Chhutir Ghonta

Chhutir Ghonta
Bengali	ছুটির ঘণ্টা
Directed by	Azizur Rahman
Written by	Azizur Rahman
Starring	Abdur Razzak Shabana Sujata Sumon
Edited by	Nurun Nabi
Music by	Satya Saha
Distributed by	Notation banicitra
Release date	1980
Running time	148 minutes
Country	Bangladesh
Language	Bengali

Chhutir Ghonta (Template:Lang-bn The Last Bell) is a 1980 Bangladeshi drama film written and directed by Azizur Rahman. It stars Abdur Razzak, Shabana, Sujata and Sumon in the lead.

It is based on the true story of a twelve-year-old school boy named Khokon in Bangladesh, who starved to death after the washroom he was in was mistakenly closed by the caretaker the day before the Muslim vacation Eid-ul-Azha started. The boy was found dead after the vacation was over.

Cast

• Abdur Razzak as Abbas Mia the school caretaker
• Sujata as the mother of Khokon
• Sumon saha as Khokon
• Khan Ataur Rahman
• Shabana as the school maid
• ATM Shamsuzzaman as the school teacher
• Shawkat Akbar as Khokon's maternal grandfather
• Rabiul Alam
• Sarbbari

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack is composed by Shotto Saha.

Track	Song	Singer(s)	note
1	Ekdin chhuti hobe onek dhure zabo		title song
2	Achar khaile bichar hobe
3	Purush manush kenze ailo duniyay
4	Amader deshta shopnopuri

Further reading

• Nitu, Sumaiya Akhter (28 January 2017). "Chhutir Ghonta (1980)". The Daily Star.
• Manzoor, Novo (15 October 2015). "The Essential Bangla Movies for Children". The Daily Star.

External links

• Chhutir Ghonta at IMDb