Svf Entertainment is taking a significant leap into the Bangladeshi film market. This expansion is marked by the collaboration with Dhaka-based Alpha-i Studios and the Ott platform Chorki to produce two major Bangladeshi films, “Toofan” and “Domm”, both poised to redefine the cinematic landscape.
“Toofan”, directed by Raihan Rafi and starring Dhallywood superstar Shakib Khan, represents a ground-breaking collaboration in Bangla cinema, and is set to redefine the scale of storytelling and elevate Bengali cinema to global prominence.
The second film, “Domm”, directed by Redoan Rony and starring National Award-winning actor Chanchal Chowdhury, is based on a true story. This collaboration between Svf, Chorki, and Alpha-i aims to deliver high-quality content to a global audience.
While Svf’s recent foray into the Bangladeshi market is a focal point, the studio also briefly highlighted its initiatives in other markets, including the production of two Telugu shows for Disney+ hotstar, which is...
“Toofan”, directed by Raihan Rafi and starring Dhallywood superstar Shakib Khan, represents a ground-breaking collaboration in Bangla cinema, and is set to redefine the scale of storytelling and elevate Bengali cinema to global prominence.
The second film, “Domm”, directed by Redoan Rony and starring National Award-winning actor Chanchal Chowdhury, is based on a true story. This collaboration between Svf, Chorki, and Alpha-i aims to deliver high-quality content to a global audience.
While Svf’s recent foray into the Bangladeshi market is a focal point, the studio also briefly highlighted its initiatives in other markets, including the production of two Telugu shows for Disney+ hotstar, which is...
- 12/16/2023
- by Editorial Desk
- GlamSham
Bangladeshi director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki is attending Mumbai Film Festival with feature-length drama Something Like An Autobiography, which is playing in the festival’s Icons: South Asia section after premiering in the Jiseok section at Busan.
The project is the first in a series of 12 films that Farooki is co-producing with Bangladeshi streaming platform Chorki, among which he will direct the first two installments, with other established and newcomer filmmakers from Bangladesh directing the other ten films. Farooki recently wrapped the second film in the series, Last Defenders Of Monogamy, starring Chanchal Chowdhury in the story of married man and father who finds his firm belief in monogamy being tested.
Farooki and his wife, actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha, both star in the first film in the anthology, playing a semi-autobiographical version of themselves – a husband-and-wife filmmaking couple trying for a baby after the wife has endured several years of being...
The project is the first in a series of 12 films that Farooki is co-producing with Bangladeshi streaming platform Chorki, among which he will direct the first two installments, with other established and newcomer filmmakers from Bangladesh directing the other ten films. Farooki recently wrapped the second film in the series, Last Defenders Of Monogamy, starring Chanchal Chowdhury in the story of married man and father who finds his firm belief in monogamy being tested.
Farooki and his wife, actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha, both star in the first film in the anthology, playing a semi-autobiographical version of themselves – a husband-and-wife filmmaking couple trying for a baby after the wife has endured several years of being...
- 11/4/2023
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Bangladeshi auteur Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has wrapped his latest film “Last Defenders of Monogamy.”
The cast is headlined by popular Bangladeshi actor Chanchal Chowdhury and Xefer Rahman and the cast also includes Samina Hussain Prema and Shuddho Rai.
The film follows Shafqat (Chowdhury), a father of two adolescents and a loving husband, who is a firm believer in the ideals of monogamy but the winds of change take a big test of his ideologies.
“Working with Farooki is always special. With ‘Last Defenders of Monogamy’ we have tried to break the prevalent streaming trends of sex and violence and have delivered something new. With this film we are creating a new, diverse space in streaming,” Chowdhury said.
The film is part of leading Bangladesh streamer Chorki’s 12-film “Ministry of Love” anthology. The first film in the anthology, Farooki and Nusrat Imrose Tisha’s “Something Like an Autobiography,” premiered at Busan earlier this month,...
The cast is headlined by popular Bangladeshi actor Chanchal Chowdhury and Xefer Rahman and the cast also includes Samina Hussain Prema and Shuddho Rai.
The film follows Shafqat (Chowdhury), a father of two adolescents and a loving husband, who is a firm believer in the ideals of monogamy but the winds of change take a big test of his ideologies.
