Indo-Bangladesh joint production

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This article describes movies made jointly by cinema production houses of India, typically West Bengal (Tollywood Bengali cinema), and Bangladesh (Dhallywood Bengali cinema), sometimes Maharashtra (Bollywood Hindi cinema)

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History

In the 1980s and 1990s, there was a significant number of Indo-Bangladesh joint production films.[ citation needed ] However, after 2004–2005, the number of Indo-Bangla joint production films decreased.[ citation needed ] However, in the 2010s, Indo-Bangladeshi joint ventures began gaining more popularity and have become more common, often produced by Eskay Movies of India and Jaaz Multimedia of Bangladesh. [1]

However, after different controversies regarding the joint venture films in 2017, the government of Bangladesh have temporarily stopped all joint ventures until a new policy is put in place. [1] [2] The controversy is mainly about the production house Jaaz Multimedia and the films they have produced, which commonly feature more Indian cast and crew than Bangladeshis. In an article by Prothom Alo, this controversy has been described as creating two factions in the Bangladeshi film industry, one which claims that Jaaz Multimedia has broken the country's rules of international co-productions by making Indian films under the name of joint productions, and another which backs Jaaz Multimedia by claiming that their films are reviving the lost glory of Bangladeshi cinema. [3]

After the Bangladesh government announced it was temporarily stopping all joint production films in 2017, it was announced that a new committee would be formed to approve scripts and preview the films before production and release. [4] Later in January 2018, Bangladesh Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu revealed that new rules for would be relaxed for co-productions, making it easier for films to have one director and film in other countries. [5] The new co-production guidelines, released by the Bangladeshi government, state that permission can be sought to bring equipments from other countries, a production house cannot apply for a film review within 30 days of getting a nod from the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation and Ministry of Information, maximum duration of submission is 9 months to a year, and the guidelines also allow for a director or producer from a third country to join the film. [6] However, the new guidelines for the co-productions state that approval will only be given to original content. [7] This move, endorsed by director of Grassroot Entertainment Amit Jumrani, will create space for new and original ideas in an industry with many remakes. [7]

Films

This is the list of some of the notable Bangladesh-India joint venture films.

YearFilmsDirectorCast (India)Cast (Bangladesh)Producer (India)Producer (Bangladesh)Language (Release)NotesRef.
1973 Titash Ekti Nadir Naam Ritwik Ghatak N. M. Chowdhury Bacchu
Habibur Rahman Khan
Foyez Ahmed
Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Adaption of Titash Ekti Nadir Naam
1992 Padma Nadir Majhi Goutam Ghose Utpal Dutt

Roopa Ganguly

Raisul Islam Asad

Champa

West Bengal Film Development CorporationAshirbad Chalachitra Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Adaption of Padma Nadir Majhi [8] [9]
1998Moner Moto Mon Montazur Rahman Akbar Viktor Beneerjee Amin KhanAP ProductionBony Pictures Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)
2003 Moner Majhe Tumi K. Basu Jisshu Sengupta Riaz

Purnima

Ashirbad Cholochitro Impress Telefilm Ltd Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Remake of Manasantha Nuvve
2010 Moner Manush Goutam Ghose Prosenjit Chatterjee

Priyanshu Chatterjee

Chanchal Chowdhury

Raisul Islam Asad

Gautam Kandu Impress Telefilm Ltd Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Based on life of Lalon [10]
2014 Ami Shudhu Cheyechi Tomay Ashok Pati Ankush Hazra

Subhashree Ganguly

Eskay Movies Action Cut Entertainment Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)
2015 Romeo vs Juliet Ashok Pati Ankush Hazra Mahiya Mahi Eskay Movies Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Remake of Singh vs Kaur
Agnee 2 Iftakar Chowdhury Om Mahiya Mahi Eskay Movies Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Sequel to Agnee [11]
Aashiqui Ashok Pati Ankush Hazra Nusrat Faria Mazhar Eskay Movies Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Remake of Ishq [12]
Black Raja Chanda Soham Chakraborty Bidya Sinha Saha Mim Viacom 18 Motion Pictures Dag Creative Media Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)
2016 Angaar Wazed Ali Sumon Om Falguni Rahman Jolly Eskay Movies Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Remake of Appayya [13]
Hero 420 Saikat Nasir Om

Riya Sen

Nusrat Faria Mazhar Eskay Movies Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Remake of Maska
Shankhachil Goutam Ghose Prosenjit Chatterjee Kusum Sikder Ashirbad Cholochitro

NIdeas Creations & Productions

Impress Telefilm Ltd Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura) [14]
Niyoti Jakir Hossain Raju Arifin Shuvo

Falguni Rahman Jolly

Eskay Movies Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Inspired by The Notebook [15]
Badsha - The Don Baba Yadav

Abdul Aziz

Jeet Nusrat Faria Mazhar Eskay Movies Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Remake of Don Seenu [16]
Shikari Joydeep Mukherjee

