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Six new Bangladeshi films are ready to be released for cinema halls on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr with Dhallywood megastar Shakib Khan starring in two of the cinemas– Borbaad and Antaratma.

Jongli, Daagi, Jinn 3 and Chokkor 302 are the other new films set to be released on the Eid day as one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims is going to be celebrated either on Monday or Tuesday depending on the sighting of the moon.  


Senior vice-president of Bangladesh Film Exhibitors’ Association, Mia Alauddin, said on Friday that nearly 150 cinemas were ready for screening as Eid films and he hoped that audiences would accept them well.

‘Shakib Khan starred film Borbaad has demand at almost all single screen cinema halls while some films have been prepared for multiplexes,’ said Mia Alauddin.

Film producer and Jaaz Multimedia chairman, Abdul Aziz, hopes that their third film of horror series Jinn will enthrall multiplex audiences.

‘Jinn 3 will enthrall all categories of audiences and I hope the other films will be popular which will strengthen our film industry,’ said Abdul Aziz.  

Single screen Madhumita Cinema Hall owner Iftekhar Uddin Nawshad said that he would screen ‘Borbaad’ in the cinema and later other Eid films would be displayed.

‘After four months, the cinema will reopen with the Eid films and we have developed our sound system and brought a new screen for the Eid celebration,’ Nawshad said, adding that the rumour of closing Madhumita Cinema Hall hurt him and his family.

Star Cineplex media and marketing manager Mesbah Uddin Ahmed said that six films were planned to be screened during the Eid festival.

‘We plan to screen Bangladeshi films and regular international films during the Eid festival,’ said Mesbah Uddin Ahmed.

Shakib Khan, Idhika Paul, Misha Sawdagor and Jisshu Sengupta have starred in lead roles in Borbaad written and directed by Mehedi Hasan Hridoy while Antaratma, starred by Darshana Banik and Shakib Khan in lead roles, has been directed by Wajed Ali Sumon.  

Daagi starring Afran Nisho, Tama Mirza and Sunerah Binte Kamal in lead roles, has been directed by Shihab Shahin, Jongli starring Shabnam Bubly and Siam Ahmed in lead roles has been directed by Jaber Ahmed Shakil, Jinn 3 starred by Abdun Noor Shajal and Nusraat Faria has been directed by Kamruzzaman Roman, and Chokkor 302 starring Mosharraf Karim and Rikita Nandini Shimu in lead roles has been directed by Sharaf Ahmed Jibon.  

Past year, a record 13 films were released on Eid-ul-Fitr.