Amar Bhashar Chalachitra festival closes at Dhaka University today

Dhaka University Film Society’s flagship Bangla film festival, Amar Bhashar Chalachitra Utsab 1432, concludes today (February 8), marking the end of six days of screenings and discussions centred on language, politics and cinema.
Organised by the Dhaka University Film Society—one of the country’s formative film activist platforms—the festival has been held at the TSC auditorium and has emerged as one of the largest Bangla film showcases hosted on a university campus. Students, filmmakers and cinephiles have attended screenings throughout the week.

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The final day opens at 10:00am with Belal Ahmed’s feature film “Noyoner Alo”. At 12:30pm, Kazi Hayat’s politically charged film “Dhor” is scheduled for screening, remembered particularly for the late actor Manna’s performance and its depiction of the social and political tensions of its time.
A short film segment follows at 3:30pm, featuring works by emerging filmmakers—Mahfuz Sarkar’s “Moya: The Name We Call”, Ahsabul Yamin’s “Jonmo Theke Jolchi”, and Ummid Ashraf’s “Dhyat”.
The festival is set to conclude at 6:30pm with the screening of Joyabrata Das’s Kolkata-based film “The Academy of Fine Arts”, selected as the closing film of this year’s edition.

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The same evening will also see the announcement of the Hiralal Sen Padak, the festival’s highest honour, awarded to the best film of the festival. Named after Bangla cinema pioneer Hiralal Sen, the award recognises cinematic excellence rooted in linguistic and cultural consciousness.
Over six days, the festival has screened 20 feature films and three short films, combining classic works with contemporary titles. Screenings followed a fixed daily schedule at 10:00am, 12:30pm, 3:30pm and 6:30pm.
The festival opened on February 3 with Ahmed Hasan’s “Ekhane Rajnoitik Alap Joruri”, starring Imtiaz Barshon as a Bangladeshi expatriate who returns home to confront an unsettling political reality.

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Rooted in the legacy of the Language Movement, Amar Bhashar Chalachitra Utsab 1432 has reaffirmed Dhaka University’s role as a vital site for critical engagement with Bangla cinema.