Retrieved 22 September 2015.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Joyjatra is the image of the Liberation War in my mind … Tauquir Ahmed". The Daily Star. 17 December 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2019.

External links

Joyjatra at IMDb
Joyjatra on Bangla Movie Database