“Television,” a film by Mutafa Sarwar Farooki, has won the “City of Rome” prize for best feature film (jury) at the “Asiatica Filmmediale 2013.” In addition, it also won the best feature (audience) in popular vote.
Previously, the acclaimed film was nominated to compete at the Oscars in the “Best Foreign Language Film” category. The movie has been selected by the Oscar Bangladesh Committee to compete at the 86th Annual Academy Awards.
In November, “Television” will be screened in Kolkata International Film Festival and later this year, the much acclaimed film is going to participate in the “competition” category of “Asia Pacific Screen Awards’.” The main programme of the competition will be held in Australia this
December.
“Television” is based on the theme of tradition versus contemporary in the rural arena. The film is about an old-fashioned character who believes TV is evil. Since he is the head of the village, he restricts the buying of television in the village, and disturbance occurs when a Hindu resident of the area buys a TV set.
The film dared to step out of the norm and feature a non-professional actor in the lead role: Shahir Kazi Huda, an environmental consultant who had done small stints in films and commercials, had to quit his job and undergo rigorous training to create his character, including picking up a local dialect.
Other lead actors of the popular film are Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Mosharraf Karim and Chanchal Chowdhury.
