Celebrated Bangladeshi filmmaker Amitabh Reza Choudhury’s debut big screen venture ‘Aynabaji’, which has already participated in numerous international film festivals and earned appreciation worldwide, will participate in the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) in Melbourne.
The film revolves around Ayna, a struggling actor, finds that the only way to follow his passion is to take on the most difficult roles imaginable-imitating the well-connected in order to serve their prison sentences. Aynabaji is a study of the horrifying forces the impoverished must contend with survive in a world built upon their backs.
The festival will begin August 10 and run till August 22 and the film ‘Aynabaji’ will be screened at the ‘From The Subcontinent’ category on August 20. With ‘Diversity’ as its unifying theme, this year’s festival explores the richness of contemporary cinema from India and the sub-continent – featuring 60 films in 20 different languages, spanning Bollywood box-office hits to documentaries and art-house festival favourites, as well as hosting the fourth edition of the annual Westpac Indian Film Festival of Melbourne Awards.
‘From The Subcontinent’ features films from Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan. Earlier, ‘Aynabaji’ participated at the Dhaka International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival and Cannes 2016.
