''Beporowa'' is a 2019 Bangladeshi Bengali

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directed by

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. The film was produced by

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, and stars Bobby and Roshan. ''Beporowa'' is a remake of the 2015 Telugu-language movie '' Bruce Lee: The Fighter''.

Cast

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as Rubel *

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* Khaled Hossain Sujon *

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as Inspector Akbar * Nima Rahman *

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* Chikon Ali

Production

When the film was announced in late August 2017, it was said that shooting would begin on 5 September in Dhaka, and would continue in

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, with an estimated 24-day shooting schedule. The film's songs were to be shot in India and Thailand. In August 2018,

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and '' The Daily Star'' reported that ''Beporowa'' had been filmed mostly at

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, Hyderabad, India the previous year, but that shooting for a song was continuing at Cox's Bazar. Lead actor Roshan recalls shooting in Hyderabad for 30 days. The

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alleged that ''Beporowa'' had been filmed in India without permission from the Bangladesh government, making it a foreign film, and subject to import restrictions. Production company

was forced to document that they had government consent to shoot it abroad.

Release

Jaaz Multimedia promoted an August 2018 release for the

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holiday, but the film was yanked at the last minute. ''The Daily Star'' wrote that it was postponed because it didn't receive clearance from the

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until the day before Eid. In April 2019, it was announced that it would be released in June for the

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holiday. That plan fell through in May. Jaaz Multimedia CEO Alimullah Khokon attributed the further delay to the company's commitment to distribute another film, ''

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'', which also stars Bobby. Finally ''Beporowa'' was released on 11 August 2019. The general manager of Jaaz Multimedia said most major cinemas chose to show competing film ''

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'', with big name star

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, instead of ''Beporowa''. Box office receipts were poor, which one theater manager attributed in part to the

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keeping cinemagoers away. Despite these headwinds, ''Beporowa'' entered the second week of its release playing in over 50 cinemas. Ridwan Intisaar Mahbub of ''The Daily Star'' wrote that, "Fans seemed to have loved the chemistry" between Rohan and Bobby.

Soundtrack

References

External links

* {{Raja Chanda 2010s Bengali-language films 2019 action comedy films Bangladeshi action films Bengali-language Bangladeshi films Bangladeshi remakes of Telugu films Films directed by Raja Chanda Jaaz Multimedia films