Production of “Doob” complete

Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's magnum opus, the Irrfan Khan-starrer “Doob”, has just completed production and will be submitted to the Censor Board soon. The filmmaker made the disclosure in a Facebook post on Wednesday.

“Stories and characters come to us like a debilitating fever. That fever leaves us when all the work is done, and then it is transferred to the viewers when they watch it. You can call it the fever cycle of cinema,” Farooki said. He also thanked everyone involved with the film: “What a wonderful family we have”, he said about the producers, cast, and crew.

The acclaimed helmer made big waves internationally with the announcement of “Doob”, when he announced Irrfan Khan -- one of the most high-profile Indian actors in world cinema today -- will not just star in his project, but will also co-produce it. Then, the film under a whirlpool of discussion when an Indian newspaper reported that the film is actually based on the life of Humayun Ahmed – the most popular Bangladeshi novelists of the past century. Humayun Ahmed's widow Meher Afroz Shaon reacted strongly to the news, saying Farooki was wrong for not taking the family's permission to make a film on the workdsmith. Farooki, however, has repeatedly denied that the film is any kind of biopic.

“Doob” also stars Nusrat Imrose Tisha, Rokeya Prachi and Kolkata's Parno Mitra in the central roles. Farooki had revealed late last year that the film's work was almost done, and they were looking for a suitable time window to release it internationally.