Just as Moses was found in the river Nile, an infant is rescued from a river, and adopted by Miraj, Karim and Sajib in turns over the years, only to be abandoned at the various stages of his life. From innocence to becoming a gangster, the unpredictable currents of Jalal’s journey prove that he is truly a child of the river.The pacing of this movie is very good. It stars with a light tone and gradually becomes deeper. in the end you will feel sorry and depressed .The acting and casting was excellent. The direction was great. Jalal’s Story 2015 full
I suggest everybody to watch this movie (its available on You tube).This film was Bangladesh’s entry to Oscars a few years back. The film is divided into three chapters which tell us about three different phases in Jalal’s life. All throughout the film, we see beautiful shots of river and forests and rural Bangladesh. All the chapters deal with different set of characters with Jalal being the only constant one. Personally, I liked this technique very much.
The film sheds light on superstition, greed, misogyny, sexual assault, humanity, animal cruelty among other things. The relationships of Jalal and how he deals with the hurdles of life make the film very real and his character worth rooting for. The climax of the film, though predictable, is very well timed and built up. Jalal doesn’t speak much here but his actions speak for him. I feel like I know him personally after watching this. This film is for the human in us.A film that neither followed mainstream formula nor characteristics of regular
Although there is a stream of alternative films worth to mention in Bangladesh, most of them are of common patterns, as only a few directors of this stream came with their own intransigence. Jalal’s Story is also an alternative film, as this film is by no mean a usual formula-based mainstream film dealing with regular subjects, points-of-view, and formal elements. But it is also free from the common characteristics of the regular alternatives, thus makes it a real formula-breaker.