Durbeen

Durbeen
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Zafor Firoze
Produced by	Onupom Sanskritik Samsad
Written by	Zafor Firoze
Music by	Aktarul Haq, Parvez Juel
Cinematography	Hira Azad
Editing by	Shamsul Alam
Release date(s)	October 30, 2009 (2009-10-30)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Bangladesh
Language	Bengali

Durbeen (Bengali: দূরবীন) (The Prevision) is a 2009 Bangladeshi film directed by Zafor Firoze. It is the first digital children film released in Bangladesh.

Plot

Director Zafor Firoze with Chashi Nazrul Islam

Labib a school boy is a believer of equality. He loves all the living beings. Labib's mother died years ago. He has school friends. Although he is a good student, he couldn't concentrate on study because of missing mother. One day he gets a new class teacher in school. The teacher inspires him a lot through interesting learning process. They become good friends. Labib's father makes a sudden decision to send him abroad for better education. But, he can not accept it easily to leave all his friends and teacher. He becomes sick physically and mentally. After some days his father changes his mind.

Release

Poster of Durbeen

The film was released in 29 October, 2009. Many notable persons attended the premier show at Star Cineplex. Barrister Shafique Ahmed, Minister for Law, Justice and Parliament; Abul Kalam Azad, Minister for Information and Culture; Sharmin Chowdhury, State Minister for Women and Children; Artist Mustafa Manwar, Chairman of Bangladesh Shishu Academy; Mohammad Asafuddoula, Chairman of the Advisory Committee of Bangladesh Digital Film Society; Sultan Mahmud, Country Director of Save the Children Australia; Film star Ilias Kanchan were among them. Many children organisations including UNICEF, Save the Children praised Durbeen as a successful film. The film was shown in many district towns in Bangladesh.

References

• Film Durbeen; The Daily Ittefaq [1]
• Durbeen: The first digital children film of Bangladesh; RTNN [2]
• Durbeen in district towns; The Daily Kaler Kantho [3]
• Durbeen released; The Daily Amardesh [4]
• Premier of film Durbeen; The Daily Samakal [5]
• World premier of Durbeen; The Daily Janakantha [6]

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