SC-S33/W5-Movie Diaries challenge| My Original movie ( RECLAMATION )
I am delighted to participate in SC-S33/W5-Movie Diaries challenge| My Original movie given by @ruthjoe. Its an wonderful opportunity to make a movie writing practice and finding my own capacity about a pure creation. I hope you all enjoy my writing.
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| Subject | Information |
|---|---|
| Title | RECLAMATION |
| Genre | Dark Psychological Drama, Romance |
| Characters | Rafi, Sarah, Zhara, Adnan, Tarek |
Infatuation :
Rafi grew up in Thakurgaon, a small town in northern Bangladesh, and from his school days, he was known as one of the brightest students around. He was confident, disciplined, charming, and sometimes a little too sure of himself. After finishing school at the top of his class, he moved to Dhaka to study at Notre Dame College, and later, with an excellent HSC result, he was admitted to the Pharmacy Department of Dhaka University. Although his family was financially comfortable, Rafi wanted to stand on his own feet, so he started tutoring students to cover his personal expenses. He soon became a popular and respected tutor because he genuinely cared about his students and took pride in seeing them succeed. Outside university and teaching, he had his own passions: he was a devoted Liverpool supporter, loved discussing football matches, spent hours arguing about movies, and read everything from Bengali literature to French classics and world literature. Life seemed to be moving exactly according to his plan until he met Sarah, one of his students who was preparing for the highly competitive Dhaka University IBA admission test. Sarah was intelligent, emotional, stubborn, and sometimes difficult to understand, but Rafi became fascinated by the little things about her. Her way of speaking, laughing, getting angry, and carrying herself. What began as a normal teacher-student relationship slowly became a friendship, and before either of them fully realized what was happening, friendship turned into love. For Rafi, Sarah became the first person who made him question the carefully planned future he had always imagined for himself.
Disillusion :
Rafi and Sarah get married and move into a small rented flat in Mohammadpur. Since both families are against the marriage, they have to manage everything by themselves. In the beginning, they are happy just having a place of their own, but married life soon becomes harder than they expected. There is rent to pay, groceries to buy, bills, and countless small expenses. Rafi leaves university for a while and starts a coaching center to earn money. At the same time, he helps Sarah prepare for the IBA admission test. When Sarah finally gets admitted, Rafi is genuinely happy and feels that all his hard work has finally paid off. But things slowly start changing between them. They argue over small things, misunderstand each other, and gradually stop enjoying each other's company. Sarah becomes unhappy with their life, while Rafi keeps trying to control and fix things instead of understanding what she really wants. Eventually, Sarah decides to leave. Rafi doesn't take it well and keeps trying to contact her, hoping she might change her mind. She doesn't. Three years pass, and Rafi returns to university after being away for a long time. During this period, Sarah gets close to Tarek, a BUET student, and starts a new relationship with him. Rafi hears about it but doesn't confront either of them. Maybe he finally understands that he can't make someone love him. Then Sarah sends him the divorce papers. Rafi reads them quietly and sits there for a while, not knowing what to say or what to do. For the first time, he realizes that the relationship he had spent so much time trying to save was already over.
Addiction :
After the divorce, Rafi starts taking drugs to escape the memories of Sarah and the life they once shared. He loses interest in university and slowly loses himself. Then he meets Adnan who he knew long time ago, a junior student who is also struggling with addiction. They become close quite naturally, sharing food, cigarettes, movies, music, books, and endless conversations about life. Sometimes they talk about philosophy; sometimes they just laugh at stupid things while being high. But their friendship cannot save them from the drugs. Their studies begin to suffer, and eventually Rafi's sister sends him to rehab. There, away from everyone, he is forced to face himself and finally understands that Sarah didn't destroy his life. He had destroyed much of it by refusing to let her go. When he returns, the pain is still there, but he is ready to live with it instead of running from it. He finds Adnan again, and together they slowly try to rebuild the lives they had almost lost.
Coming Back to Life :
Rafi eventually graduates, and by then, Sarah has married Tarek. Surprisingly, when he hears the news, it doesn’t hurt the way it once would have. Maybe he has finally let go. He starts applying to universities abroad and gets offers from several European universities, including the University of Liverpool. One evening, he and Adnan sit under the trees at Suhrawardy Udyan, talking about the old days, their mistakes, failed relationships, drugs, stupid arguments, and all the things they once thought were the end of the world. Rafi asks Adnan which university he should choose. Adnan simply says, “Go to Liverpool, brother. You’ve suffered enough. At least let your heartbreak have a soundtrack.” Rafi laughs and decides to go. Liverpool slowly gives him a different life. He studies, watches football, walks around the city, meets new people, and, most importantly, learns how to be alone without feeling lonely. Two years later, he returns to Bangladesh and marries Zhara, a kind and talented doctor. Later, Zhara gets the opportunity to study in London, and together they travel around Europe, enjoying the simple things, long train journeys, rainy streets, football matches, coffee, museums, and taking ridiculous pictures of each other. One night, Rafi comes across an old photograph of himself and Sarah. He looks at it for a while and smiles. Not because he wants her back, and not because he has forgotten the pain. He smiles because he finally understands that losing someone doesn't mean losing your whole life. Sarah was a part of his story, but she was never the whole story. He puts the photograph away, looks at Zhara, and walks toward her. Now he understands that love isn't always about holding on, life doesn't always follow the plans we make, and sometimes losing something is what finally teaches us how to live. Most importantly, he realizes that the smile he thought he had lost was actually there all along, he just had to find his way back to it.
With all due respect, The award wining capacity doesn't only depends on it's story, rather its depends on it's technicality such as Script writing, Cinematography, Locaton selection, Costume design, Film editing, Background soundtrack, and character playing, etc......
In this particular movie writing,
Yes, I think the story has real potential, especially because it feels personal and emotionally honest. My stories protagonist Rafi is not a perfect guy, he makes mistakes, becomes obsessed, loses himself, and then slowly finds his way back. That makes him feel like a real person. The relationship with Sarah, his friendship with Adnan, the addiction, and finally his life in Liverpool give the story several emotional layers. But to make it truly award worthy, I think the screenplay needs to be less about telling everything that happened and more about showing what Rafi was feeling. Some scenes should be quiet, uncomfortable, funny, or even ordinary. The audience should understand his pain without the film explaining it to them. If anyone can bring that feeling into the screenplay, I believe this could become a very strong and memorable psychological drama.
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