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The Dark Side of Dhaka

2021 · 77 min

A restless night in a sprawling city, weaving grim vignettes into a tense, uneasy mosaic that lingers like a bad dream.

Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Overview
Five individual stories are connected to each other in the basis of their nature. Actually the Dark Side of the capital Dhaka, has been sketched throughout the film. What happens over our eyes in the dark of the night.

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • corruption
  • violence
  • isolation
  • morality
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • anthology
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror3
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Genres
crime, drama, thriller
Directed by
Raihan Rafi, Simit Ray Antor
Written by
Nazim Ud Daula
Starring
Rashed Mamun Apu, Sharaf Ahmed Zibon, Tama Mirza, Manoj Kumar Pramanik, Nazifa Tushi, Khairul Basar, Samia Othoi, Nasir Uddin Khan
Music
Jahid Nirob
Cinematography
Raju Raj
Runtime
77 min
Languages
Bengali

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