Bangladeshi-Canadian filmmaker Iqbal H. Chowdhury, who was joint winner of the 2023 Busan Worldwide Movie Competition’s New Developments competitors with “Dangler,” will arrange his subsequent movie Featured on the pageant’s Asia Mission Market (APM).
Set in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh within the early 2000s, the movie tells the story of a movie journalist who searches for a controversial B-movie star amid the chaos surrounding a ban on vulgar movies.
“The thought for ‘Dhaka Naagin’ got here from a thesis discuss I gave at York College in Toronto. My grasp’s thesis targeted on standard Bangladeshi movies and I wrote an article analyzing varied dance strikes of Bangladeshi movie stars , it has at all times been a responsible pleasure of mine to observe Bengali movies in cinemas. [snake] Musicals, struggle scenes, dance and melodrama make for an thrilling expertise for the audiences of Bengali cinema. Rising up with that form of film, I miss these extraordinary parts and the responsible pleasure they convey. That nostalgia was in all probability what impressed me to write down this film. kind.
Naagin musicals are a style of South Asian movies that characteristic a shape-shifting snake lady (generally referred to as Naagin or Naagin) because the storyline. Najin are legendary creatures from folklore, typically looking for revenge or love. These movies typically incorporate parts of fantasy, folklore, drama, and romance.
“I do not need to convey a selected message however slightly invite the viewer into my extraordinary ‘world’. My problem is to make this world distinctive and awe-inspiring,” Chowdhury stated.
Chaudhry is producing the movie for Mayer Doa Movies together with Tuhin Tamijul. Tamizul is one among Bangladesh’s most acclaimed cinematographers, whose work contains “The Wrestler,” Abdullah Mohamed Saad’s Cannes movie “Rehana” and the Rotterdam movie “From Dhaka.” scene”.
The price range is between $250,000 and $300,000, with filming scheduled to start in mid-2025, relying on funding and different components. The staff is looking for co-production, financing, manufacturing help and pre-sales from APM.
“I am very enthusiastic about the subject material of this movie. We developed a deep understanding whereas making ‘Dangler.’ I’ve full confidence in Iqbal’s capability to convey this movie to life with ability and integrity,” Tammy Jules stated.
Iqbal Chaudhry, Tuhin Tamijul
Meyer Doa motion pictures
