Shonibar Bikel (Saturday Afternoon)

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Shonibar Bikel (Saturday Afternoon)

2023

1h 26m

Action

Mystery & Thriller

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An unprecedented terrorist attack takes place at a peaceful cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The gunmen use religion to divide and kill, while the surviving hostages, all of them Muslim, try to defend their own humanistic values.

Deborah Young

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As breathless as the narrative is, Farooki's direction has an easy confidence that, amid all the camera pyrotechnics, keeps the drama in focus.

Jan 12, 2023

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

Shonibar Bikel is more exploitative than informative. It takes the story of a real-life massacre and uses it as an excuse to show vile murders, without regard to presenting the victims as fully formed people. The movie's terrible ending has no epilogue.

Mar 15, 2023

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Alex Lines

Film Inquiry

Cleverly captured without a cut by Aziz Zhambakiev, the real time tedium of its unbroken 80 minute run-time gradually embroils the audience within the unravelling drama.

Jan 12, 2023

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Dennis Schwartz

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The film avoids being exploitative because of its sincere efforts to try and find out what makes the fanatics act so brutally.

Rated: B

Jan 12, 2023

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

"Saturday Afternoon" is a great film that manages to work on an artistic, entertainment and context-commentary level, and a great testament to Farooki's directorial prowess.

Jan 12, 2023

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Nadira Nahin Nadi

Its simply just an awesome movie! The movie make laughed and sad people moved audience on deep thought full of suspense!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/13/23

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Afzal C

One of the best single-shot movie. A must watch movie, especially for Bangladeshi people, to know the nation and save it before it's too late.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/11/23

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An unprecedented terrorist attack takes place at a peaceful cafe in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The gunmen use religion to divide and kill, while the surviving hostages, all of them Muslim, try to defend their own humanistic values.

Director: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Producer: Abdul Aziz, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Shyam Sundar De
Screenwriter: Mostofa Sarwar Farooki
Distributor: Reliance Entertainment
Production Co: Chabial, Tandem Pictures, GreenTouch Entertainment, Jaaz Multimedia
Genre: Action, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: Bangla
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 10, 2023, Limited
Runtime: 1h 26m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)