Actor and model Aref Syed made a stellar debut in Anil Bagchir Ekdin and hasn't looked back ever since. He was also offered to take part in a Hollywood-Bollywood venture titled Curse of the Kohinoor.
Recently, Aref was seen shooting for a short film titled, Shonibar (Saturday) alongside former Lux Star, Prosun Azad. The short film serves as the directorial debut for Kazi Sami Hasan, who is also the man to be credited for writing the story and has Barkat Hossain Polash as the director of photography. The shooting was wrapped up yesterday in Uttara.
Director Kazi Sami Hasan said, “We will complete the post production soon and hopefully release it in November 2016.” The film-maker aims to submit the short film to international festivals as soon as it is released,
Aref plays the character of Samy Rahman, a middle class husband married to his wife, Rita for seven years. Talking about his role, Aref Syed shared his excitement saying, “Even though the role is a small one, I did not hesitate since as an actor, it is a creative challenge to portray the a couple's seven years of married life in only a few shots.”
“It was a wonderful experience to work with the director, Sami bhai and a pleasure to work with Prosun Azad. Her role was a very challenging one as well and I have a lot of respect for her. We hope that our film will be well received by the audience.” he added.
Aref's debut movie had previously earned him the prestigious Meril Prothom Alo Puroshkar 2015 for Best Actor-Film Critics Choice in April 2016. He is currently busy shooting for the Hollywood-Bollywood venture, directed by Raghav Murali which will be released in Summer 2017. The first teaser of the film was released yesterday which has already garnered a lot of attention on social media.
