Silver screen starts paying off!
Monday, 21 December 2009
Jasim Uddin Haroon
The country's film industry is on course for erasing its dark days, as many decent movies smashed box office this year, with the end-of-year surge led by Mustafa Sarwar Farooqi's Third Person Singular Number.
The entertainment industry insiders said Bangladesh's box office receipts have surpassed those of 2008 mainly due to the success of super hit full-length Bangla feature film Monpura directed by Giasuddin Selim.
Mr Selim told the FE: "My movie had earned around Tk 90 million in nine months and was shown in 450 cinemas."
Monpura ran 32 weeks at one go at the Cineplex in the city, the film distributor claimed.
Hit movies such as Jan Amar Jan directed by MB Manik, Mayer Hate Behester Chabi by Dipjal, Bhalobasbi Kina Bol by Uttam Akash and Ek Takar Bou by PA Kazol also earned windfall profits and were exhibited in about 600 cinemas across the country.
They said the audience also increased during the year.
Momtaz-Ala-Shakoor Ahmed, managing director of Film Development Corporation (FDC), told the FE: "We're really happy with the surge in the industry."
Mr Momtaz also said the FDC was actively trying to regain the lost glory by adopting pragmatic polices for the country's Tk 1.0 billion mainly vernacular film industry.
Uttam Akash, a film director said: "The year 2008 is certainly the best year for the producers and filmmakers as the list of hits was impressive."
"Most of the hit films of this year were processed in India. The processing is time consuming and expensive," he added.
Mr Uttam also said the hit movies earned on an average Tk 30 million each and around 7.0-8.0 million viewers watched each of them
Habib Khan, managing director of Ashirbad Chhalachitra, a leading film distributors said: "Piracy is hurting the industry."
Mr Habib, distributor of Third Person Singular Number said this movie was being shown for the second consecutive week in 17 cinemas in the country adding: "I'm receiving requests from theatre hall owners for the film everyday."
Bangladesh's annual production of films ranges between 60 and 70. Some 64 feature films were released this year and about 40 others were in the making, according to the FDC.
The country's film industry is on course for erasing its dark days, as many decent movies smashed box office this year, with the end-of-year surge led by Mustafa Sarwar Farooqi's Third Person Singular Number.
The entertainment industry insiders said Bangladesh's box office receipts have surpassed those of 2008 mainly due to the success of super hit full-length Bangla feature film Monpura directed by Giasuddin Selim.
Mr Selim told the FE: "My movie had earned around Tk 90 million in nine months and was shown in 450 cinemas."
Monpura ran 32 weeks at one go at the Cineplex in the city, the film distributor claimed.
Hit movies such as Jan Amar Jan directed by MB Manik, Mayer Hate Behester Chabi by Dipjal, Bhalobasbi Kina Bol by Uttam Akash and Ek Takar Bou by PA Kazol also earned windfall profits and were exhibited in about 600 cinemas across the country.
They said the audience also increased during the year.
Momtaz-Ala-Shakoor Ahmed, managing director of Film Development Corporation (FDC), told the FE: "We're really happy with the surge in the industry."
Mr Momtaz also said the FDC was actively trying to regain the lost glory by adopting pragmatic polices for the country's Tk 1.0 billion mainly vernacular film industry.
Uttam Akash, a film director said: "The year 2008 is certainly the best year for the producers and filmmakers as the list of hits was impressive."
"Most of the hit films of this year were processed in India. The processing is time consuming and expensive," he added.
Mr Uttam also said the hit movies earned on an average Tk 30 million each and around 7.0-8.0 million viewers watched each of them
Habib Khan, managing director of Ashirbad Chhalachitra, a leading film distributors said: "Piracy is hurting the industry."
Mr Habib, distributor of Third Person Singular Number said this movie was being shown for the second consecutive week in 17 cinemas in the country adding: "I'm receiving requests from theatre hall owners for the film everyday."
Bangladesh's annual production of films ranges between 60 and 70. Some 64 feature films were released this year and about 40 others were in the making, according to the FDC.