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Vol. 5 Num 1115 Fri. July 20, 2007  
   
Culture


Abu Sayeed completes filming of "Banshi"


Filkmaker Abu Sayeed has finished shooting his forth film Banshi. Funded by Visions Sud Est, a renowned Swiss organisation, the film is going to be submitted to the Censor Board possibly in the next week.

The film revolves around urban characters at a traditional rural mela. Arif (Mamunul Haque), an aspiring filmmaker, goes to a remote village to see a mela. There he meets Shaila (Tanveen Sweety). Both of them are taken in as guests by two influential families of the village. They become distressed when the two families get involved in a brawl. The situation reminds him of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet or Tolstoy's Little Girls Wiser than Men. The experience however, inspires him to envision a scene for his film.

Apart from direction, Abu Sayeed has also written the script. Mujibul Haque is the cinematographer of the film. S.I. Tutul has composed the songs for the film.

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A scene from Banshi