Yesterday, during a press conference at the BFDC premises, this demand was announced by Ashraf Uddin Ahmed Uzzal, actor and adviser to the Non-Discriminatory Film Interests Protection Committee.

In an effort to revitalise the BFDC, a plan to reduce rental fees for equipment and studio floors has been introduced. This experimental initiative, aimed at attracting more filmmakers to shoot at BFDC, will run for six months.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting is expected to issue directives for the board's restructuring within the next week, according to a source at the censor board.

If I wanted, I could have received major awards during the BNP government, but I did not. It is not in my nature. However, the previous government did not do so. There has been lobbying in grants, the censor board, national film awards, Ekushey Padak, and Independence awards. Yet, it was martyred President Ziaur Rahman who introduced the National Film Awards.