Cultural Affairs Adviser Mostofa Sarwar Farooki on Monday said his wife, actor Nusrat Imrose Tisha, can explain better why she acted in a 2023 Bangabandhu biopic.
He made the statement while speaking at a press conference at the Secretariat organised to discuss the invitation for the Bangladeshi short film "Ali" to the Cannes Film Festival.
Responding to a question on whether he now feels it was a wrong decision for Tisha to act in the biopic, Farooki said: "Our marital life is such that both of us are independent in our professional decisions. Do you think we live in a society where a wife needs her husband's permission before making a professional decision, or a husband needs his wife's approval before taking one? I do not think so.”
“She makes her own professional decisions. She can better answer why and under what circumstances she acted in that project. I do not see where I could have made any mistake here," he added.
Tisha portrayed Fazilatunnesa Mujib (Renu) in the movie "Mujib: The Making of a Nation".
The film, directed by Shyam Benegal, was a joint production of Bangladesh and India.