DOT Desk
The campaign ‘Bhalobasar Bangladesh’ has been trending on the social media for years, reports The Daily Observer. The participants had submitted over 9500 one-minute videos and three of the country’s top film-makers have made films based on three of them. The films were screened at the ‘Bhalobasar Bangladesh Film Fest 2018’ and also on four TV channels — Maasranga, Nagorik TV, Ekushey TV and SATV. The campaign sought inspiring videos featuring Bangladesh. It was an initiative of Square, jointly organised with Chhabial to mark the country’s 47 years of independence. Renowned filmmakers Catherine Masud, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki and Amitabh Reza Chowdhury carried out the role of jury. The participants were invited to send videos on humanitarian issues, act of bravery, a lifesaving technology or a promising enterprise and so on.
Among the three, Golam Kibria Farooki made ‘Abdullah’ featuring Shahbaz Sani, Sayak, Manira Mithu and Solaiman Khoka. Redwan Rony made ‘Phoenix’ starring Nusrat Imrose Tisha alongside Maznun Mizan, Mili Bashar, Sagar Huda and Annesha. Ashfaque Nipun made ‘Chaka’ that has Yash Rohan and Sabila Noor in the lead roles.