Akash Ar Mati

Akash Ar Mati

Promotional poster for Akash ar Mati
Directed by Fateh Lohani
Starring
Music by Subal Das
Cinematography Baby Islam
Production
companies
Film Development Corporation
Release dates
  • January 1, 1959 (1959-01-01) (Pakistan)
Country East Pakistan
Box office ₨0.001 crore (US$98)

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

Background

Akash Ar Mati (The sky and the earth) was actor-director Fateh Lohani's second venture. Satrang, a Urdu film directed by him was released in 1965.[4] He based the film on one of dramatist Bidhayak Bhattacharya's stories.[5] Akash ar Mati, a musical film, was thematically ambitious films. But it suffered from poor technical knowledge and 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]

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 staff (August 1, 2011). "'Mukh O Mukhosh' hero Aminul no more…". Dhaka Mirror. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  2. ↑ staff (November 2, 2003). "Sumita Devi fighting for life". The Daily Star. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  3. ↑ Aruna Vasudev, Latika Padgaonkar and Rashmi Doraiswamy, Being & becoming: the cinemas of Asia, Page 8, Macmillan, 2002, ISBN 9780333938201
  4. ↑ Hayat, Anupam (2012). "Lohani, Fateh". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  5. ↑ Hayat, Anupam (2012). "Bhattacharya, Bidhayak". In Islam, Sirajul; Jamal, Ahmed A. Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh (Second ed.). Asiatic Society of Bangladesh.
  6. ↑ Indian Journal of American Studies, Volume 25, Page 25, American Studies Research Centre, 1995
  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. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
  10. ↑ Anupam Hayat, A brief History of Bangladesh Cinema, Bangladesh.net
  11. ↑ "We lost this year: Baby Islam", Daily Star, 12-31-2010
  12. ↑ staff (August 17, 2005). "Musician Subal Das passes away". The Daily Star. Retrieved September 22, 2014.

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