Tiger Number One

Tiger Number One
Shakib Khan as Tiger in the film
Directed byShaheen Sumon
Screenplay byShaheen Sumon
Story byAbdullah Zahir Babu
Produced byMothor Rahman
Starring
CinematographyS M Azahar
Music byEmon Shah
Distributed byS.M.S. Films
Release date
  • 31 August 2011 (2011-08-31)
Running time
155 min
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBengali

Tiger Number One initialism as Tiger No.1 (Bengali: টাইগার নাম্বার ওয়ান) (earlier titled Nababzada)[1][2] is a Bangladeshi action film directed by Shahin Sumon. It stars Shakib Khan, Nipun, Shahara, Amit Hasan, Misha Sawdagor, Shiba Shanu, Kazi Hayat, Abul Hayat, and Don, among others.[3][4][5] The film was a remake of the 2010 Indian Tamil-language film Raavanan. This was the third film in which Shakib Khan played the villain role. Tiger Number One was released on Eid-ul-Fitr, 31 August 2011.[citation needed]

Plot

The film focuses on an innocent young man who later becomes a dangerous killer in the city and holds a female journalist captive.

Cast

Themes

According to Orchi Othondrila, mainstream Bangladeshi films are "always based on a central hero while female characters are there as objects to complement [the] hero's actions." She wrote that, as with many other Shakib Khan film titles, the title Tiger Number One implies "that the stories are solely depended on the hero who is the centre of the actions."[6]

Music

The music for Tiger Number One was directed by Imon Shah.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ এবার খলনায়ক শাকিব খান [Shakib Khan, the villain]. banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 17 August 2010.
  2. ^ ঈদের ছবির নেপথ্য গল্প [The story behind the film festival]. Amar Desh (in Bengali). 16 March 2012. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012.
  3. ^ Shazu, Shah Alam (18 September 2011). "Nipun wins twice over". The Daily Star. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  4. ^ "Eid movie 'Tiger Number One'". The New Nation. Dhaka. 28 August 2011.
  5. ^ টাইগার নাম্বার ওয়ান এর জন্য সাফল্য কামনা [I wish success for Number One Tiger]. Daily Manab Zamin (in Bengali). 18 August 2011. Archived from the original on 19 August 2011.
  6. ^ Othondrila, Orchi (December 2014). "Women in Cinema" (PDF). Representation of Women in Electronic Visual Media: Bangladeshi Context (M.A.). BRAC University. p. 5–6. Retrieved 21 January 2017.


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