''Din–The Day'' is a 2022
Bangladeshi
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Bangladeshi nationality law, Bangladeshi citizenship was fo ...
–
Iranian
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* Something of, from, or related to Iran
** Iranian diaspora, Iranians living outside Iran
** Iranian architecture, architecture of Iran and parts of the rest of West Asia
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joint produced
action film
The action film is a film genre that predominantly features chase sequences, fights, shootouts, explosions, and stunt work. The specifics of what constitutes an action film has been in scholarly debate since the 1980s. While some scholars such as D ...
directed by
Morteza Atashzamzam
Morteza Atashzamzam is an Iranian film director and producer who was born in 1977 in Isfahan, Iran
Isfahan or Esfahan ( ) is a city in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. It is the capital of the province, ...
and produced by
Ananta Jalil
M. A. Jalil (known as AJ) is a Bangladeshi businessman, actor, director and producer. He is known for his contributions to Bangladesh's textile industry as well as his performance in '' Khoj: The Search''.
Early life and background
Ananta Jali ...
under his production banner
Monsoon Films
Monsoon Films is a Bangladeshi entertainment company established by Ananta Jalil, a Bangladeshi film actor, director and producer. His wife Afiea Nusrat Barsha is managing director
A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief exe ...
. The film features
Ananta Jalil
M. A. Jalil (known as AJ) is a Bangladeshi businessman, actor, director and producer. He is known for his contributions to Bangladesh's textile industry as well as his performance in '' Khoj: The Search''.
Early life and background
Ananta Jali ...
and
Afiea Nusrat Barsha
Afiea Nusrat Barsha, known as Barsha, is a Bangladeshi actress and YouTuber. Starting her career as a model, she made her feature film debut in Iftakar Chowdhury's 2010 film '' Khoj: The Search'' with another newcomer Ananta Jalil. She had roles ...
in the lead roles.
Synopsis
The story is of a
Swat
A SWAT (''Special Weapons and Tactics'') team is a generic term for a police tactical unit within the United States, though the term has also been used by other nations.
SWAT units are generally trained, equipped, and deployed to res ...
agent sent on a mission to destroy an international drug chain and terrorists.
Cast
*
Ananta Jalil
M. A. Jalil (known as AJ) is a Bangladeshi businessman, actor, director and producer. He is known for his contributions to Bangladesh's textile industry as well as his performance in '' Khoj: The Search''.
Early life and background
Ananta Jali ...
as AJ The SWAT officer
*
Barsha
* Sumon Farukh
*
Misha Sawdagor
Shahid Hasan (born 4 January 1966), known by professionally as Misha Sawdagor, is a Bangladeshi film actor known for playing villains. As of 2020, according to him, he has performed in more than 700 films. He won Bangladesh National Film Award ...
as a Police commissioner
* Adem Arslan
* Saner Pakoglu
Production
In 2018, a production team from Iran made a documentary film about
Rohingya genocide
The Rohingya genocide is a series of ongoing persecutions and killings of the Islam in Myanmar, Muslim Rohingya people by the Tatmadaw (armed forces of Myanmar). The genocide has consisted of two phases to date: the first was a military crackd ...
titled ''Buddha's Shame'', directed by
Morteza Atashzamzam
Morteza Atashzamzam is an Iranian film director and producer who was born in 1977 in Isfahan, Iran
Isfahan or Esfahan ( ) is a city in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. It is the capital of the province, ...
. After watching Ananta's films, the Iranian ambassador to Bangladesh submitted a report about him to the Iranian government. He then put the production team in touch with Ananta Jalil. Then Jalil was invited to Iran by the Iranian government. On June 18, 2018, Ananta met with Alireza Tabesh of the Farabi Cinema Foundation to discuss the concept of the film. Ananta Jalil said he wanted to make a film that would highlight the real Islam. Alireza Tabesh then said that he was willing to produce the film but that the script of the film should be satisfactory to them.
In October 18 of the same year, a film related agreement was signed. It is known that Morteza Atashzamzam jointly produced the film with
Monsoon Film
''Monsoon'' is a 2015 Indian Bollywood romantic drama film produced by Mahendra Dhariwal and Jitender Gulati and directed by Suzad Iqbal Khan. The film stars Srishti Sharma, Sudhanshu, Shawar Ali, Vijay Singh and Raja Gulati. The film was give ...
. The shooting of the film started on 27 February 2019. Ananta Jalil was injured while shooting in
Herat
Herāt (; Dari/Pashto: هرات) is an oasis city and the third-largest city in Afghanistan. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276, and serves as the capital of Herat Province, situated south of the Paropamisus Mountains (''Se ...
, in March, and the shooting was postponed for at least two weeks.
