''MR-9 : Do or Die'' is an upcoming Bengali-language

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directed by Asif Akbar. This film is based on 1966 novel ''Dhongsho Pahar'' of

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. The film is scheduled under the banner of

Jaaz Multimedia Jaaz Multimedia is a film production and distribution house in Bangladesh. History 2011-2014: Initial Years Jaaz Multimedia released their first film, ''Bhalobasar Rong'' starring Bappy and Mahiya Mahi, in 2012. In 2013, Jaaz Multimedia rele ...

and Avail Entertainment. ABM Sumon played the lead role of

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Premise

Masud Rana or MR 9 is the best spy of Bangladesh Counter Intelligence (BCI). The film revolves with the espionage action of Masud Rana.

Cast

* ABM Sumon as Masud Rana *

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* *

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* Sayeda Tithee Omni * Jessia Islam as Rupa * Alisha Islam *

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* Oleg Prudius * Niko Foster * Remy Grillo *

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Production

Jazz Multimedia bought the copyright of the book from

, the author of the novel, for the purpose of making the film based on the ''Dhongsho Pahar''. A reality show titled "Who will be Masud Rana" was organized on

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to select the main character of the film. However, later there was uncertainty as to whether the actor would be selected from this reality show. Auditions are also arranged to select the main characters. Later, Qazi Anwar Hussain was shown photos of several actors to choose who will play the main character in the film. He saw those photos and finalized the name of ABM Sumon.

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was chosen as Sulta Rao but later dropped. In 2021, Sayeda Tithee Omni was hired to play the character 'Nabanita'. This is the debut film of Remy Grillo who is son of

. The film was shot in

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and

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. This is a US–

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joint production film. Its producers are Al Bravo, Hemdee Kiwanuka, Colin Bates, Asif Akbar, Philip Tan and Abdul Aziz. Niko Foster, Peter Nguyen and Phillip B. Goldfine are executive producers of the film. Its screenplay was adapted from ''Dhonghsho Pahar'' novel from

series. Its screenplay was written by Asif Akbar, Abdul Aziz and Nazim Ud Daula. The filming was scheduled for April 2021, but was not possible due to the

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. The date was later postponed to August, but the plan was thwarted by visa problems for the U.S. crew. Then February 2022 was fixed as the new date. But its filming was also postponed on that date. Since any country making a film in joint production with Bangladesh has to show its script to the preview committee, so in a meeting held on 7 June 2022, its script was presented to the committee. There the committee suggested several changes. The shooting of the Bangladesh part of the film started in the last week of June and ended on 30 June, 2022.

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was signed on to compose the film's music after the post-production started.

Release

The film is planned to be released in both

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and

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. Besides being released in

, it will also be released in Tollywood. In July 2022, Asif Akbar announced that the film would be released next year. After

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, Premiere Entertainment became its worldwide distributor. It is scheduled to be released in

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2023.

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