Live from Dhaka
Mar 29 2019
•2h 31m
•Drama
In a series of vignettes, a partially handicapped man lives his days in anguish as he tries to find a way to leave Dhaka.
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Mostafa Monwar
Sajjad
Tasnova Tamanna
Rehana
Tanvir Ahmed Chowdhury
Michael
Mir Mosharrof Hossen
Mosharrof
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