When Kamal returns to his hillside village near Rangamati hill tracts from the city with a bicycle, his son is happy to have his father back, but his empty hands make his wife anxious. However, Kamal decides to not return to the city even though jobs are scarce in the village. He, then, invents himself a trade. He offers to carry the villagers from place to place on his cycle. Even though, the locals at first did not know what a bicycle is, they quickly become familiar with the concept. But one day an accident occurs, injuring an old man. Local hooligans threaten Kamal’s livelihood, declaring that no one can ride on that cycle.

‘My Bicycle’ to be screened in two European festivals

Directed by young filmmaker Aung Rakhine, the first feature film in Chakma language 'Mor Thengari' (My Bicycle) has been invited to participate in two international film festivals in Europe.
The festivals are: Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival in Estonia's capital Tallinn running from 13th to 29th November and Silver Akbujat Ethnic World Film Festival in Ufa, Russia, which is a four day festival continuing from 9th to 13th December this year.

The film will participate in the main competition section in the Akbuzat festival. The festival in Tallinn is a non competitive one and the film will be shown in the world cinema section from 26th to 29th November in three different theatres of the city. After the show the filmmaker will take part in a question-answer session with the viewers.

Centred around the life of the indigenous people, particularly the Chakma community, the film has been developed over ten years and is produced by Pandolipi Karkhana. The shooting began in 2012. Though the director belongs to the Rakhaine community, he believes that it's necessary to focus on the Chakma community as they struggled more than any other indigenous groups of the country.

The story of the film revolves around an indigenous man named Komol, who returns to his native village after a futile effort to live in a city. Komol decides not to go back as he is fired from his job without getting paid for five months. As a means of earning livelihood, he comes up with the idea of using his bicycle, the only possession he acquired while in the city, to ferry passengers and goods. However, Komol's struggle takes a new turn as local people start to extort from him. When he refuses, they break his bicycle.

My Bicycle had been showcased at the 13th International Short and Independent Film Festival in Dhaka December, 2014.