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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Meghmallar<br />
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|Bengali|মেঘমল্লার}}<br />
| image = Meghmallar poster.jpg<br />
| caption = Film poster<br />
| director = [[Zahidur Rahim Anjan]]<br />
| producer = Abul Khair<br />
| story = [[Akhtaruzzaman Elias]]<br />
| screenplay = Zahidur Rahim Anjan<br />
| starring = {{Plainlist|<br />
* [[Shahiduzzaman Selim]]<br />
* [[Aparna Ghosh]]<br />
* [[Jayanta Chattopadhyay]]<br />
}}<br />
| music = Abhijit Basu<br />
| cinematography = Sudheer Palsane<br />
| editing = Sameer Ahmed<br />
| distributor = Bengal Entertainment Ltd.<br />
| released = {{Film date|2014|12|12|df=yes}}<br />
| runtime = 92 minutes<br />
| country = Bangladesh<br />
| language = Bengali<br />
}}<br />
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'''''Meghmallar''''' ({{lang-bn|মেঘমল্লার}}, also known in English as Raincoat) is a 2014 Bangladeshi [[drama film]] directed by [[Zahidur Rahim Anjan]].<ref name="dhakatribune">{{cite news |last=Chatak |first=Hasan Mansoor |date=12 December 2014 |title=Meghmallar to hit cinemas today |url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/entertainment/2014/dec/12/meghmallar-hit-cinemas-today |newspaper=Dhaka Tribune |accessdate=15 December 2022}}</ref> The film is an adaption of writer [[Akhtaruzzaman Elias]]'s story titled "Raincoat".<ref name="HWR">{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/meghmallar-tiff-review-822596 |title=Meghmallar Review |accessdate=13 November 2015 |work=Hollywood Reporter|first=Todd|last=McCarthy}}</ref> It was screened in the Discovery section of the [[2015 Toronto International Film Festival]].<ref name="TIFF">{{cite web |url=http://tiff.net/festivals/festival15/discovery/meghmallar |title=Meghmallar |accessdate=13 November 2015 |work=TIFF}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bengalfoundation.org/?news=meghmallar-will-be-featured-at-the-tiff-2015|title=Meghmallar will be featured at the TIFF, 2015|accessdate=14 November 2015 |work=Bengal Foundation}}</ref> It was screened at [[51st International Film Festival of India]] in January 2021 in the Country in Focus section.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://ddnews.gov.in/international/bangladesh-be-country-focus-51st-international-film-festival-india|title=Bangladesh to be country of focus at 51st International Film Festival of India|author=Tushar Jadhav|date=11 January 2021|access-date=16 January 2021|website=DD News: GOI}}</ref><br />
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==Plot==<br />
An ordinary family of a chemistry teacher at a suburban government college Nurul Huda, his wife Asma, daughter Sudha and Asma's brother Mintu goes through a life-altering experience during Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971. It happens when Mintu leaves to join the Freedom Fighters one morning. Asma secretly continues to correspond with her brother not sharing this. One rainy day, Nurul goes to a school function wearing Mintu's raincoat to protect him from the ceaseless rains. Government forces arrest him on suspicion of being a revel and took him into custody. Nurul is then forced to make a decision that affect both the destiny of his family and whole country.<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Shahiduzzaman Selim]] as Nurul Huda, a chemistry teacher at a suburban government college<br />
* [[Aparna Ghosh]] as Asma, Nurul Huda's wife<br />
* [[Jayanta Chattopadhyay]] as Mintu, Asma's brother<br />
* Marjan Hossain Zara as Sudha, Nurul Huda and Asma's daughter<br />
* [[Mosharraf Karim]] as<br />
* Mostafiz Shahin as Pakistani Military Personnel<br />
* Adnan Sobhan Evan as Pakistani Military Personnel<br />
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==Production==<br />
This film was made under the banner of Bengal Creations Ltd.<ref>{{cite news |title=Meghmallar to be screened in Chittagong |url=http://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/81369/Meghmallar-to-be-screened-in-Chittagong- |newspaper=Daily Sun |location=Dhaka |date=8 October 2015 |accessdate=14 November 2022}}</ref> The music for the film is directed by Abhijit Basu from Kolkata (India).<ref>{{cite news |title=Meghmallar - set for release |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/meghmallar-set-for-release-35379 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=2 August 2014 |accessdate=14 November 2022}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb title|4971786|Meghmallar}}<br />
* [http://www.bmdb.com.bd/movie/343/ Meghmallar] at the [http://www.bmdb.com.bd Bangla Movie Database]<br />
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