After almost one year of suffering at the censor board, the romantic thriller “The Director” starring popular actress Poppy got its approval on January 8.
Directed by Kamruzzaman Kamu, the film was placed before the censor board on February 11 last year. However, the censor board members informed the director, through a written letter after watching the film on February 25, that the film was ‘inconvenient for screening’.
Following the decision, a front was established demanding the release of the film. Since then a lot of protests had happened against the decision highlighting the issue in the mass media.
Subsequently, Kamruzzaman Kamu applied again for the approval and finally the censor board allowed the film to be screened under few conditions.
About the film, Kamruzzaman Kamu said: “The film is of a new genre in the country. I made the film avoiding the conventional format with a hope that the audience would love it.”
The story of “The Director” revolves around a rural guy who comes to the city with a dream of becoming a filmmaker. The struggles of reaching his dream have been depicted in the film.
Marzuk Russel, the small screen actor, paired up with Poppy in the film while Mosharraf Karim, Sweaty, Nafiza and Kochi Khondokar played the other central characters.