Third Person Singular Number is a Bengali language film directed by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki

Mostofa Sarwar Farooki

Mostofa Sarwar Farooki was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Variety’s Jay Weissberg wrote, “Mostofa Sarwar Farooki is a key exemplar of Bangladeshi new wave cinema movement” ....

 and written jointly by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and Anisul Hoque

Anisul Hoque

-Life:Anisul Hoque was born in Rangpur in 1965 . His father is late Mofazzal Hoque and mother is Mst. Anwara Begum. He was the student of Rangpur PTI primary school, Rangpur Zilla School, Rangpur Carmichael College....

. The film stars actors Mosharraf Karim

Mosharraf Karim

Mosharraf Karim was born on 22 August 1976 and he is a very talented and popular actor of Bangladesh. Mosharraf is widely known around Bangladesh due to his superb skill in acting, achieving many awards and honours. Mosharraf generally acts more frequently in Dramas and Dramaserials, than in...

 and Nusrat Imrose Tisha. Variety wrote about the film "Third Person Singular Number is a thoroughly modern, stylistically assured story of a young woman.....combining an indie sensibility with sub continental elements"

This film was premiered at the Pusan International Film Festival 2009. It then went on to compete in Abu Dhabi Film Festival. The film had its European premier at the Rotterdam IFF 2010. The film traveled various festivals and bagged best director award in Dhaka International Film Festival 2010. It was Bangladesh's official entry to the 83rd Oscar's foreign film category.

Awards

• Third Person Singular Number (feature; 2009)
• Premiered in Busan International Film Festival 2009
• Official competition, Middle East International Film Festival
  Middle East International Film Festival
  Abu Dhabi Film Festival is an international film festival. Created in 2007, the ceremony is held annually in October in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage , under the patronage of Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Chairman of the ADACH...
  
  , Abu Dhabi 2009
• Official selection, International Film Festival Rotterdam
  International Film Festival Rotterdam
  The International Film Festival Rotterdam is an annual film festival held in various cinemas in Rotterdam, Netherlands held at the end of January. It is approximately comparable in size to other major European festivals such as Cannes, Venice, Berlin, and Locarno...
  
  , 2010
• Awarded Best Director, Dhaka International Film Festival, 2010
• Official Competition, Tiburon International Film Festival, 2010
• Official Competition, Festival Cinema Africano, Asia, America Latina,Milano, Italy, 2010
• Awarded Best Film, Best Director, Best actress (Critics) in Meril Prothom Alo Awards
  Meril Prothom Alo Awards
  Meril-Prothom Alo Awards is a famous award giving organization from Bangladesh. In the Meril-Prothom Alo Award Arrangements a lot of Bangladeshi Celebrities and Showbiz personnel is gathered in one roof. This is the most reliable and popular award giving venture and first in Bangladesh. The judges...
  
    2010 (Bangladesh’s most acclaimed award)
• 3rd I SAFF San Francisco 2010.
• Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Indonesia 2010.
• Fribourg International Film Festival
  Fribourg International Film Festival
  The Fribourg International Film Festival is an annual film festival in Fribourg, Switzerland. It is focused on selected cultural films from Asia, Africa and Latin America....
  
   2011
• Cine Mundial, Czech Republic, March 2011
• East End Film Festival
  East End Film Festival
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  , London, 2011
• 4th Women’s International Film Festival, Chennai, 2011
• Official Competition, Levante International Film Festival 2011

Cast & credit

• Written by:- Anisul Hoque
  Anisul Hoque
  -Life:Anisul Hoque was born in Rangpur in 1965 . His father is late Mofazzal Hoque and mother is Mst. Anwara Begum. He was the student of Rangpur PTI primary school, Rangpur Zilla School, Rangpur Carmichael College....
  
   & Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
  Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
  Mostofa Sarwar Farooki was born in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Variety’s Jay Weissberg wrote, “Mostofa Sarwar Farooki is a key exemplar of Bangladeshi new wave cinema movement” ....
  
  
• Inspired by:- Manzoorul Islam's Novel
• Script & Direction:- Mostofa Sarwar Farooki.
• Cast:- Mosharrof Karim, Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Tapu, Abul Hayat, Dicon Nur, Aparna Shuveccha,& Many More
• Cinematography:- Subrata Ripon
• Editing:- Titash Saha
• Background Music:- Leemon
• Sound:- Ripon Nath
• Subtitle:- Premendra Mazumdar
• Online Editing:- Ripon Shaha
• Location sound:- Nahid Masood
• Art Direction:- Zia Uddin Shadhin
• Production Designer:- Golam Kibria
• Executive Producer:- Faridur Reza Sagor
• Ebne Hasan Khan:- Produced By Impress Telefilm Ltd

Awards

The film was selected as the Bangladeshi entry for the Best Foreign Language Film

Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...

 at the 83rd Academy Awards

83rd Academy Awards

The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2010 and took place February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards ...

, but didn't make the final shortlist.

See also

• List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
• List of Bangladeshi submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film

External links

• Official website
• Third Person Singular Number at Internet Movie Database
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