The Grave

The Grave (2020)

A story of a grave digger

Shirja Mia is grave digger. He begs from village to village to get death news. Now he has only two things in his life. One is a doll which he bought for his daughter and other is a number which he has got from his ancestors. His ancestors believed that if someone could dig hundred graves he would surely be placed in heaven. But no one could ever reach the target. When shirja was young he came to a Char and got married. They had a lovely daughter named Rahela. He had to go to town for work. Rahela asked for a doll from the town. One day Shirja bought a doll, but he couldn't come back to Char due to bad weather. Next day he heard that the tidal bore had washed out the Char. Later he came back to Char. But he didn't find his daughter and wife anywhere. The Char was full of dead bodies. At that time he started digging graves. When one grave left to reach the hundredth, he falls in big crisis with a girl like his daughter. Will Shirja be able to complete one hundred graves?

Date of release
2020-12-25
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (1)
Runtime
2h 12m
Genres
Drama
Director
Gazi Rakayet

Casting

Interesting facts

The Grave is a 2020 Bangladeshi English language drama film written and directed by Gazi Rakayet. It is a Bangladesh Government and Impress Telefilm funded joint venture film, based on a journey of an undertaker. It features Gazi Rakayet himself in the title role, Dilara Zaman, Deepanwita Martin, Moushumi Hamid, Sushoma Sarkar, and Shamima Tusty among others. SM Mohsin and Mamunur Rashid also make guest appearances in the film. The film was simultaneously shot in Bengali, titled Gor respectively. The film is coined as Bangladesh's first bilingual film project. The Grave is initially released in Bangladesh on 25 December 2020, and later on Hollywood as the first Bangladeshi-produced film.

Production

The screenplay of The Grave is originally adapted from Rakayet's previously scripted and starred, tele-fiction named Gor, aired on Bangladesh Television. Original story was written in 1994 and made in drama for TV in 1998. The film received a grant of 6 million BDT from the Government of Bangladesh for the production of films. Later, Impress Telefilms, was joined to co-produce and distribute the film.

Film's soundtrack and the score is composed by Mohammad Fazla Kadar Shadhin. Only song "Jater meye kalo bhalo" is penned by A.K. Azad, used in the film on Naira Farzin Mahfuza's voice.

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