Poush Maser Pirit

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Poush Maser Pirit (Love of Winter) is a Bengali romantic drama film directed by Nargis Akhter based on Narendranath Mitra's short story Rosh. [1] [2] [3] This film was released on 2 September 2016 under the banner of Femcom Bangladesh in Bangladesh. [4] In 1973, a Bollywood film Saudagar was made by Sudhendu Roy, based on the same story. [3]

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  2. "Culture". The Daily Star. Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Male directors don't care to talk about women's problems" . Retrieved December 14, 2018.
  4. মুক্ত হচ্ছে ‘পৌষ মাসের পিরীত’ (in Bengali). Retrieved December 14, 2018.