Akash Ar Mati

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Akash Ar Mati
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Promotional poster for Akash ar Mati
Directed by Fateh Lohani
Starring
CinematographyBaby Islam
Music bySubal Das
Production
company
Film Development Corporation
Release date
  • January 1, 1959 (1959-01-01)(Pakistan)
Country East Pakistan
Box officeRs. 0.1 crore (US$3,500)

Akash Ar Mati (The Sky and the Earth) is a 1959 black and white film directed by Fateh Lohani and produced by Film Development Corporation (FDC). [1] It was the first sound feature produced in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh) including post-production, [2] though like Mukh O Mukhosh (The Face and the Mask), the first Bengali-language film made in East Pakistan, it used some cast and crew from the West Bengal film industry. [3]

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Background

Akash Ar Mati was actor-director Fateh Lohani's second venture. Satrang, an Urdu film directed by him was released in 1965. [4] He based Akash ar Mati on one of dramatist Bidhayak Bhattacharya's stories. [5] A musical film, it was thematically ambitious. But it suffered from poor technical knowledge and the inexperience of film-makers of Dhaka. [6] [7] The film flopped commercially. [8]

Legendary Bangladeshi actress Sumita Devi, [9] Fazlul Karirt, Pradip, the first Bangladeshi hero Aminul Haque, [1] Dagu, Ali, Zinat, Rablul, Madhuri, Tejon, and Ranon acted in the film. [10] Baby Islam was the cinematographer. [11] Subal Das was the music director. [12]

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  3. ↑ Vasudev, Aruna; Padgaonkar, Latika; Doraiswamy, Rashmi (2002). Being & Becoming: The Cinemas of Asia. Macmillan. p. 8. ISBN   978-0-333-93820-1.
  4. ↑ Hayat, Anupam (2012). "Lohani, Fateh". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  5. ↑ Hayat, Anupam (2012). "Bhattacharya, Bidhayak". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. (eds.). Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  6. ↑ Zaki, Syed Salahuddin (Summer 1995). "On Bangladesh Cinema". Indian Journal of American Studies. 25: 25.
  7. ↑ Film World, Volume 7, Page 90, T.M. Ramachandran, 1971
  8. ↑ Puja Annual, Page 200, Amrita Bazar Patrika, 1971
  9. ↑ Shamim, Mirza (January 7, 2014). "Sumita Devi – the queen of silver screen in 60s". Daily Sun . Archived from the original on September 24, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  10. ↑ Hayat, Anupam. "A brief History of Bangladesh Cinema". Bangladesh.net. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010.
  11. ↑ "We lost this year: Baby Islam". The Daily Star. December 31, 2010. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Musician Subal Das passes away". The Daily Star. UNB. August 17, 2005. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
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