India and Bangladesh exchange films in theatres

“Chuye Dile Mon” and “Bela Sheshe” released at theatres in West Bengal, India and Bangladesh respectively, on February 26. 

The two films -- “Chuye Dile Mon” from Bangladesh and “Bela Sheshe” from India — were released as part of an exchange programme under SAFTA agreement. The agreement allows the commercial release of any Bangladeshi film in any SAFTA country, and in exchange Bangladesh can commercially release any film from that country.

Asiatic Dhonichitra and Monforing, the producers of “Chuye Dile Mon”, have successfully imported “Bela Seshe”, a hit Tollywood flick by director duo Nandita Roy and Shiboprasad Mukherjee.

“Bela Sheshe” reunites Satyajit Ray's iconic “Ghare Baire” pair, Soumitra Chatterjee and Swatilekha Sengupta, on the big screen after 30 years. The film also stars Rituparna Sengupta, Aparajita Auddy, Monami Ghosh, Indrani Dutta, Sohini Sengupta, Kharaj Mukherjee and Anindya Chatterjee, among others.

This is the first time a Bangladeshi film has been commercially released in India.

“Bela Seshe: and “Chuye Dile Mon” have received censorship certification from the monitoring authorities of the two countries.