Poran (film) 2023 





Poran
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Directed byRaihan Rafi
Screenplay byShahjahan Sourav
Raihan Rafi
Produced byLive Technologies
Starring
CinematographyMichael Saha
Music byNaved Parvez
Jahid Nirob
Distributed byThe Abhi Kathachitra
139 minutes
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBengali
Budget৳83 lakh (US$89,000)[1]
Box officeest. ৳12 crore (US$1.3 million)[2]

Poran is a 2022 Bangladeshi romantic thriller film directed by Raihan Rafi and produced by Md Tamzid Ul Alam under his production banner Live Technologies. Inspired by true events, the film features Bidya Sinha Saha Mim, Sariful Razz, and Yash Rohan in lead roles.[3]

Plot[edit]

Ananya's family finds that she has tried to commit suicide by ingesting poison. She is rushed to the hospital by her mother, father, and little sister. News reports show that Ananya is suspected of the murder of her husband Sifat by her lover Roman. A police officer comes to the hospital to interrogate her about the murder. He thinks the suicide attempt is a ruse to avoid interrogation, but he listens to her father and gives her time to recover.

Three weeks later, Ananya comes to the police station and tells the officer her side of the story. Ananya was a bad student who failed her SSC three times and was on her way to failing her HSC exam for the third time. Her father threatens to kick her out of the house if she fails again. She takes her pretest and gets caught cheating.

Meanwhile, Roman is a local gangster who works for politician Daisy Sarkar. He runs the local yaba trade and is a drug addict. He is obsessed with Ananya and stalks her. One day, he approaches her on the street, scaring her. She finally decides to tell her family, but her father thinks it is a ruse to justify failing her exams, but nonetheless, he decides to go to the police and then Daisy Sarkar. This works for a little bit, but Roman again approaches Ananya.

Ananya tells him she is afraid she is going to fail her exams again if he continues to disturb her, so he decides to help her. He threatens a fellow student to allow her to cheat on him and he threatens her teacher, who changes her grade. Ananya appreciates the assistance and starts spending time with Roman. She even tells him that he is her Poran (soul). With his help, she passes her HSC exam. He even gives her a smartphone, which she had wanted earlier. She loves the attention, but she insists that he was only a good friend to her.

When Ananya goes to university, she meets Sifat. He is the smartest student in his class and tutors other students. Ananya is smitten by him and constantly tries to get his attention, which he avoids. She asks him to tutor her one-on-one, but he refuses. She finally goes to Roman, who threatens Sifat into providing personal tutoring to Ananya. She uses this time to flirt with Sifat.

Eventually, the two fall in love and begin dating. Sifat gets bold and tells Roman to stop bothering Ananya and that he loves her. Roman beats Sifat, which disturbs Ananya. She tells Roman that they can only be together if he gives up politics and drugs, two things that she thinks he can't live without. But Roman manages to give both up, at great expense.

When he gives up politics, Daisy Sarkar, angry, have the police file charges for all crimes he committed while working for her including murder and drug trading. He is on the run and asks Ananya to come to Dhaka with him. Instead of running away with him, she turns him into the police. She then tells Sifat that he must marry her within 7 days and take her out of the country within 3 months, to which Sifat agrees.

Married life becomes bland to Ananya as her husband is constantly studying so that he can manage to take her out of the country, as he had promised. One day, they go out and a goon touches her back. She reacts aggressively and is upset that her husband did not defend her. This reminds her of Roman who once broke a man's arms and legs for teasing her. She goes to see him in jail and apologizes to him. He begs her not to leave him, but she still leaves.

One day, Ananya and Sifat are going to her parent's house, when they stop by an ice cream stall. Roman, who has escaped from jail, tries to force Ananya to go with him. When Sifat gets in the way, he takes a sickle knife from nearby and attacks him. Ananya rushed him to the hospital but he dies. The video of the murder goes viral and there is pressure from all over the country to get justice for Sifat. Roman had again gone in hiding.

The inspector seems to believe her story and almost lets her go. Then he finishes the rest of the story. Roman is drawn out of hiding by his friend but then murders him. The friend tells the officer that he murdered his best friend at the behest of Ananya, who blames Roman for ruining her life. Ananya is arrested, as the bodies of Sifat and Roman lie side by side in the morgue.

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Production[edit]d

The shooting of the film started on September 3, 2019. It was shot in Mymensingh.[6] The shooting ended after 18 days.[7] On July 9, 2022, the director of the film announced on Facebook Live that the character named Ananya was taken from his ex-girlfriend.[8] After watching the teaser of the film on YouTube, the viewers assumed that the film is based on the Murder of Rifat Sharif. Although the director admitted that the film was based on true events, he said that the film was not based on his murder.[9][10] Its post-production work is done in India.[7]