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  01 Aug 2023, 17:22
Update : 01 Aug 2023, 17:51

Bangabandhu biopic 'Mujib-The Making of a Nation' gets censor certificate

 
DHAKA, Aug 1, 2023 (BSS) - 'Mujib: The Making of Nation', a biopic of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, has obtained censor certificate.
 
Bangladesh Film Censor Board under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting gave the censor certificate today, said a press release of the ministry.
 
Eminent Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal directed the movie, a Bangladesh-India joint venture production which awaits censor certificate in India as well.
 
Indian screenplay writers Atul Tiwari and Shama Zaidi penned the script and dialogues of the movie made in Bangla.
 
More than 100 Bangladeshi artistes played roles in the movie having 150 characters.
 
The film's shooting began at Film City in Mumbai on January 22, 2021 and ended on December 18 of that year in Bangladesh.
 
Bangladesh paid 60 percent of the production cost while India 40 percent.

On March 17 in 2022, the movie's first poster was released coinciding with Bangabandhu's birth anniversary while the second poster on May 3, 2022.
 
Trailer of the movie was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, 2022.