Film actress Nusrat Faria is quite popular on the big screen and has acted in a number of titles for the big screen. This time she is pairing up with small-screen actor Ziaul Faruq Apurba for a new film titled ‘Jodi… Kintu… Tobuo’. The shooting of the film is set to start from today October 28.
The screenplay of the film has been written by prominent director Shihab Shaheen. This was confirmed to the media via a press conference held in the capital.
Shihab Shaheen said, “This is a web film made for releasing through an OTT. The shooting will take place in different locations of Dhaka, Cox’s Bazar and Bandarban. Audience from 130 countries will be able to see the film through ZEE5. Hopefully the audience will get to see a beautiful film.”
Although the web film was supposed to be released last Pahela Boishakh, it got delayed by months because of the outbreak of coronavirus in the country.
Apart from Apurba-Faria, the film is to star Tariq Anam Khan, Safayet Mansur Rana, Saberi Alam, Sarika Saba and many others in different roles.
Small-screen actor Apurba made his big debut on the silver screen in the film ‘Gangster Returns’ in 2014. After that he was not seen in any other movie.
Nusrat Faria, who started her career as a presenter, made her film debut in ‘Aashiqui’, a joint production of Bangladesh-India in 2015. She has subsequently starred in several other films, including ‘Hero 420’, ‘Badshah the Don’ and ‘Premi O Premi’.
Mentionable, ZEE5 is going to release the first Bangladeshi web film ‘Mainkar Chipay’ next November 9. It will be available to audiences of over 190 countries in the world.
Other than this there are also three web films and series from Bangladesh which are going to be released on the platform, says a press release.
‘Mainkar Chipay’ has been directed by Abrar Athar and features Afran Nisho, Shyamol Mawla and Shariful Raj.
Another web film titled ‘What The Fry?’ has been directed by Anam Biswas and stars Bidya Sinha Mim. The last web series is titled ‘Contract’, directed by Tanim Nur, Krishnendu Chattopadhhay and stars Arifin Shuvo, Zakia Bari Mamo, Chnachal Chowdhury and Iresh Zaker.