“Working with Farooki is always special. With ‘Last Defenders of Monogamy’ we have tried to break the prevalent streaming trends of sex and violence and have delivered something new. With this film we are creating a new, diverse space in streaming,” Chowdhury said.
The film is part of leading Bangladesh streamer Chorki’s 12-film “Ministry of Love” anthology. The first film in the anthology, Farooki and Nusrat Imrose Tisha’s “Something Like an Autobiography,” premiered at Busan earlier this month,...
- 10/28/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
SonyLIV has acquired exclusive streaming rights to acclaimed Bangladeshi films “Hawa” and “Saturday Afternoon” from Reliance Entertainment and Continental Entertainment Pte Ltd (Cepl).
Directed by Mejbaur Rahman Sumon, “Hawa” follows the journey of an all-men team on a fishing trawler, whose routine is disrupted when they haul in a mysterious catch. The cast is led by hugely popular star Chanchal Chowdhury and includes Nazifa Tushi, Sariful Islam Razz, Sumon Anowar, Nasir Uddin Khan and Shohel Mondol. The film was Bangladesh’s entry to the Oscars and is one of the highest grossers from the country having also found distribution in India, Singapore and the Middle East. It will premiere July 7 on SonyLIV.
“Saturday Afternoon,” Bengali-and-English-language film directed by Bangladeshi auteur Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, takes its cue from the brutal terrorist attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka in 2016, which took place on a quiet Saturday and left more than 20 people dead.
Directed by Mejbaur Rahman Sumon, “Hawa” follows the journey of an all-men team on a fishing trawler, whose routine is disrupted when they haul in a mysterious catch. The cast is led by hugely popular star Chanchal Chowdhury and includes Nazifa Tushi, Sariful Islam Razz, Sumon Anowar, Nasir Uddin Khan and Shohel Mondol. The film was Bangladesh’s entry to the Oscars and is one of the highest grossers from the country having also found distribution in India, Singapore and the Middle East. It will premiere July 7 on SonyLIV.
“Saturday Afternoon,” Bengali-and-English-language film directed by Bangladeshi auteur Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, takes its cue from the brutal terrorist attack on the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka in 2016, which took place on a quiet Saturday and left more than 20 people dead.
- 6/30/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
by Fahmidul Haq
The Cinema of Bangladesh continues its renewed vibrance in 2022 which began in the last year. In this post-pandemic year, Bangladeshi theaters were hit by two blockbusters – “Hawa” and “Poran”. These two films also got global theatrical release in the USA, the UK, Australia and in a few more countries, primarily targeting the diaspora Bangladeshis which is also a new phenomenon established by these two films.
This year some films earned critical acclaim too by winning awards in Moscow, Austin and Kolkata. Among the selected 10 films, at least three are made by debutant directors, which signifies that a bunch of upcoming directors with the previous ones will ensure the decade of 2020s as the new wave of Bangladeshi Cinema. However, restrictive censor codes are barriers here and director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki was found outspoken this year in the process of prolonged censor battle for his film Shonibar Bikel...
The Cinema of Bangladesh continues its renewed vibrance in 2022 which began in the last year. In this post-pandemic year, Bangladeshi theaters were hit by two blockbusters – “Hawa” and “Poran”. These two films also got global theatrical release in the USA, the UK, Australia and in a few more countries, primarily targeting the diaspora Bangladeshis which is also a new phenomenon established by these two films.
This year some films earned critical acclaim too by winning awards in Moscow, Austin and Kolkata. Among the selected 10 films, at least three are made by debutant directors, which signifies that a bunch of upcoming directors with the previous ones will ensure the decade of 2020s as the new wave of Bangladeshi Cinema. However, restrictive censor codes are barriers here and director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki was found outspoken this year in the process of prolonged censor battle for his film Shonibar Bikel...
- 1/6/2023
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
“Hawa” (Wind), the film that came like a new breeze to the Bangladeshi film industry, will be released on December 16 in Kolkata and the rest of West Bengal, and across India on December 30. The film, which is also Bangladesh’s top grosser, has been directed by Mejbaur Rahman Sumon.
Sun Music and Motion Pictures Ltd, the film’s production company, has said it will be distributed across India by the Singapore-based entity, Continental Entertainment Private Ltd (Cepl) via Reliance Entertainment.
