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World Premiere
Jalal’s Story
New Currents
Social Criticism · Children · Coming of Age
- CountryBangladesh
- Production Year2014
- Running Time121min
- FormatDCP
- ColorColor
Program Note
This is the story of an infant, a child and teen named Jalal. Twenty-year-old Jalal works under a gang leader and budding politician named Sajib, who has kidnapped and impregnated Shila. He has Jalal watch her, but she dies while giving birth. Afraid this child will affect his reputation and influence the result of an election, he tells Jalal to throw the baby in the river. The second story begins with Miraj, who rescues the abandoned baby from the river and raises him, calling him Jalal. However,
the villagers begin to complain that this baby will bring misfortune, leading Miraj to abandon the baby yet again. In the third story, the film follows a nine-year-old Jalal who lives as a dependent of a large landowner, Karim, but eventually gets thrown out for the same superstitious reasons. These three stories strangely connect and flow together as one. Through these uniquely linked stories, Abu Shahed Emon tackles a lot of social issues in Bangladesh including superstition, politically motivated
corruption and women’s rights. (KIM Ji-seok)
Director

Abu Shahed EMON
While studying Psychology at the University of Dhaka, Abu Shahed Emon developed interest in filmmaking. After studying filmmaking in U.S., Australia, and Korea, his project the Tale of a Policeman received a Script Development funding from Asian Cinema Fund (ACF) in 2011. His short The Containerwas in BIFF 2012. Jalal’s Story is his debut feature.
Credit
- Director
Abu Shahed EMON - ProducerFaridur Reza Sagar
- CastMosharraf Karim
Moushumi Hamid
Toukir Ahmed
Shormi Mala
Nur A Alam Nayon
Mitali Das
Mohammod Emon
Arafat Rahman
Fazlul Haque
Akter Ahmed - ScreenplayAbu Shahed Emon
- CinematographyBarkat Hossain Polash
- Production DesignKazi Rakib
- EditorAbu Shahed Emon
- SoundRipon Nath
- Production CompanyImpress Telefilm Limited
hasan@channeli.com.bd - World SalesImpress Telefilm Limited
hasan@channeli.com.bd
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