“There Is An Audience For Bangladeshi Films In Kolkata”- Gautam Ghose
Andalib Elias – Deputy High Commissioner for Bangladesh, Ranjan Sen, Hasan Mahmud, Minister of Information of Bangladesh, Jaya Ahsan, Chanchal Chowdhury, Gautam Ghose, Babul Supriyo, and others graced the inauguration of the 4th Bangladesh Film Festival.
The festival is an initiative of the Deputy High Commission for the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Kolkata.
The festival’s first edition was organized in January 2018. The second edition was organized in February 2019 and the third edition was held in February 2021. Due to the pandemic, the festival in its fourth year is organized in the month of October.
The inauguration took place at Rabindra Sadan.
Gautam Ghose said “There is an audience for Bangladeshi films in Kolkata. This is evident from the popularity that we have noticed in relation to the film Hawa. People have thronged to the halls to watch the film. Such hype is unprecedented. One needs to break the barriers so that the audience of Bengali films is not limited to a certain geographical area. Steps must be taken so that the films of both sides of the border can be filmed easily”.
The number of films that will be shown at the festival is thirty-seven. There are feature films, short films, and documentaries at the festival.
The film festival is free and open to all. If there is a demand for a certain film among the audience, the organizers have kept some slots empty and they will show the in-demand film in that slot. This will depend on the feedback that the organizers will get from the audience.
Some of the films that will be shown in the festival include Hawa, Beauty Circus, Hasina-A Daughter’s Tale, Kothai Pabo Tare, Chandraboti Kotha, Phera, Shuttle Train, Hridita, Nonajoler Kabbo, Golui, Biswasundari, Ekti Desher Jonye Gaan and many more.
The films can be seen at Nandan 1, 2, and 3 from 12 pm to 8 pm.
The festival will continue till 2nd November.
For more details visit: www.bdhc-kolkata.org
Priyanka Dutta