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A Tree Without Roots is a Bangladais film of genre Drama directed by Tanvir Mokammel with Tauquir Ahmed
A Tree Without Roots (2003)
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Add to a movie listLalsalu (Bengali: লালসালু also known in English as A Tree Without Roots) is a Bangladeshi Bengali cult film directed by Tanvir Mokammel. The story of the film is adapted from the novel of the writer Syed Waliullah. The film won National Film Awards in best film category and also seven other awards in best director, best Story, best Dialogue, best Cinematography, best Sound, best Actor and best Side Actress of the year 2001. Additionally, it received Jury's special mention in 1st Dhaka International Film Festival, 2003 and was shown in London, Rotterdam, Toronto (Bongo Festival), Montreal, Quebec, Cinenouvo (Belgium), Jeonju (South Korea), Fukuoka (Japan) and Delhi International Film Festivals. This film is also one of the top ten films of readers choice listed by British Film Institute in 2002.
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Majid (Raisul Islam Asad), a haggard-looking Mullah, appears in a remote agrarian village suddenly. He cleans up an old dilapidated grave and begins to worship it by declaring it as the shrine of a famous Pir (a holy man). The people of the village have no idea who the holyman was, and though it is a deception, but gradually they starts believing in the myth. People become more interested in the grave speaded with red fabric. He marries Rahima (Munira Yusuf Memi), a hard working woman of peasant family. But whe he become more influential man in the village, he feels the need of a younger wife. He marries Jamila (Chandni), a teenage girl who is not afraid either of the grave or Majid himself. Majid become anxious about her second wife and become strict to control her.Actors
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