“Hawa”, the myth, fantasy and mystery-thriller film, received a huge response from its fans in Bangladesh soon after its release in theatres in that country on July 29. Even after four months of release, it is still running in theatres and raking in business and getting love.
The film has received widespread critical acclaim and has been shown at numerous cross-border festivals and diaspora events. It has been nominated for the...
Sun Music and Motion Pictures Ltd, the film’s production company, has said it will be distributed across India by the Singapore-based entity, Continental Entertainment Private Ltd (Cepl) via Reliance Entertainment.
“Hawa”, the myth, fantasy and mystery-thriller film, received a huge response from its fans in Bangladesh soon after its release in theatres in that country on July 29. Even after four months of release, it is still running in theatres and raking in business and getting love.
The film has received widespread critical acclaim and has been shown at numerous cross-border festivals and diaspora events. It has been nominated for the...
- 12/15/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
‘Hawa’ the film which brought a new breeze to the Bangladeshi film industry, is now being distributed throughout India. The film is directed by Mejbaur Rahman Sumon and will be released on December 16, 2022, in Kolkata and West Bengal, and December 30, 2022, in the rest of India.
‘Hawa,’ the myth, fantasy, and mystery-thriller film, received a huge response from the country’s film fans soon after its release in Bangladesh theatres on July 29, 2022. Even after four months of release it is still in theatres and raking in business and love.
The film has received widespread critical acclaim and has been shown at numerous cross-border festivals and diaspora events. This film has been nominated for the ‘Best International Feature Film’ category at the 95th Academy Awards (Oscars), which will be held next year. Following a very successful run in Singapore under Cepl, the film will now have a wide release in India through Reliance Entertainment.
‘Hawa,’ the myth, fantasy, and mystery-thriller film, received a huge response from the country’s film fans soon after its release in Bangladesh theatres on July 29, 2022. Even after four months of release it is still in theatres and raking in business and love.
The film has received widespread critical acclaim and has been shown at numerous cross-border festivals and diaspora events. This film has been nominated for the ‘Best International Feature Film’ category at the 95th Academy Awards (Oscars), which will be held next year. Following a very successful run in Singapore under Cepl, the film will now have a wide release in India through Reliance Entertainment.
- 12/14/2022
- by Glamsham Editorial
- GlamSham
Mejbaur Rahman Sumon’s “Hawa,” Bangladesh’s submission to the Oscars’ international feature category, is getting distribution in India.
The film follows the journey of an all-men team on a fishing trawler, whose routine is disrupted when they haul in a mysterious catch. The cast is led by hugely popular star Chanchal Chowdhury and includes Nazifa Tushi, Sariful Islam Razz, Sumon Anowar, Nasir Uddin Khan and Shohel Mondol. It is produced by Sun Music & Motion Pictures Limited and Facecard Productions.
“Hawa” released in Bangladesh in July and proved to be one of the biggest hits of the year. It will be released in India by Singapore entity Continental Entertainment Private Limited (Cepl) via Reliance Entertainment. Cepl released the film in Singapore successfully and holds distribution rights for China, Europe and also the Middle East, where it is set for a Jan. 2023, release.
The Bengali-language film will release on Dec. 16, 2022 in Bengali-speaking Kolkata and West Bengal,...
The film follows the journey of an all-men team on a fishing trawler, whose routine is disrupted when they haul in a mysterious catch. The cast is led by hugely popular star Chanchal Chowdhury and includes Nazifa Tushi, Sariful Islam Razz, Sumon Anowar, Nasir Uddin Khan and Shohel Mondol. It is produced by Sun Music & Motion Pictures Limited and Facecard Productions.
“Hawa” released in Bangladesh in July and proved to be one of the biggest hits of the year. It will be released in India by Singapore entity Continental Entertainment Private Limited (Cepl) via Reliance Entertainment. Cepl released the film in Singapore successfully and holds distribution rights for China, Europe and also the Middle East, where it is set for a Jan. 2023, release.
The Bengali-language film will release on Dec. 16, 2022 in Bengali-speaking Kolkata and West Bengal,...
