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Arif, a young director, has adapted for film one of the popular Mahabharata episode of Eklavya’s offering of honorarium to his teacher Dronacharya. Eklavya sacrificed his right thumb to Drona so that Arjuna’s supremacy in archery is upheld. While making the film on this mythological incident, Arif comes to know from the Santhals that for archery the arrow needs to be held between the right index and middle fingers – the thumb has no role to play in it. This revelation makes Arif extremely amazed. He was puzzled with the question then why did Eklavya had to sacrifice his right thumb as Gurudakshina if it was not essential for archery? There begins Arif’s new analysis, and as a result a novel episode takes shape mingling the realism of the past with the present.

Director
Abu Sayeed
Screenplay
Abu Sayeed
Cinematography
A R Jahangir
Editor
Junaid Halim
Music
Abu Sayeed
Cast
Ferdous, Jayanto Chattopadhaya, Sakiba, Habibur Rahman
Habib, Shatabdi Wadut, Bikrom, Mithun, Sahdat, Mrinal Datta,
Nisan, S I Hera, Suvash Datta
Production Design
Kamrul Ahsan, Hosne Mobarok Rumi
Art
Shaikh Waliul Bayezid, Zahidul Islam Setu
Sound
Sujan Mahmud
Costumes
Zahidul Islam Setu
Production & World Sales
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Abu Sayeed started his career as a filmmaker through direction of short fiction Aborton. He has so far made two short films, four full-length movies and a large number of TV productions. His previous films include Kittonkhola, Shankhanad, Nirontor and Banshi.