AHA!
a film by ENAMUL KARIM NIRJHAR
Bangladesh, 2007
128 min. Color 35 mm.

Synopsis

Mr. Mallik, a total introvert, lives alone in the derelict of a mansion

that his ancestors built in Dhaka. Multistoried apartment buildings
surround his ancestral home, and real estate developer Rafique is
persistently persuading him to demolish the property to build one
there,
too. He offers him 10 flats out of the 35 he plans to make, apart from
the
cash. It's a lucrative deal for the lonely owner of a run-down property
he
can't maintain anymore.

Things take a sudden twist when Ruba, his only child, returns from the
US
to live with her father. At the very same time, Soleman, a repentant
murderer serving Mr. Mallik, gets into trouble with the local toughs
while
defending his master's property. Ruba finds a suitor in her Australian
born
cousin Asif and a friend in Kislu, a middle-aged neighbor who wears
seven
differently colored briefs around the week. The local toughs find an
easy
prey in Rafique and an adversary in Rafique's ally Kanchan, the local
gang
lord.

The story progresses through a complex array of people and their
intentions, where Ruba seeks a man who doesn't play a man, Kislu walks
in
the clouds of love for the Ruba and the city, and Rafique tries to keep
a
balance between the toughs and his profits. It takes more sudden turns
with
stunning revelations about Ruba, Soleman, and Asif.

The biggest twist comes with the final torment of Mr. Mallik and
Soleman,
two persons faced with their greatest fears. And, the film ends with
the
equation of sins and redemption revealed through the relation between
people and architecture presented in a whole new perspective. 

This is a success of the whole team. We are grateful to our all
well-wishers.