“Of course, I will support the people of my industry,” said Tisha, perhaps as a declaration of solidarity. “Only when we have each other’s backs will our film industry truly flourish”.

Earlier, the official trailer for Hansal Mehta's thriller film, "Faraaz", was released. The film is said to be based on the tragic Holey Artisan café incident, which shook the country to the core on July 1, 2016.

As Bollywood gets ready to release “Faraaz”, a movie based on the Holey Artisan attack, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s “Saturday Afternoon”—based on the same event—is still stuck in censor board limbo.

After Mostofa Sarwar Farooki became vocal on social media about not receiving approval for his film "Saturday Afternoon" from the Censor Board of Bangladesh, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting have set a hearing date for the Censor Board Appeal Committee. 

It has been a long time now that internationally acclaimed filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has been making his anguish public, for not getting the approval for his film “Saturday Afternoon” from the Censor Board of Bangladesh.

Following the recent join statement from 130 artistes demanding the unconditional release of Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s “Saturday Afternoon”, the director shared his thoughts and feelings on the matter through a post on his verified Facebook profile.

At the very heart of a democratic society rests the freedom to speak, to create, and to choose.

The censor board infringes on the freedom of the artiste and the audience in equal parts.

The Film Censor Board of Bangladesh has bans a film based on a 2016 cafe attack that left 22 people dead, saying it would damage the country's reputation.