Tanvir Mokammel’s upcoming film Jibondhuli is going to have its premiere in Dhaka on February 14. The film was initially scheduled to release countrywide in December marking the Victory Day, but the current political unrest pushed back the release date.
It will be shown on the inaugural day of the 14th Shiliguri International Film Festival in India on February 1.
The film has recently been nominated in the “competition” category of Jaipur International Film Festival which will also start on February 1 and the screening of Jibondhuli will be held on February 4.
Narrating a touching story on the milieu of the Liberation War, Jibondhuli features Shatabdi Wadud, Wahida Mallik Joly, Jyotika Jyoti, Ramendu Majumder and Paresh Bhuiya in the lead roles.
The film revolves around Jibonkrishna Das, a poor Hindu lower-caste drummer, whose wife and children get killed by Pakistani armed forces. It depicts how he struggles to survive against the brutality of the Pakistanis and local collaborators.