Khandaker Sumon’s ‘Ongoj’ wins Best Picture at Rajshahi International Film Festival

Short film ‘Ongoj’ won Best Picture and director Khandaker Sumon won Best Director at the 2^nd Rajshahi International Film Festival on Monday. The award ceremony was held at the Shukhoronjon Shomadar Teacher Student Cultural Centre (SSTSCC) at Rajshahi University on March 19. The chief guest at the event was eminent professor Hassan Azizul Hoq. Rajshahi University Film Society (RFS) organized this 4 day long film festival. RFC President filmmaker Ahsan Habib Liton conducted the ceremony. Among other notable guests at the event were director Akram Khan, Ritwik Ghatak Film Society President Dr. FMA Zahid, Dhaka International Film Festival coordinator Mizanur Rahman, Siliguri Cine Society General Secretary Pradip Nag and so on. Best Cinematographer award went to Shahriar Choyon for “The Rebel of Mind.” Special Jury Award went to Tanzina Rahman for “Funeral.” Director Sumon told Dhaka Tribune’s Showtime: “Within the acute class division in our society, sometimes the stories of different lives come together and melt into one. Thus, the common array of human emotions, unexpressed pain and dilemmas of lives keeps surpassing the class divisions and creating same stories.” “Two mothers from two classes become identical when it comes to their relations with their children, their feeling of distance and their craving for intimacy and love, he said. "My film ‘Ongoj’ has presented the eternal nature of the bond between a mother and her child, uncluttered by the imposed class differences.” Aynun Putul, Priyanka Biswas, Anik Islam, Hridoy Islam and Saidur Rahman Rownok played the lead roles in “Ongoj.”