Streaming platform MUBI will host National Film Award winning actor Aupee Karim’s acclaimed new film Debris of Desire (Mayar Jonjal) in 2021.
Previously, the film was officially selected at the 42nd Moscow International Film Festival in the Films around the World category, and had its premiere at the 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival and competed in the Asian New Talent Award category.
Aupee Karim made her acting debut in cinema with Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s Bachelor, for which she 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.
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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.
Streaming platform MUBI hosts around 30 critically acclaimed films from around the world at a time, one of which would be Aupee Karim’s new film, included in the platform’s 2021 slate of films.
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Producer Josim Ahmed said, “Basically MUBI curates films from top film festivals and they saw our film at both Moscow and Shanghai and added it in their catalogue.”
“It is really a great news for both the countries that we are representing Bangla film on such a prestigious streaming platform,” he added. “As we know, MUBI is a specialized streaming platform for global art-house cinema and their catalogue is full of brilliantly crafted films.“
He revealed that the film will not get an online release this year. “Our film is still not available for streaming and we won’t release it online before a wider local release at theaters across Bangladesh and India. Only after that, we will release on some more online streaming platforms including MUBI.”
The cast includes Ritwik Chakraborty, Chandreyee Ghosh, Sohel Mondol and others. Debris of Desire is slated for wider release in early 2021.
