The Clay Bird

Original title: Matir Moina

2002
1h 35m

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A family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world.A family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world.A family must come to grips with its culture, its faith, and the brutal political changes entering its small-town world.

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8.4/10

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Awards
- 5 wins & 3 nominations total

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Trivia
While the film was not nominated for an Oscar, it was Bangladesh's first film ever to be submitted to the Academy Awards for consideration to compete in the Best Foreign Language Film category.

Goofs
In many parts of this movie different character used English word in their dialogue. But it became a trend after 20th century.

Quotes
Milon: ...Uttam, you've got to understand. It's not just a matter of democracy and national liberation. The real issue is economic emancipation. And here's where imperialism comes in. And the need for class struggle.
Uttam: You're still under the spell of your communist ghosts. You know what's funny -- don't mind this -- despite your differences, there's a strange similarity between you and your big brother. Kazi shaheb's homeo-path, and you're Marx-path: both came from Germany. Did you notice that?
Shaheen: And fascism also has its roots in Germany!
4th friend: Marxism, capitalism, all isms -- in the process of fighting over all these Western isms and schisms we're just screwing ourselves!
Shaheen: So what about Islam? Isn't that just another thing from the West?
4th friend: Why should that be? I think our Islam has flourished from our own soil.
Milon: No matter how much we argue, the truth is that nothing is purely indigenous. Everything is mixed up.

Connections
Referenced in Fera (2012)

Soundtracks
Pakhita Bondi Aachhe
Written by A. T. Masud
Performed by Momtaz

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10/10

One of the best movies of Bangladesh

When I began to watch this film for the first time, I knew that it was a good film and was in the limelight that time. At first I was little bit bored because the film was going little slow. But as the film continued, my boredom turned into excitement and by the time the film finished, I was fully contented. Casting, acting , plot everything was great and perfect. It may be called an art film but as entertaining as well. Those who are familiar with Bangladeshi culture would realize the demand of such kind of a film. It tells the story of superstitious and conservative culture of the then East Pakistan. Some parts of the culture are alive in the villages till now. So this film has a great social significance. Its director Tareque Masud said that he made this film based on his childhood memories. That's one of the main reason of its success. Its based on reality. It represents our traditional cultural structure. Looking forward to watch more great films like this.