Daruchini Dwip

Daruchini Dwip
DVD cover
Directed byTauquir Ahmed
Written byHumayun Ahmed
Based onDaruchini Dwip (Novel) by Humayn Ahmed
Starring
CinematographyA R Swapan
Edited byAtish Dey Sarkar
Music byS I Tutul
Production
company
Distributed byChannel i
Release date
  • 31 August 2007 (2007-08-31)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBengali

Daruchini Dwip (lit.'The Cinnamon Island') (Bengali: দারুচিনি দ্বীপ) is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language film. It was released on 31 August 2007 throughout Bangladesh. The film is based on the Bangladeshi novelist and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed’s popular novel of the same name.[1] It was directed by popular actor - director Tauquir Ahmed.[2] Daruchini Dwip stars Riaz, Fazlur Rahman Babu, the award-winning Zakia Bari Momo,[3] Abul Hayat, Asaduzzaman Noor, Dolly Johur, Challenger, Rahmat Ali, Wahida Mollick Jolly and Abdullah al Mamun. The film marks the debut film of Momo, Emon, Bindu, and Munmun.

The film was appreciated by film critics and won the National Film Award of Bangladesh Best Film of the Year 2007 and was nominated in seven categories also won all of them.[4] It also won Best Foreign Language Film at the 2010 Bali International Film Festival Awards in Indonesia.

  1. ^ Reza, Farida (18 April 2008). "Reader's Opinion A visit to 'Daruchini Dwip'". The Daily Star. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  2. ^ "'Daruchini Dwip' on Channel-i today". The Daily Star. 31 August 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  3. ^ "Road to 'Daruchini Dwip' Update on 'Lux Channel i Superstar'". The Daily Star. 11 August 2006. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  4. ^ "National Film Awards for the last fours years announced". The Daily Star. 1 September 2008. Retrieved 8 May 2011.