Aupee Karim starrer Debris of Desire (Mayar Jonjal) was officially selected at the 42nd Moscow International Film Festival in the Films around the World category.
It premiered on Wednesday, October 6, and will be screened for a second time on the concluding day of the festival, October 8.
Josim Ahmed, producer of Debris of Desire, said: “Hundreds of films are submitted each year to the Goa Film Bazaar. Only 20 or so are recommended to international distributors, sales agents and others. Our film was one of them, recommended as a work-in-progress project. Moscow festival organizers have seen our film there. So we did not have to directly submit our film to them.”
Previously, the film had its premiere at the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival and competed in the Asian New Talent Award category.
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Aupee Karim made her acting debut in cinema with Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s Bachelor, for which the actor won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Actress in 2004. Debris of Desire marks her comeback in a lead role for the big screen after a 15-year hiatus.
The film is a joint production of Bangladesh and India - based on Manik Bandopadhyay’s two short stories titled Bishakto Prem and Shubala.
Directed by Indranil Roychowdhury, the story revolves around a petty criminal, who falls in love with a prostitute and wants to run away with her savings. Things change when he meets a laid-off factory worker who is desperate to stop his wife from working as a housemaid.
The cast includes Ritwik Chakraborty, Chandreyee Ghosh, Sohel Mondol and others. Debris of Desire is slated for release in early 2021.
