According to data from the distributor association, over fifty movies were released on the big screen last year. Unfortunately, a majority of these films failed to generate sufficient returns on investment. However, many hope the movie business will experience a turnaround in the new year.
National Award Winning actor and President of Bangladesh Film Artistes' Association, Ilias Kanchan has shunned the recently resigned joint general secretary and actor Symon Sadik’s claim of the organisation’s ineffectiveness in cessation of simultaneous releases of foreign with Bengali films in a recent remark.
It is worth mentioning that yesterday three films were released in Bangladesh. Two of the films are local productions, “Kagojer Bou” and “Shesh Bazi”. In addition, the film “Hubba” from the neighbouring country, India, starring actor Mosharraf Karim has also been released in Bangladesh.
Three Bangla films involving Indian director, Bratya Basu’s directorial, “Hubba”, Chayanika Chowdhury’s “Kagojer Bou” and Mehedi Hasan’s “Shesh Bazi” have been released to theatres all across the country today – after a stale three weeks of the new year.
For the film industry, the year-end and the beginning of the new year are rather crucial, as producers and directors typically buckle up with promotional campaigns for their productions and their respective releases.