Actors Parambrata Chatterjee from Kolkata and Aparna Ghosh from Bangladesh have been cast opposite each other in the film, Bhuban Majhi, based on the Liberation War of 1971.
The mohorot of the second feature film by national award-winning film-maker Fakhrul Arefeen Khan was held on Tuesday.
Parambrata came to Dhaka to join the cast and crew of the film and several prominent personalities at the event.
He plays the role of Nahir Baul, a spiritual singer. Singers are usually not the type of people cut out for wars, but Nahir is inspired to join the struggle for independence by a young lady, Farida, played by Aparna Ghosh.
This is Parambrata’s second film in Bangladesh, the first being Bhoyonkor Shundor.
“I got to know about the liberation war of Bangladesh from my family and after doing some research for the for my role. I feel proud to be a part of a film, to show the glorious birth of Bangladesh,” Parambrata, said.
Fakhrul said the shooting will start from February 3. Some of it will be shot in India as well. Kalikaprasad is in charge of composing the songs for the film.
Mamunur Rashid, Shushama Sarker, Naushaba, Majnun Mijan, and singer Syed Waqeel Ahad are also part of the cast. Cultural affairs minister Asaduzzaman Noor and president of Sammilita Sangskritik Jote Nasiruddin, Yusuf Bacchu launched the first look of Bhuban Majhi.
