Entertainment Desk
Director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s bilingual film Doob – No Bed Of Roses, starring Irrfan Khan and Tisha, will not have its premiere show in Dhaka.
The premier show has been shifted to Kolkata instead, which also scraps Irrfan’s Dhaka visit. The film, set to hit the theaters on October 27 simultaneously in Bangladesh and India, was earlier scheduled to be premiered in Dhaka one day before its release. Bollywood actor Irfan Khan was said to participate the Dhaka premier show, being the central character and producer of Doob. However, Farooki informed the media on Sunday regarding this sudden change of plans.
The film will now have its first show at Kolkata’s INOX Quest Mall (Insignia) on 26th October. Prior to the screening, director Farooki, lead actors Irrfan, Tisha and Parno Mitra will participate in a 30-minute Q/A session with the reporters.
Doob has been jointly produced by Bangladesh’s Abdul Aziz and India’s Irrfan Khan under the banner of Jaaz Multimedia and Irrfan Khan Films.
Mostafa Sarwar Farooki tried to clarify this sudden move, saying, “Bangladeshi spirits dominates throughout this film. Two of the four lead actors hail from Bangladesh. Not only the director; the screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, music director all are Bangladeshi.
The story is from Bangladesh, so is the location. The whole film was shot here, even the practice sessions were also held in Bangladesh. This made our Indian producer question their part in this film when I thought of arranging the premier here instead of in India.”
Farooki said that he found this query logical. “Hence, to pay tribute to the spirits of joint-production films, we decided to shift the premier show to Kolkata,” he justified.
The news of Doob’s Dhaka premier was initially met with huge interest and great response by eminent media personalities. In this regard, Farooki said, “Prominent media personas, friends and acquaintances attend film premiers mostly as guests. They will understand my reason to shift the screening. The experience of film watching does not change, be it a premier screening or hall show.”
The 44-year-old director requested his friends and well-wishers to buy tickets and enjoy this long-anticipated film. To attend the premier show, Farooki, Tisha and producer Aziz will jet off to Kolkata on 26th October and will return back in Bangladesh the next morning.
The whole Bangladeshi team of this film will be present at a couple of halls here on 27th October throughout the day.
