Indian movie Wanted' gets entry to Bangladesh
Bangladeshi cinema-goers can now enjoy Indian films in cinema halls across the country, for the first time, as the Indian action crime thriller, Wanted, got clearance certificate from the Bangladesh film censor board yesterday. Saiful Islam Chowdhury, member of the censor board and president of Bangladesh Motion Picture Exhibitors Association, confirmed the development. Inn-win Enterprise has imported the film, under the Import Policy Order, 2012-15. Inn-win Enterprise proprietor Iftekhar Uddin Naushad told The Independent that screening each others' movies should be allowed in both the countries, to save the cinema halls and the film industry in general.
"Many cinema halls are closing down. If this continues, it will be difficult to save the industry. That's why we have to open up the market," he added.
About releasing Wanted, Naushad, also the proprietor of Madhumita Cinema Hall, said, "I've called upon the film producers' association, to release the film in 50-60 cinema halls across the country. Everything depends on the approval of the association."
"Recreational programmes like music, drama, movies, documentaries, etc. can be exported in the form of audio and video cassettes, compact discs (CD), DVDs, etc., if there is no objection from the information ministry," the order said.
Armed with this order, Bangladesh distributors imported Indian films such as Don 2, Three Idiots, and Taare Zameen Par. Of the films imported, Wanted got the clearance of the censor board for the first time, Saiful Islam Chowdhury said.
Two other films"Khoka Babu and Khoka 420"are in the pipeline for clearance of the censor board, he added.
Under the order, two organisations, Khan Brothers and Upahar Cinema, exported eight films Ananta Bhalabasha, Hridoyer Bondhan, Maa Amar Swarga, Tumi Amar Moner Manush, Mukhoshdhari, Sramik Neta, Praner Manush, and Josner Prem. Of these, Maa Amar Swarga and Tumi Amar Moner Manush got clearance from the Indian censor board.
JK Entertainment, a West Bengal-based distributor, distributes the films. It has filed an application with the authorities at West Bengal state-run Nandan cineplex, in Kolkata, to screen the films there, in December.
Under the Import Policy Order, 2012-15, import of cinematographic films from SAFTA countries will be equal in number, against export of films produced in Bangladesh.
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