THE LAST THAKUR

USA Premiere

Caption: DRAMATIC COMPETITION

Country/Year: UK-Bangladesh/2008

Shows included: BOOND, THE LAST THAKUR

Venue: SVA THEATRE

Duration: 81 Mins

Show Time: 7:30PM-9:30PM

Website: http://www.breakthrufilms.co.uk/uk/films/last_thakur/

General Admission:

$15.00

Synopsis

The rhythm of the drum beats as dawn rises over the marshland. The celebrations are beginning, it is Independence Day… A mysterious young man dressed as a private guard and armed with a rifle arrives in the town of Doulathpur. This stranger, Kala, soon finds himself caught up in the midst of a bitter and feuding community. The Chairman, seductive and ruthless, purports to represent and defend his people and one man stands in his way – Thakur, the local Hindi landlord, who has been reclaiming all land on which loans are unpaid. Kala and his gun become a vital asset that each side must have. Broke and hungry, Kala begins to bargain with them. He’ll take their money, but what he wants is information. He has his own mission that brought him here, to find his father, the man who raped his mother, and take revenge…

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About The Director

Writer/Director Sadik Ahmed is a British Filmmaker of Bangladeshi origin based in the UK. He completed his undergraduate in Painting and Photography from the London College of Printing, and Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design; and then completed his MA in Cinematography from the prestigious National Film and Television School (NFTS). While at the NFTS, Sadik was awarded 2 Kodak prizes for Cinematography. Sadik’s film Tanju Miah, a short film about a young tea boy living on the Sarail Road, was an international success with awards from the Royal Television Society, the Grierson Foundation for British Film (Finalist), Turner Classic Shorts (Finalist), MySpace-Mymovie Mash-Up (Finalist). Tanju Miah was specifically selected for screening at the Toronto International Film Festival 2005. The film was also the first ever Bangladeshi film in competition at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2007. Tanju Miah was screened in the Curzon Cinemas UK, March to April 2007.