Choturtha Matra

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Choturtha Matra
Bengali চতুর্থ মাত্রা
Directed by Nurul Alam Atique
Screenplay byNurul Alam Atique
Based onChoturtha Matra
by Shahidul Jahir
Produced byAshraful Azim
Starring
CinematographyKamrul Hasan Khoshru
Edited by
  • Sameer Ahmed
  • E. Kabir Joel
Production
company
Dibyadristi
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
87 mins
CountryBangladesh
Language Bengali

Choturtha Matra is a 2001 Bangladeshi television drama film written and directed by Nurul Alam Atique. The film based on a story in the same name written by Shahidul Jahir. [1] It stars Jayanta Chattopadhyay, Tamalika Karmakar, Sonia Zafar, M.M. Morshed, Shamsul Alom Bakul and Fazlur Rahman Babu.

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The film won Meril Prothom Alo Critics Choice Awards in 2002 in three categories. [2]

Plot

The story of a lonely man who caught in a perpetual cycle of time. He hangs in limbo, between reality and dreams. His only companions a maid, a cat, and a grandfather clock. The same things are happening in his life and he becomes increasingly frustrated.

Cast

Awards

Awards
CeremonyYearCategoryRecipients and nomineeResultRef.
Meril Prothom Alo Awards 2002Critics Award for Best Film Actor Jayanta Chattopadhyay Won [2] [3]
Critics Award for Best Film Director Nurul Alam Atique Won [2] [3]
Critics Award for Best Playwright Nurul Alam AtiqueWon [2] [3]

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