Zakir Hussain Simanto

Srabanti Chatterjee Shakib Khan Eskay Movies Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Remake of Aadhavan [17]
Rokto Wajed Ali Sumon[ citation needed ] Pori Moni

Ziaul Roshan

Eskay Movies Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura) [18]
Prem Ki Bujhini Sudipto Sarkar Om

Subhashree Ganguly

Eskay Movies Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Remake of 100% Love
2017 Boss 2: Back to Rule Baba Yadav Jeet

Subhashree Ganguly

Nusrat Faria Mazhar Jeetz Filmworks

Walzen Media Works

Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Sequel to Boss: Born to Rule [19]
Nabab Joydeep Mukherjee

Abdul Aziz

Subhashree Ganguly Shakib Khan Eskay Movies Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura) [20]
Doob: No Bed of Roses Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Irrfan Khan Nusrat Imrose Tisha Eskay Movies

Irrfan Khan Films

Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura) [21]
2018 Inspector Notty K Ashok Pati Jeet Nusrat Faria Mazhar Surinder Films

Jeetz Filmworks

Walzen Media Works

Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Releasing in Bangladesh as Indian film through import-export policy. [22]
Noor Jahaan Abhimanyu MukherjeeAdrit RoyPuja Cherry Raj Chakraborty Productions

SVF Entertainment

Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)
PashanSaikat Nasir Om Bidya Sinha Saha Mim Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura) [23]
Chalbaaz Joydeep Mukherjee

Anonno Mamun

Subhashree Ganguly Shakib Khan Eskay Movies Action Cut Entertainment Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura) [24] [25]
Sultan: The Saviour Raja ChandaJeet Bidya Sinha Saha Mim Surinder Films

Jeetz Filmworks

Jaaz Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura) [26] [27]
Bhaijaan Elo Re Joydeep Mukherjee Srabanti Chatterjee

Payel Sarkar

Shakib Khan Eskay Movies Action Cut Entertainment Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura) [28]
Naqaab Rajiv Biswas Nusrat Jahan Sayantika Banerjee Shakib Khan Shree Venkatesh Films Aradhona Enterprise Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura) [29]
Tui Shudhu AmarJoydeep Mukherjee

Anonno Mamun

Om

Soham Chakraborty

Mahiya Mahi Eskay Movies Action Cut Entertainment Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura) [30] [31] [4]
Saturday Afternoon Mostofa Sarwar Farooki Parambrata Chatterjee Zahid Hasan

Nusrat Imon Tisha

Greentouch Entertainment Jaaz Multimedia

Chhobial

Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)Co-produced by Anna Katchko of Germany company Tandem Production

Also starring Palestinian actor Eyad Hourani

[32]
2019 Tui Amar Rani Pijush Saha & Sajal Ahmed Rubel Das, Rajesh Sharma, Supriyo Dutta Misty Jannat, Abu Hena Rony Prince Entertainment P4Hevean Multimedia Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)
2024 Dard Anonno Mamun Sonal Chauhan, Payel Sarkar, Rahul Dev Shakib Khan Eskay Movies One World MoviesAction Cut Entertainment  Kibria Films Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam (India and Bangladesh) Pan-Indian film [2]
Toofan Raihan Rafi Shakib Khan SVF Chorki

Apha-i

Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura) [3]
TBABalighar Arindam Sil Abir Chatterjee

Parno Mitra

Rahul Banerjee

Arifin Shuvo

Nusrat Imrose Tisha

Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed

Nothing Beyond Cinema Bengal Creations Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura) [33]

Frequent joint venture collaborators

This list contains production companies, directors, and actors who have worked multiple times in Indo-Bangla co-productions.

Production companies

CompanyFilms ReleasedCountry
Jaaz Multimedia 16Bangladesh
Eskay Movies 14India
Impress Telefilm Ltd 4Bangladesh
Jeetz Filmworks 2India
Walzen Media Works2India
Action Cut Entertainment5Bangladesh
SVF Entertainment 1India

Directors

DirectorFilms ReleasedCountry
Ashok Pati 4India
Goutam Ghosh 3India
Joydeep Mukherjee 3India
Baba Yadav 2India
Abdul Aziz 2Bangladesh
Wazed Ali Sumon2India

Actors

Actor/ActressFilms ReleasedCountry
Shakib Khan 8Bangladesh
Nusraat Faria 5Bangladesh
Subhashree Ganguly 5India
Om 5India
Ankush Hazra 3India
Jeet 3India
Mahiya Mahi 2Bangladesh
Prosenjit Chatterjee 2India

Music directors

Music DirectorSoundtracks ReleasedCountryNote
Savvy 11IndiaHas released collaborative soundtracks with other artists.
Akassh 8IndiaHas released collaborative soundtracks with other artists.
Goutam Ghosh 3India
Suddho Roy2IndiaHas released collaborative soundtracks with other artists.
Dabbu 1IndiaHas released collaborative soundtracks with other artists.

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