Golapi (franchise)

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Golapi (film series)
Created byAmjad Hossain
Original workGolapi Ekhon Traine
Owners
  • Shukla Films
  • Channel Touch Bangladesh
Years1978-2010
Films and television
Film(s)Golapi Ekhon Traine (1978)

Golapi Ekhon Dhakay (1994)

Golapi Ekhon Bilatey (2010)

Golapi is a Bangladeshi drama film series which is created by Amjad Hossain. The films resolves around Golapi and his life journey. There are 3 films in the series. The character Golapi is played by 2 actors throughout the film series. Bobita (Ekhon Golapi Traine, Ekhon Golapi Dhakay) and Moushumi (Ekhon Golapi Bilatey) played the role Golapi in the film series. [1]

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Overview

Golapi Ekhon Traine (1978)

Mondol is an influential person in the village. His son Milon likes the girl of a street singer Golapi . In the meantime, Mondol brings a bridegroom for Golapi but they demand a cycle. Golapi's father cannot afford this so Milon pay for the cycle. But for some reason the marriage does not take place and Golapi's father commits suicide. As a result, Golapi's family fall into grief and she starts to work in different places by train. The people from the village do not take this positively and sit to desert them to work on trains.

Golapi Ekhon Dhakay (1994)

This is a story about Golapi a poor girls endless straggle life in capital city after harassment from rural life.

Golapi Ekhon Bilatey (2010)

Golapi divorces her husband and moves in with Mithun and his daughter, Tumpa, with the goal of raising Tumpa as her primary focus.

Films

FilmRelease dateDirectorWriterProducerRef.
Golapi Ekhon Traine September 5, 1978 Amjad Hossain Amjad Hossain Amjad Hossain [2]
Golapi Ekhon Dhakay September 30, 1994 Amjad Hossain Amjad Hossain Amjad Hossain
Golapi Ekhon Bilatey January 29, 2010 Amjad Hossain Amjad Hossain M.R. Haque & Syed Hassan

Golapi Ekhon Traine

Golapi Ekhon Traine was the first film in the Golapi film series. The film is also known as The Endless Trail in English. Bobita was cast as Golapi. Golapi Ekhon Traine won 9 awards including Best Film, Best Director, Best Music Director, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Best Lyrics, Best Male Playback Singer, Best Screenplay and Best Cinematography. [3]

Golapi Ekhon Dhakay

Golapi Ekhon Dhakay was the second film in the Golapi film series. The sequel released after 16 years Golapi Ekhon Traine released, making it to be first Bangladeshi film series. Bobita again played the role of Golapi. [4]

Golapi Ekhon Bilatey

Golapi Ekhon Bilatey was the 3rd and final film in the Golapi film series. Filming started in May 2006 and it was released on 29 January 2010 in Bangladesh. The film stars one of the most popular west-Bengal Indian actors, Mithun Chakraborty in one of the lead roles. And this time Moushumi was cast as Golapi. [5] [6]

Cast and crew

Cast

CharactersFilmsRef.
Golapi Ekhon TraineGolapi Ekhon DhakayGolapi Ekhon Bilatey
Golapi Bobita Moushumi [7] [8]
Milon Farooque -- [9]
Moina Anwara Begum -
Oli- Ilias Kanchan -
Mondol ATM Shamsuzzaman --
Alapi Tarana Halim Champa -
Buri Rawshan Jamil [10]
Lalu Sardar- Sadek Bacchu -
Mithun-- Mithun Chakraborty [5]
Reshmi-- Rina Khan

Crew

CrewFilmsRef.
Golapi Ekhon TraineGolapi Ekhon DhakayGolapi Ekhon Bilatey
Director Amjad Hossain [11] [12] [13]
Producer Amjad Hossain M.R. Haque & Syed Hassan
Writer Amjad Hossain
Composer Alauddin Ali -Gunwant Raj & Ram Shankar

Reception

Box office

This is a list of Golapi franchise performance at box office.

FilmRelease dateBudgetBox officeRef.
Golapi Ekhon Traine September 5, 1978৳500k৳1 crore [14]
Golapi Ekhon Dhakay September 30, 1994--
Golapi Ekhon Bilatey January 29, 2010৳935k-
Total৳0.14 crore(US$13k)৳1 crore(US$93k)

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