Iti, Tomari Dhaka (2019)

Iti, Tomari Dhaka (Bengali: ইতি, তোমারই ঢাকা) is a 2018 Impress Telefilm drama film produced as Bangladesh’s first anthology film directed by eleven individual directors. It is a collection of gritty shorts centered on the capital city of Bangladesh, Dhaka, and the people living in its margins. It was awarded “Best Original Screenplay” at the 11th edition of the Jaipur International Film Festival (JIFF), held from January 18 to 22, 2019 in Jaipur, India.[2] It is one of the first two films to enter Netflix originating from Bangladesh. It was selected as the Bangladeshi entry for Best International Feature Film at the 93rd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[3] It was also screened at 51st International Film Festival of India in January 2021 in Country in focus section. In this omnibus, 11 Bangladeshi filmmakers create a love letter to the city of Dhaka. From young girls looking for a drink in a dry town to a bank scammer’s attempted murder to a plumber creating a refugee crisis, the city co-stars every time.

In this omnibus, 11 Bangladeshi filmmakers created a love letter to the city of Dhaka representing their point of view of the lifestyle of the residents and the frequent happenings in the city.[5]

1. The Background Artist (Nuhash Humayun) : The story is about a movie side character who are called extras.
2. Cheers (Syed Ahmed Shawki) : This story is based on psychological resentment of a girl after a breakup in love.
3. Jibon’s Gun (Rahat Rahman) : A story about a teenaged gangster in Dhaka.
4. Magfirat (Robiul Alam Robi) : The story is about a car driver whose mentality get dramatically changed while working in Dhaka.
5. Sounds Good (Golam Kibria Farooki) : The whole Iti, Tomari Dhaka movie set has been highlighted in the eyes of the movie soundman.
6. Obisshashe Dhaka (Mir Mukarram Hussain) : It is portrayed that going to help someone in Dhaka can turn into a danger to oneself.
7. Where, Nowhere (Tanvir Ahsan) : The director has beautifully told 3 tragic stories of a middle-class family in Dhaka.
8. Dhaka Metro (Mahmud Hasan) : The story is about a second hand car dealer whose wife is ill but the car that would be sold for her surgery gets stolen.
9. M for Money / Murder (Abdullah Al Noor) : A story of the tragic fate of 2 corrupt industrialists.
10. Jinnah is Dead (Krishnendu Chattyapadhay) : The story is about the conflict between a Bihari mether and a Bengali resident in Bihari Camp, Mohammadpur, Dhaka.
11. Juthi (Syed Saleh Ahmed Sobhan) : It is a story about the complex psychology between men and women.