Chhutir Ghonta | |
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Bengali | ছুটির ঘণ্টা |
Directed by | Azizur Rahman |
Written by | Azizur Rahman |
Produced by | Ramala Shaha |
Starring | |
Edited by | Nurun Nabi |
Music by | Satya Shaha |
Distributed by | Swaralipi Banichitra |
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Running time | 148 minutes |
Country | Bangladesh |
Language | Bengali |
Box office | ৳4 crore (US$330,000)[1] |
Chhutir Ghonta (Bengali: ছুটির ঘণ্টা When The Bell Rang) is a 1980 Bangladeshi drama film written and directed by Azizur Rahman. It stars Razzak, Shabana, Sujata and Sumon in the lead.[2]
It is based on the true story of a twelve-year-old school boy named Khokon in Bangladesh, who starved to death after the washroom he was in was mistakenly closed by the caretaker the day before the Muslim vacation Eid-ul-Azha started. The boy was found dead after the vacation was over.