- 12/14/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
India’s Reliance Entertainment and Singapore-based Continental Entertainment Private Limited (Cepl) are releasing Bangladesh’s Oscars submission Hawa (Wind) across India, marking the first time ever that a purely Bangladeshi film has received a wide pan-India release.
The fantasy thriller, directed by Mejbaur Rahman Sumon, will be released in Kolkata and the state of West Bengal on December 16, coinciding with Bangladesh’s Victory Day national holiday, followed by a release in several cities across India from December 30.
Produced by Sun Music and Motion Pictures, the film was released in Bangladesh theatres on July 29, where it is still playing in theatres more than four months later. Filmed at sea during the pandemic, it tells the story of a group of fishermen who find a beautiful creature under the sea.
Cepl acquired rights to the film for India, Singapore, Middle East and Europe, and has so far also released it theatrically in Singapore.
The fantasy thriller, directed by Mejbaur Rahman Sumon, will be released in Kolkata and the state of West Bengal on December 16, coinciding with Bangladesh’s Victory Day national holiday, followed by a release in several cities across India from December 30.
Produced by Sun Music and Motion Pictures, the film was released in Bangladesh theatres on July 29, where it is still playing in theatres more than four months later. Filmed at sea during the pandemic, it tells the story of a group of fishermen who find a beautiful creature under the sea.
Cepl acquired rights to the film for India, Singapore, Middle East and Europe, and has so far also released it theatrically in Singapore.
- 12/14/2022
- by Liz Shackleton
- Deadline Film + TV
Keep track of all the submissions for best international feature at the 2023 Academy Awards.
Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is...
Entries for the 2023 Oscar for best international feature are underway, and Screen is profiling each one on this page.
Scroll down for profiles of each Oscar entry
An international feature film is defined as a feature-length motion picture produced outside the US with a predominantly (more than 50) non-English dialogue track and can include animated and documentary features.
Submitted films must have been released theatrically in their respective countries between January 1, 2022 and November 30, 2022. The deadline for submissions to the Academy is October 3, 2022.
A shortlist of 15 finalists is...
- 9/26/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
“Mujib: The Making of a Nation,” the biopic of late Bangladeshi leader Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, is currently in post-production and a teaser will be unveiled at the Cannes Market in May.
Popularly known as Bangabandhu (friend of Bengal), Rahman was one of the founders of the Awami League party and led the movement for political autonomy for East Pakistan and the subsequent formation of independent Bangladesh in 1971. He served as the first president and then the first prime minister of Bangladesh until he was assassinated in an army coup in 1975. His daughter Sheikh Hasina is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
The film is directed by veteran Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal. It is a Bangladesh-India co-production between the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation and India’s National Film Development Corporation. THe two organizations are jointly handling international rights sales.
Arifin Shuvoo, best actor winner at the Bangladesh National Film Awards for “Dhaka Attack,...
Popularly known as Bangabandhu (friend of Bengal), Rahman was one of the founders of the Awami League party and led the movement for political autonomy for East Pakistan and the subsequent formation of independent Bangladesh in 1971. He served as the first president and then the first prime minister of Bangladesh until he was assassinated in an army coup in 1975. His daughter Sheikh Hasina is the current Prime Minister of Bangladesh.
The film is directed by veteran Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal. It is a Bangladesh-India co-production between the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation and India’s National Film Development Corporation. THe two organizations are jointly handling international rights sales.
Arifin Shuvoo, best actor winner at the Bangladesh National Film Awards for “Dhaka Attack,...
- 3/22/2022
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
by Fahmidul Haq
Tareque Masud’s “Matir Moina” (2002) was the first film from Bangladesh that was screened in Cannes’ Director’s Fortnight section and won the Fipresci award jointly with Elia Suleiman’s “Divine Intervention”. But it is Abdullah Mohammad Saad’s second feature “Rehana Maryam Noor”, the first film from the South Asian cinephile nation to be officially selected at Cannes, competing in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ category. The director of the film also bagged the Jury Grand Prize from Asia-Pacific Screen Award where the lead actress Azmeri Haque Badhon earned the award of the Best Performance by an Actress. Badhon was also included in the short list of ‘Variety’s International Breakout Stars of 2021’. Bangladeshi actors Chanchal Chowdhury, Mosharraf Karim and Badhon have expanded their stardom in 2021 by acting in web series released in Indian OTTs. Jaya Ahsan continued her already established acting career both in Dhaka and Kolkata-based Indian industry.
