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Khancha (The Cage), a Bangladeshi film, was screened in Nigeria for the first time on Tuesday at the Second Asian Film Festival organised by Korean Cultural Centre, Abuja.
The film festival will continue until December 14, said Bangladesh high commissioner to Nigeria M Shameem Ahsan, reports The New Age.
The Bangladesh Mission in Abuja was opened two years ago.
All expatriate Bangladeshi nationals, including film-lovers, were invited to watch the film at the festival where a total of 10 countries like Iran, South Korea, China, Malaysia and Japan are participating.
Directed by Akram Khan and a film of the Impress Telefilms Limited, Khancha was released in
2017.
Drawn from the short story of Hasan Azizul Huq, a noted Bangladeshi writer, the film revolves around the Partition of India in 1947.
Jaya Ahsan, Azad Abul Kalam, Mamunur Rashid Chadni and Arman Pervej have played the main characters.
Though not nominated, Khancha was selected as Bangladesh’s entry into the Best Foreign Language Film Category at the 2018-Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, according to Bangladesh High Commission in Abuja.
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