Sincerely Yours, Dhaka () is a 2018 Impress Telefilm drama film produced as Bangladesh's first anthology film directed by eleven individual directors. It is a collection of gritty shorts centered on the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka, and the people living in its margins. It was awarded "Best Original Screenplay" at the 11th edition of the Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF), held from January 18 to 22, 2019 in Jaipur, India. It is one of the first two films to enter Netflix originating from Bangladesh. It was selected as the Bangladeshi entry for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. It was also screened at 51st International Film Festival of India in January 2021 in Country in focus section.

Plot

In this omnibus, 11 Bangladeshi filmmakers created a love letter to the city of Dhaka representing their point of view of the lifestyle of the residents and the frequent happenings in the city.

Sincerely Yours, Dhaka

1. The Background Artist (Nuhash Humayun) : The story is about a movie side character who are called extras.

Sincerely Yours, Dhaka

2. Cheers (Syed Ahmed Shawki) : This story is based on psychological resentment of a girl after a breakup in love.

Sincerely Yours, Dhaka

3. Jibon's Gun (Rahat Rahman) : A story about a teenaged gangster in Dhaka.

4. Magfirat (Robiul Alam Robi) : The story is about a car driver whose mentality get dramatically changed while working in Dhaka.

5. Sounds Good (Golam Kibria Farooki) : The whole movie set has been highlighted in the eyes of the movie soundman.

6. Obisshashe Dhaka (Mir Mukarram Hussain) : It is portrayed that going to help someone in Dhaka can turn into a danger to oneself.

7. Where, Nowhere (Tanvir Ahsan) : The director has beautifully told 3 tragic stories of a middle-class family in Dhaka.

8. Dhaka Metro (Mahmud Hasan) : The story is about a second hand car dealer whose wife is ill but the car that would be sold for her surgery gets stolen.

9. M for Money / Murder (Abdullah Al Noor) : A story of the tragic fate of 2 corrupt industrialists.

10. Jinnah is Dead (Krishnendu Chattyapadhay) : The story is about the conflict between a Bihari mether and a Bengali resident in Bihari Camp, Mohammadpur, Dhaka.

11. Juthi (Syed Saleh Ahmed Sobhan) : It is a story about the complex psychology between men and women.

Cast

Fazlur Rahman Babu

Johan

Shamsi Sayeka

Irfan Sajjad

Naziba Bashar

Orchita Sporshia

Tanin Tanha

Yash Rohan

Ashok Bepari

Mir Naufel Ashrafi Jisan

Allen Shuvro

Mushfiq Farhan

Taufiqul Hasan Nihal

Abidur Rahman Adour

Rushnaf Wadud

Anis Uz Zaman

Shipon Hassan Akash

Shah Tushar

Bijoy Sikder

Lutfur Rahman Hamim

Mustafa Kamal Himel

Rafiqul Alam

Razan

Prapto

Shamol Mawla

Farhana Hamid

Mehedi Ansari

Sohana Saba

Nurur Rahman Bachchu

Mohammad Pavel

Akib Ahmed

Sardar Saniat Hossain

Shahtaj Monira Hashem

Mahmuda Apon

Rodela Rangan Riddo

Mohammed Rakibul Hasan Reza

Manoj Kumar Pramanik

Dilruba Hossain Doyel

Aref Syed

Sharmeen Akhee

Bappi Amin

Arman

Azaz Bari

Khairul Basar

Intekhab Dinar

Kazi Toufiqul Islam Emon

Lutfur Rahman George

Elora Gohor

Mahmudul Hasan

Rawnak Hasan

Ishtiaq Hassan

Maruf Hassan

Muktar Hossain

Robin Khan

Tropa Mazumder

Mostafa Monwar

Safa Nomoni

Robayet Hossain Ovi

Saiful Islam Saiful

Hasib Shahriar

Snata Shahreen

Gousul Alam Shaon

Shahnaz Sumi

Nusrat Imrose Tisha

Shatabdi Wadud

Waziha

Iresh Zaker

Pavel Zaman

See also

List of submissions to the 93rd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film List of Bangladeshi submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

References

External links

Official site

2018 films

Bengali-language Bangladeshi films

Bangladeshi anthology films

2010s Bengali-language films