National award-winning actor Siam Ahmed and young actress Puja Cherry starrer police action film titled 'Shaan', directed by M Raahim to release across 80 halls in North America from June 24. The matter has been confirmed by, Mohammad Oliullah Sajeev, president of Swapna Scarecrow, a Canada-based company that is the world leading distributor of Bangladeshi cinema.
On Sunday June 5 they had an agreement with the production company of the film. This was done during a promotional event 'Dinner with Siam-Puja' at a restaurant in the capital's Jamuna Future Park.
Producer M Wahidur Rahman and Shoikot Salahuddin, the CEO of Swapna Scarecrow Bangladesh, signed a contract on behalf of the film's production company "Filmman Entertainment”.
After the signing of the agreement, Shoikot Saladin said, "In the first week, they are starting with 80 theatres, their aim is to release the film in 100 cinema halls abroad and we believe that will be completed by next week.”
Meanwhile, before the release of the film, several people had run campaigns. The promotional contest urged fans to promote ‘Shaan’ using their social media. Four winners, alongside 20 other participants and the team of the film ‘Shaan’ attended the dinner.
At the time, Siam said, "We are proud of the unprecedented success of 'Shaan'. Not only 'Shaan', all the film that have been released during the occasion of Eid watched by the audience this time. Hopefully, the producers will come forward to make better films in the future. "
Puja said, "I saw such spectators many days after 'Poraman 2' and 'Dohon'. They believe in the Siam-Puja pairing, thanks to the audience for this. Hopefully, there will be an announcement of a better film from this filmman in the future. "
The action thriller story film directed by M Rahim is based on true events. The story of the film is by Azad Khan. The screenplay and dialogues were co-written by Azad Khan and Nazim Ud Daula. The film is produced by Wahidur Rahman and M Atiqur Rahman under the banner of Filmman Productions.
Earlier, the film was released in Bangladesh as well as Malaysia on the occasion of Eid-ul Fitr, it was screened at TGV Bukit Raja, Rawang, Seri Manjung Park, TGV Jaya and Jahrul Baru City Square Cineplexes in Kuala Lumpur from Eid day.
Apart from Siam Ahmed and Puja Cherry the film also features stars like Misha Sawdagar, Don, Nader Chowdhury, Taskeen Rahman, Syed Hasan Imam, Champa and Aruna Biswas in pivotal roles.
