Entertainment
Toofan Toofan: Raihan Rafi, Shakib Khan announce collaboration
Dhaka, December 14: After recently announcing Chanchal Chowdhury starrer Redwan Rony's new film 'Domm', Alpha-Eye Studios and Indian film production and distribution company Sri Venkatesh Films (SVF) on Monday announced another major collaboration.
Raihan Rafi, one of Dhallywood's most exciting new directors, is getting a chance to direct Dhallywood's biggest, most reliable superstar Shakib Khan for the first time in a film titled 'Toofan'.
Producer, director Raihan Rafi and Shakib Khan gave this information in a press conference at Pan Pacific Hotel Sonargaon in the capital on Monday.
He said, "I have always said, we have unlimited potential for Bangladeshi films. We have a huge cinema market with around three crore Bengali-speaking audiences at home and abroad. Rafi is directing the film with whom I am working for the first time and three major production houses are collaborating on it. All in all I am excited about this film."
Raihan Rafi said, "I am excited about the film as it will be my first film with superstar Shakib Khan and three huge film houses are working together for this film and the previously announced film 'Domm'. It will undoubtedly be an important milestone for the film industry in Bangladesh."
Chorki CEO Redwan Roni, SVF Co-Founder and Director Mahendra Soni and Alpha-Eye Studios Managing Director Shahriar Shakeel spoke about the film.
The film is expected to start shooting soon and will hit the theaters on Eid-ul-Azha next year, the makers said in a press conference.
