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    Rubaiyat HOSSAIN 2016 Bangladesh Fiction color 88min Bangla DCP
    Roya, a modern middle-class Muslim woman, struggles to find herself in the sprawl of urban Bangladesh. After being replaced by a younger actor for the character of 'Nandini'—the epitome of Bengali womanhood, the central character of Rabindranath Tagore's political play Red Oleanders ; she delves into a psychological journey and battles to reconstruct 'Nandini,' reclaiming her identity and sexuality in the process. As she sets the play in a modern day ready-made garment factories in Dhaka, her journey to establish her individuality as a middle
    class woman is juxtaposed with the journey of her teenage housemaid Moyna, who later joins the industrial workforce.

    Director

    Rubaiyat HOSSAIN

    Rubaiyat Hossain, one of Bangladesh’s handful of female filmmakers, known for her critically acclaimed debut feature film Meherjaan (2011), has completed her B.A. in Women Studies from Smith College, USA and her M.A. in South Asian Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. Currently, she attends the Tisch School of Arts at New York University in Cinema Studies.

    Director's Statement ▾

    Rubaiyat HOSSAIN
    • 2016 Under Construction
    • 2011 Meherjaan 

       

    Director, Writer: Rubaiyat Hossain

    Producers: Rubaiyat Hossain, Ashique Mostafa

    Director of Photography: Martina Radwan

    Editor: Sujan Mahmud

     

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