Daruchini Dwip (lit. 'The Cinnamon Island') (Bengali: দারুচিনি দ্বীপ) is a Bangladeshi Bengali-language film. It was released on 31 August 2007 throughout Bangladesh. The film is based on the Bangladeshi novelist and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed’s popular novel of the same name. It was directed by popular actor - director Tauquir Ahmed. Daruchini Dwip stars Riaz, Fazlur Rahman Babu, the award-winning Zakia Bari Momo, Abul Hayat, Asaduzzaman Noor, Dolly Johur, Challenger, Rahmat Ali, Wahida Mollick Jolly and Abdullah al Mamun. The film marks the debut film of Momo, Emon, Bindu, and Munmun.
The film was appreciated by film critics and won the National Film Award of Bangladesh Best Film of the Year 2007 and was nominated in seven categories also won all of them. It also won Best Foreign Language Film at the 2010 Bali International Film Festival Awards in Indonesia.
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Plot
A team of young men and women in their 20s plan to go on a big trip across Bangladesh. The main protagonist of the film is Shuvro. They all hail from the mega city of Dhaka. In Bangladesh, being a conservative country, it is not common to the sight of a group consisting of both young, single men and women traveling together. Yet in this story, the women are seen to try to make it against the stream. Each had a different destination in mind: like Sundarban, Cox's Bazar, St. Martin's Island and many more places. Finally they decide to go to Daruchini Dwip. Shuvro (Riaz) has a big problem for his weak eyesight because he may be put out from the program. But finally the full team goes on a train with Shuvro.
Cast
Riaz – Shuvro
Zakia Bari Momo – Jori
Mosharraf Karim – Ayon / Boltu
Emon – Shonju
Bindu – Anushka
Munmun – Muna
Rishta Laboni Shimana
Sabrina Shafi Nisa
Abul Hayat – Shonju's father
Afroza Banu – Shonju's mother Farida
Abdullah al Mamun – Shuvro's father
Dolly Johur – Shuvro's mother
Rahmat Ali – Jori's uncle
Shirin Alam – Jori's aunt
Asaduzzaman Noor – Anushka's father
Fazlur Rahman Babu – Monir
Challenger – Jori's father
Wahida Mollick Jolly – Jori's mother
Awards and achievement
International awards
Winner Best Foreign Language Film: Bali International Film Festival Awards 2010 Indonesia.
National Film Awards
Daruchini Dwip won the National Film Awards total seven categories in the year of 2007.
Winner Best Film 'Impress Telefilm Ltd.' 2007
Winner Best Actor: 'Riaz' 2007
Winner Best Actress: 'Zakia Bari Momo' 2007
Winner Best Music Director 'S I Tutul' 2007
Winner Best Choreographer: 'Kabirul Islam Ratan' 2007
Winner Best Side Role Actor: 'Abul Hayat' 2007
Winner Best Scriptwriter: 'Humayun Ahmed' 2007
Music
The music for Daruchini Dwip was directed by S I Tutul.