{"id":30875,"date":"2017-02-19T20:18:33","date_gmt":"2017-02-19T20:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=30875"},"modified":"2017-02-19T20:18:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-19T20:18:33","slug":"bangladesh-censor-board-bans-no-bed-of-roses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=30875","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh Censor Board bans \u2018No Bed of Roses\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"2\"Entertainment Desk:<\/strong> No Bed of Roses, a film said to be loosely based on late Bangladeshi writer and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed, starring and co-produced by Indian actor Irrfan Khan, has been banned in Bangladesh. Irrfan has expressed surprise. Helmed by Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, the movie is said to be about Ahmed, who divorced his wife of 27 years and married an actress 33 years his junior. But the filmmaker has denied that it\u2019s a biopic.<\/p>\n

According to variety.com, the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation\u2019s (BFDC) Joint Venture Preview Committee approved the script of the movie on March 8, 2016, after which the film went into production. The completed film was previewed for the BFDC on February 12, 2017, and received a No Objection Certificate on February 15.<\/p>\n

But just a day later, the BFDC sent the production a letter stating that the certificate had been cancelled due to a letter from the Bangladesh Information Ministry.<\/p>\n

Irrfan said: \u201cI am really surprised to know that the government of Bangladesh has blocked the film. This is a human story that deals with complex male and female relationships in a subtle and balanced way. What harm will it cause to the society if seen?\u201d The actor, acclaimed for his work in Indian films like The Lunchbox, Paan Singh Tomar and Piku and known in Hollywood for being a part of movies like Jurassic World and Inferno, Irrfan plays the lead role in No Bed of Roses.<\/p>\n

The variety.com report claims they have had access to the film and it starts with a disclaimer that the film has no resemblance to any real life characters alive or dead.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo Bed of Roses\u201d is a co-production between Bangladesh\u2019s Jaaz Multimedia and India\u2019s Eskay Movies with Irrfan\u2019s IK Company as co-producer. Farooki, who is known in Bangladeshi cinema for works like Television and Ant Story, is now taking the matter to court. BFDC Managing Director Tapan Kumar Ghosh told variety.com that it is not the BFDC\u2019s prerogative to issue the certificate and it was up to the Bangladesh Film Censor Board to issue it.<\/p>\n

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However, Variety has copies of all the letters issued to the production from the BFDC and they are all on the organisation\u2019s official letterhead. In reality, international co-productions cannot approach the Censor Board without the BFDC certificate.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been blocked at the first gate,\u201d said Farooki.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the order does not explain any reason, I don\u2019t know why they thought screening of the film would be inappropriate. Yes, my film handles a so-called taboo subject but it doesn\u2019t show anything explicit and hence doesn\u2019t violate any censor code. This goes against the freedom of expression,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Entertainment Desk: No Bed of Roses, a film said to be loosely based on late Bangladeshi writer and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed, starring and co-produced by Indian actor Irrfan Khan, has been banned in Bangladesh. Irrfan has expressed surprise. Helmed by Bangladeshi filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, the movie is said to be about Ahmed, who divorced […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":30876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n