The biopic "Mujib: The Making of a Nation," portraying the life of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, will be screened at the 48th Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) to be held from September 7-17.
The movie which is a Bangladesh-India joint venture production directed Indian filmmaker Shyam Benegal will be screened on September 13 at 6:30pm local time, the Bangladesh High Commission in Canada said.
The High Commission is "delighted" to inform that the biopic will be screened at the Bell Lightbox Cinema 7 as part of the 48th TIFF.
Bangladesh Film Censor Board under the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting gave the censor certificate to “Mujib: The Making of Nation” recently.
Indian screenplay writers Atul Tiwari and Shama Zaidi penned the script and dialogues of the movie made in Bangla.
More than 100 Bangladeshi artistes played roles in the movie having 150 characters.
The film’s shooting began at Film City in Mumbai on January 22, 2021 and ended on December 18 that year in Bangladesh.
Bangladesh paid 60% of the production cost while India paid 40%.
On March 17, 2022, the movie’s first poster was released coinciding with Bangabandhu’s birth anniversary while the second poster on May 3, 2022. Trailer of the movie was released at the Cannes Film Festival in France on May 19, 2022.
