Bangabandhu Film City will be world class: Hasan

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GAZIPUR, Oct 18, 2019 (BSS) – Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today
said the Bangabandhu Film City will be turned into world-class within the
shortest possible time.

“…within the shortest possible time, this (Bangabandhu Film City) will
be turned into an international standard film city gradually,” he told
reporters during his visit to the film city here.

Information Secretary Abdul Malek and Bangabandhu Film City managing
director Md Abdul Karim, among others, accompanied the minister during the
visit.

The preliminary works of Bangabandhu Film City construction on a 105-acre
of land is almost completed, Dr Hasan said.

He said Bangladesh and India jointly are going to make a film on Father of
the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, commemorating the golden
jubilee of the country’s independence.

The minister said noted Indian director Shyam Benegal, the director of the
Bangladesh-India co-production, has already visited Bangabandhu Film City and
wished to shoot of some parts of the film here.

The decision to jointly produce a feature film on Bangabandhu Sheikh
Mujibur Rahman along with a documentary on Bangladesh Liberation War is the
outcome of an improved bilateral and diplomatic relations between the two
neighbouring countries.

This initiative can further strengthen the bond through the exchange of
audio-visual programmes and making Indo-Bangla films and documentaries.

The Bangabandhu Film City will not only be used for shooting purpose, but
also for serving as a recreation centre, having Grameen houses, market,
shooting restaurant, makeup rooms, a lake, a pond, a date palm garden, and
forests of different trees, a bridge, a dormitory and many other
infrastructures.