Aam Kathaler Chhuti

Aam Kathaler Chhuti is a 2023 Bengali-language Bangladeshi children's film. It is produced, directed, screenplay, dialogue writing, cinematography, editing and sound design by Mohammad Nuruzzaman. It is based on the short story Mainna Bhai Balla Rashi by Shorif Uddin Shobuj. This film is made in the atmosphere of the past life as the children and teenagers passed their childhood and adolescence in the seventies, eighties and mid-nineties. The international version of the film is titled Summer Holiday.

Story
This full-length feature film tells the story of how an outcast eight-year-old city boy discovers a new world, finds friendship and a taste for adventure when he visits the village on a summer vacation.

Cast

 * Leon Ahmed as Mainna
 * Zubair
 * Arif
 * Halima
 * Tanzil
 * Fatima
 * Kamruzzaman Kamrul
 * Abdul Hamid

Production
Produced by Cinemaker, the production work has been going on for seven years. Filming was done on locations spread over twenty-five-thirty kilometers near Harbaid in Gazipur with a small technical unit and a group of amateur actors.

Release
It was released on 18 August 2023, on the same day as the Bangladesh War of Independence film 1971 Shei Shob Din. It was released in five theaters in the country.

Premiere
The premiere show of this film was held on 6 August 2023 at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy's national gallery auditorium.

This Bangladeshi film has been officially selected to participate in the International Feature Film Competition section of the UBA International Film Festival to be held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from 25 to 30 July 2023.

Aam Kathaler Chhuti had its international premiere at the Jagja Asian Film Festival, held in Jakarta, Indonesia, from 26 November to 3 December 2022, with another screening in the Asian Perspective section. The festival committee and the audience also appreciated the film.

Awards
The film received the Special Jury Award at the Cheboksary International Film Festival in Russia last May 26, 2023. In 2024, the film received Meril-Prothom Alo Awards - 2023 in three categories.