Tareque Masud’s “Matir Moina” (2002) was the first film from Bangladesh that was screened in Cannes’ Director’s Fortnight section and won the Fipresci award jointly with Elia Suleiman’s “Divine Intervention”. But it is Abdullah Mohammad Saad’s second feature “Rehana Maryam Noor”, the first film from the South Asian cinephile nation to be officially selected at Cannes, competing in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ category. The director of the film also bagged the Jury Grand Prize from Asia-Pacific Screen Award where the lead actress Azmeri Haque Badhon earned the award of the Best Performance by an Actress. Badhon was also included in the short list of ‘Variety’s International Breakout Stars of 2021’. Bangladeshi actors Chanchal Chowdhury, Mosharraf Karim and Badhon have expanded their stardom in 2021 by acting in web series released in Indian OTTs. Jaya Ahsan continued her already established acting career both in Dhaka and Kolkata-based Indian industry.
- 1/31/2022
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
Abu Shahed Emon, a Bangladeshi filmmaker with close ties to Busan, is back at the festival with “No Ground Beneath the Feet,” directed by debutant Mohammad Rabby Mridha. He braved two weeks of quarantine to be in Busan in person.
The film, which premieres at the festival’s ‘A Window on Asian Cinema’ strand, follows the travails of an ambulance driver in Dhaka and the struggles of his wife in a slowly shrinking river delta, while tackling universal themes of climate change, poverty and societal ills. The cast includes Mostafa Monwar, who won best performance at the 2016 Singapore International Film Festival for “Live from Dhaka”), Priyam Archi and Deepanwita Martin (“Made in Bangladesh”).
Emon has been busy during the pandemic and will continue being so in the months to come. As a producer, he has a raft of films in various stages of production via his Golpo Rajjo Films.
Drama...
The film, which premieres at the festival’s ‘A Window on Asian Cinema’ strand, follows the travails of an ambulance driver in Dhaka and the struggles of his wife in a slowly shrinking river delta, while tackling universal themes of climate change, poverty and societal ills. The cast includes Mostafa Monwar, who won best performance at the 2016 Singapore International Film Festival for “Live from Dhaka”), Priyam Archi and Deepanwita Martin (“Made in Bangladesh”).
Emon has been busy during the pandemic and will continue being so in the months to come. As a producer, he has a raft of films in various stages of production via his Golpo Rajjo Films.
Drama...
- 10/9/2021
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
By Siddiq Ahamed
“Aynabaji” is a chronicle of Sarafat Karim Ayna (Chanchal Chowdhury) who wanted to be an actor but ended up as a human chameleon, serving as body double for convicted criminals, operating in the dark side of metro city Dhaka. Hridy (Masuma Rahman Nabila), the next-door-girl develops a connection with Ayna, as she is attracted to him. Ayna was content with his transforming life, until a stubborn and reckless crime reporter named Saber (Partha Barua) starts investigating his background. The film then becomes a cat and mouse game, as Ayna, like every cocky-confident ‘professional’, gets into a dangerous situation, finding himself not having the control he was accustomed to. Will he be able to pull one final trick out of his bag?
First clap goes to the reputed cinematographer Rashed Zaman for his spectacular efforts. From the first frame, he traps the audience through his visual illusion. The...
“Aynabaji” is a chronicle of Sarafat Karim Ayna (Chanchal Chowdhury) who wanted to be an actor but ended up as a human chameleon, serving as body double for convicted criminals, operating in the dark side of metro city Dhaka. Hridy (Masuma Rahman Nabila), the next-door-girl develops a connection with Ayna, as she is attracted to him. Ayna was content with his transforming life, until a stubborn and reckless crime reporter named Saber (Partha Barua) starts investigating his background. The film then becomes a cat and mouse game, as Ayna, like every cocky-confident ‘professional’, gets into a dangerous situation, finding himself not having the control he was accustomed to. Will he be able to pull one final trick out of his bag?
First clap goes to the reputed cinematographer Rashed Zaman for his spectacular efforts. From the first frame, he traps the audience through his visual illusion. The...
- 4/30/2020
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
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