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Glow of the Firefly is a Bangladais film of genre Drama with Ahmed Rubel
Glow of the Firefly (2014)
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Add to a movie listGlow of the Firefly (Bengali: Jonakir Alo) is a 2014 Bangladeshi drama film written and directed by Khalid Mahmud Mithu. It was selected as the Bangladeshi entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
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