No Bed of Roses

No Bed of Roses (Doob)
Promotional poster
Directed byMostofa Sarwar Farooki (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Written byMostofa Sarwar Farooki (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Produced by
Starring
CinematographySheikh Rajibul Islam (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Edited byMomin Biswas (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 25 June 2017 (2017-06-25)
(World Premiere)
  • 27 October 2017 (2017-10-27)
(Bangladesh & India) [1][2]
Running time
105 min
85 min (International cut)
CountriesBangladesh
India
LanguagesBengali
English

No Bed of Roses (Doob as the Bengali version) is a 2017 Bangladeshi-Indian drama film written and directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. It was produced by Abdul Aziz, Himanshu Dhanuka and Irrfan Khan under the banner of Jaaz Multimedia and Eskay Movies along with Irrfan Khan Films.[3] It stars Irrfan Khan, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Rokeya Prachy and Parno Mittra. The story builds up around the members of two families discovering the finer fabric of love when the headman of a family dies. The theme is that death does not always take things away: Sometimes it gives back.[4][5] The film was selected as the Bangladeshi entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[6]

  1. ^ বাংলাদেশ ও ভারতে ২৭ অক্টোবর ‘ডুব’. Bangla Tribune (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 25 December 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ^ Kader, Manzur (9 August 2017). "Doob gets censor certificate". Prothom-alo. Archived from the original on 9 August 2017. Retrieved 10 August 2017.
  3. ^ Bhaskaran, Gautaman (7 March 2016). "Irrfan Khan to play lead in Bangladesh's No Bed of Roses". Hindustan Times. Archived from the original on 30 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  4. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (29 February 2016). "Irrfan Khan Climbs Into Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's 'No Bed of Roses'". Variety. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Irrfan Khan to play lead in Bangladesh's film". The Financial Express. Dhaka. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 3 January 2017. Retrieved 31 March 2016.
  6. ^ Bhushan, Nyay (23 September 2018). "Oscars: Bangladesh Selects 'No Bed of Roses' for Foreign-Language Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 23 September 2018.