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First Poster of ‘Rickshaw Girl’ released
Entertainment desk, Rtv online
25 Aug 2019, 00:00
An innocent girl, eyes filled with dreams and untold stories and her face reflects the story of a Rickshaw Girl. Amitabh Reza Chowdhury has created a film based on such a story of a girl. The film is named ‘Rickshaw Girl’ and the poster of this film has been released on Sunday. Not only did the poster make the film-lovers in Bangladesh excited about the film, but it has also created a huge buzz in the social media.
The shooting of the film had taken place in various locations across the country including Pabna and Gazipur for the past four months. Also, for the first time in Bangladesh, more than 100 houses were built in Bangabandhu Film City, Gazipur to give a look of a slum which already became a major attraction for the industry to talk about. The film “Rickshaw Girl” is based on Mitali Perkins’s best-selling book of the same name.
The lead character Naima, portrayed by Novera Rahman, is the capricious elder daughter of a rickshaw-puller. Naima was a free and independent girl who grew up in a village of Bangladesh with her life being as colorful as the ‘rangolis’ she used to make. The earnings Naima made by drawing ‘rangolis’ was never enough for her and her family. However, this never stopped Naima from making ‘rangolis’ of various mixtures and collaborations of colors which so beautifully complimented one another. One day she steps out of her house with her eyes filled with dreams. She starts facing different twists and turns in her life while chasing her dream. These turns and twist gave Naima new experiences and gathering all these experiences a brave Rickshaw girl is born.
The film ‘Rickshaw Girl’ maintains international standard and Eric James Adams has produced it. Faridur Reza Sagor and Ziauddin Adil are the joint executive producers of the film. Naseef Faruque Amin and Sharbari Zohra Ahmed are the screenplay writers of the film.
Commenting on the film ‘Rickshaw Girl’, Amitabh Reza Chowdhury, the director said, “Rickshaw Girl was made with the vision to heighten the quality productions of Bangladesh film industry on the international platforms. We have released the poster of the film today and it represents an independent and courageous woman. Hence, we will get to see such a character and her adventurous journey in the film.”
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Source: India Today
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Source: India Today
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Source: CNN
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Source: CNN
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