Priya Amar Priya | |
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Directed by | Badiul Alam Khokon |
Written by | Sachin Kumar Nag (dialogue) |
Screenplay by | Puri Jagannadh |
Story by | Puri Jagannadh |
Based on | Appu (2002) by Puri Jagannadh |
Produced by | Monir Hossain |
Starring | |
Music by | Ali Akram Shuvo |
Production company | Asha Production |
Distributed by | Asha Production |
Release date |
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Running time | 132 minutes |
Country | Bangladesh |
Language | Bengali |
Budget | ৳50 lakh (equivalent to ৳1.4 crore or US$110,000 in 2023) (excluding print costs)[2][a] |
Box office | est. ৳15 crore (equivalent to ৳41 crore or US$3.4 million in 2023)[3][4] |
Priya Amar Priya (Bengali: প্রিয়া আমার প্রিয়া; transl. My Beloved Dear) is a 2008 Bangladeshi romantic-action film. The film directed by Badiul Alam Khokon and produced by Monir Hossain under the banner of Asha Production. The dialogue is written by Sachin Nag based on the original version. The film revolve around a careless college student Hridoy (played Shakib Khan) who fall in love with city's commissioner sister Priya (played by Sahara). Things take a turn when he begins to have feelings for her. Misha Sawdagor, Prabir Mitra, Rehana Jolly and Afzal Sharif played supporting roles in the film.[5]
The film is a remake of the 2002 Indian Kannada-language film Appu, which was later remade in Telugu as Idiot (2002), in Tamil as Dum (2003) and in Bengali as Hero (2006).[6] It was the second Kannada film remade film in Bangladeshi Bengali after M. S. Rajashekar's Anuraga Aralithu starring Dr. Rajkumar, Madhavi and Geetha.[7] The film was released in Bangladesh on June 13, 2008. Shakib Khan won Meril-Prothom Alo Awards for Best Actor, Euro-CJFB Performance Awards and Channel I Performance Awards for his performance in the film.[8] Priya Amar Priya has set several box office records. It is the highest grossing Bangladeshi film of 2008 and also one of the highest grossing Bangladeshi films of all-time. And also the highest grossing film of Khan's career until it was surpassed by Khan's 2023 all-time blockbuster Priyotoma. After the release of the film, Khan gained widespread fame shortly and gained a large number of fan following.[2]
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