Its shooting was postponed again in July 2020 due to the
COVID-19 epidemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. Four months later, the shooting resumed on October 30. The shooting ended on 18 November. The film was shot on
8K camera. The production team used
Dolby Atmos
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7.1 surround sound
7.1 surround sound is the common name for an eight-channel surround audio system commonly used in home theatre configurations. It adds two additional speakers to the more conventional six-channel ( 5.1) audio configuration. As with 5.1 surround ...
technology. It has been shot in
Bangladesh
Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world and among the List of countries and dependencies by ...
,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
,
Turkey
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and
Morocco
Morocco, officially the Kingdom of Morocco, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west, and has land borders with Algeria to Algeria–Morocc ...
.
Marketing
The first trailer of the film was released on
YouTube
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on March 15, 2020. The songs of the film were released on YouTube on March 4, 2022. The final official trailer of the film was uploaded on YouTube on June 21, 2022. Then, as part of marketing, Ananta Jalil and Barsha went to
Teacher-Student Centre, University of Dhaka
Teacher-Student Centre (), also known as TSC, is a building on the University of Dhaka, Dhaka University campus in Shahbagh, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The centre was established in 1961 by the Dhaka University by the Division of Public Affairs.
Hist ...
on June 24 to show another trailer to students.
Music
Controversies
In August,
Morteza Atashzamzam
Morteza Atashzamzam is an Iranian film director and producer who was born in 1977 in Isfahan, Iran
Isfahan or Esfahan ( ) is a city in the Central District of Isfahan County, Isfahan province, Iran. It is the capital of the province, ...
accused Ananta Jalil of violating the terms and conditions of the film. Ananta Jalil made the film in his own way without discussing with the director. As a result, the film has turned into a low-quality film, the director said. Morteza also requested Ananta to drop the names of Iranians from the list of names of the film's production team due to non-compliance with the terms of the contract, but Ananta refused the request. Morteza filed a case against Ananta in a court in
Tehran
Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...
, and said he would file a case in Bangladesh as well. Ananta rejected the director's statement. He termed his allegation as part of a conspiracy against him.
Ananta Jalil claimed that it was produced on an estimated budget of ৳100 crore, that makes it the most expensive Bangladeshi film at the time of its release. But later Morteza Atashzamzam, co-producer of the film, published the film related agreement via
Instagram
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which states that it's actual budget was ৳4 core. As per the contract, Ananta was supposed to pay the entire budget, but he paid only 4.8 percent of the total amount.
After the release of the director's contract, when Entertainment reporter of ''
Prothom Alo
''Prothom Alo'' () is a Bengali language, Bengali-language daily newspaper in Bangladesh, published from Dhaka. It is one of the largest circulated newspaper in Bangladesh. According to the National Media Survey of 2018, conducted by Kantar MRB ...
'' asked Ananta about this, he claimed that the contract was edited, but he refrained from giving any direct answer regarding the film's budget.
Release
The film was initially slated for release in December 2019.
Later, the owner of Monsoon Films had planned to release the film on
Eid-ul-Azha in 2021. It is scheduled to be released in 80 countries. The release date of the film was later fixed for December 24, 2021, but it was postponed due to
COVID-19 pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...
. On 5 June 2022, the film got censor certificate in Bangladesh. ''Din: The Day'' was announced to be released on Eid-ul-Azha 2022.
Reception
The film mostly received negative reviews from audience. Actress Barsha said “Din: The Day' might be our last film” due to so much criticism and trolls over on social media.
Columnist Ahsan Kabir of ''
Bdnews24.com'' referred to the film as "a big budget trolled movie". He criticized Jalil and Barsha's poor acting and the story of the film as well as Ananta's wrongly spelled dialogue delivery in English. Called the film as "One of the greatest comedies of all time in Bengali Cinema", Jawad Saif from ''The Business Standard'' criticised it in his film review and referred to it a film with an unseen story. Columnist Asrar Chowdhury of ''
The Daily Star'' thinks that the film was made like
James Bond films
James Bond is a fictional character created by British novelist Ian Fleming in 1953. A British secret agent working for MI6 under the codename 007, Bond has been portrayed on film in twenty-seven productions by actors Sean Connery, David ...
but families can enjoy it unlike that film. Journalist
Munni Saha praised the film in her article and compared its filmmaking with films of
Tamil cinema
Tamil cinema is the segment of Indian cinema dedicated to the production of motion pictures in the Tamil language, the main spoken language in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is nicknamed Kollywood, a portmanteau of the names Kodambakkam, a Ch ...
.
Misha Sawdagor
Shahid Hasan (born 4 January 1966), known by professionally as Misha Sawdagor, is a Bangladeshi film actor known for playing villains. As of 2020, according to him, he has performed in more than 700 films. He won Bangladesh National Film Award ...
, who plays the police commissioner in the film, said about the film that it did not contribute to the
cinema of Bangladesh
The Cinema of Bangladesh, locally known as Bangla cinema, is a diverse and vibrant entity, consisting of films produced across various regions in Bangladesh, each contributing its unique linguistic and cultural perspective. Beyond the dominan ...
because the performers here are not professionals but amateurs.
References
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