“Rina Brown” hits the big screen

The period piece centres on the romantic relationship between a young man and woman from separate communities, and their subsequent separation impacted by the war, forcing them to choose identity relations.
Shooting for the film wrapped up last April amidst many hurdles in the shape of monetary constraints and more. “I needed a lot more money in order for the film to take shape the way I had originally intended,” the director said, “the film has had lots of support from National Filmmaking Grant and the people as it is also crowd funded. When we weren't able to raise enough, we approached Impress Telefilms and they had agreed to lend us their support. However, the challenging task of distributing the film had fallen upon me, and I had to contact the hall. Currently Jazz Multimedia is behind distribution. Once it had passed through the censor boards we were faced with the huge task of editing, and it was a lengthy process as it was difficult to find someone who could operate the proper tools to get the job done.”
“I have represented the middle class in my film,” stated the director, “as classist as that may sound, it's a group that is neglected in Bangladeshi mainstream films. Therefore I didn't expect many to enjoy the film. Even then to my surprise, many have already gone to see the film.”
Despite the specialised target carried by the film, it has already received overwhelmingly positive responses. “Young people, to my happy surprise were thrilled,” said the director, “Society is conditioned to only seeing young men and women in love, and I have deliberately broken those norms by portraying the central characters 40 years later. Everyone was initially sceptical, but so far the response has been great.”
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