Priya Amar Priya

Priya Amar Priya
The film CD cover
Directed byBadiul Alam Khokon
Written bySachin Kumar Nag (dialogue)
Screenplay byPuri Jagannadh
Story byPuri Jagannadh
Based onAppu (2002)
by Puri Jagannadh
Produced byMonir Hossain
Starring
Music byAli Akram Shuvo
Production
company
Asha Production
Distributed byAsha Production
Release date
  • 13 June 2008 (2008-06-13)
[1]
Running time
132 minutes
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBengali
Budget৳50 lakh (equivalent to ৳1.4 crore or US$110,000 in 2023) (excluding print costs)[2][a]
Box officeest. ৳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]

  1. ^ "Movie List 2008". Bangladesh Film Producers Association. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
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  4. ^ পঞ্চাশ লাখ টাকা বাজেটের সিনেমা থেকে ১৫ কোটি টাকা আয়!. Jugantor (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
  5. ^ ‘প্রিয়া আমার প্রিয়া’র পর আবার শাকিব ও সাহারা. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 1 June 2010. Archived from the original on 7 June 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  6. ^ Shenoy, Megha (29 November 2009). "Inspiration for remakes". Deccan Herald. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2017.
  7. ^ "From 'School Master' to 'U Turn': A look at Kannada films remade in other Indian languages". The Times of India. 15 April 2020. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  8. ^ "Meril-Prothom Alo Award ceremony held". The Daily Star. 11 April 2009. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.


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