Chakki(1986)
A short film on famine that forms a part of a trilogy of short films (along with Agami by Morshedul Islam and Hooliya by Tanvir Mokammel) that kickstarted the Bangladesh Alternative Film Movement
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A short film on famine that forms a part of a trilogy of short films (along with Agami by Morshedul Islam and Hooliya by Tanvir Mokammel) that kickstarted the Bangladesh Alternative Film Movement
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1986-08-24
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