Indo-Bangladesh joint production explained

This article describes movies made jointly by cinema production houses of India, typically West Bengal (Tollywood Bengali cinema), and Bangladesh (Dhallywood Bengali cinema), sometimes Maharashtra (Bollywood Hindi cinema)

History

In the 1980s and 1990s, there was a significant number of Indo-Bangladesh joint production films. However, after 2004–2005, the number of Indo-Bangla joint production films decreased. However, in the 2010s, Indo-Bangladeshi joint ventures began gaining more popularity and have become more common, often produced by Eskay Movies of India and Jaaz Multimedia of Bangladesh.^[1]

However, after different controversies regarding the joint venture films in 2017, the government of Bangladesh have temporarily stopped all joint ventures until a new policy is put in place.^[2] The controversy is mainly about the production house Jaaz Multimedia and the films they have produced, which commonly feature more Indian cast and crew than Bangladeshis. In an article by Prothom Alo, this controversy has been described as creating two factions in the Bangladeshi film industry, one which claims that Jaaz Multimedia has broken the country's rules of international co-productions by making Indian films under the name of joint productions, and another which backs Jaaz Multimedia by claiming that their films are reviving the lost glory of Bangladeshi cinema.^[3]

After the Bangladesh government announced it was temporarily stopping all joint production films in 2017, it was announced that a new committee would be formed to approve scripts and preview the films before production and release.^[4] Later in January 2018, Bangladesh Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu revealed that new rules for would be relaxed for co-productions, making it easier for films to have one director and film in other countries.^[5] The new co-production guidelines, released by the Bangladeshi government, state that permission can be sought to bring equipments from other countries, a production house cannot apply for a film review within 30 days of getting a nod from the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation and Ministry of Information, maximum duration of submission is 9 months to a year, and the guidelines also allow for a director or producer from a third country to join the film.^[6] However, the new guidelines for the co-productions state that approval will only be given to original content.^[7] This move, endorsed by director of Grassroot Entertainment Amit Jumrani, will create space for new and original ideas in an industry with many remakes.

Films

This is the list of some of the notable Bangladesh-India joint venture films.

Year	Films	Director	Cast (India)	Cast (Bangladesh)	Producer (India)	Producer (Bangladesh)	Language (Release)	Notes	Ref.
1973	Titash Ekti Nadir Naam	Ritwik Ghatak				N. M. Chowdhury Bacchu Habibur Rahman Khan Foyez Ahmed	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Adaption of Titash Ekti Nadir Naam
1992	Padma Nadir Majhi	Goutam Ghose	Utpal DuttRoopa Ganguly	Raisul Islam AsadChampa	West Bengal Film Development Corporation	Ashirbad Chalachitra	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Adaption of Padma Nadir Majhi	^[8] ^[9]
1998	Moner Moto Mon	Montazur Rahman Akbar	Viktor Beneerjee	Amin Khan	AP Production	Bony Pictures	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)
2003	Moner Majhe Tumi	K. Basu	Jisshu Sengupta	RiazPurnima	Ashirbad Cholochitro	Impress Telefilm Ltd	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Remake of Manasantha Nuvve
2010	Moner Manush	Goutam Ghose	Prosenjit ChatterjeePriyanshu Chatterjee	Chanchal ChowdhuryRaisul Islam Asad	Gautam Kandu	Impress Telefilm Ltd	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Based on life of Lalon	^[10]
2014	Ami Shudhu Cheyechi Tomay	Ashok Pati	Ankush HazraSubhashree Ganguly		Eskay Movies	Action Cut Entertainment	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)
2015	Romeo vs Juliet	Ashok Pati	Ankush Hazra	Mahiya Mahi	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Remake of Singh vs Kaur
	Agnee 2	Iftakar Chowdhury	Om	Mahiya Mahi	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Sequel to Agnee	^[11]
	Aashiqui	Ashok Pati	Ankush Hazra	Nusrat Faria Mazhar	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Remake of Ishq	^[12]
	Black	Raja Chanda	Soham Chakraborty	Bidya Sinha Saha Mim	Viacom 18 Motion Pictures	Dag Creative Media	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)
2016	Angaar	Wazed Ali Sumon	Om	Falguni Rahman Jolly	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Remake of Appayya	^[13]
	Hero 420	Saikat Nasir	OmRiya Sen	Nusrat Faria Mazhar	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Remake of Maska
	Shankhachil	Goutam Ghose	Prosenjit Chatterjee	Kusum Sikder	Ashirbad Cholochitro NIdeas Creations & Productions	Impress Telefilm Ltd	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)		^[14]
	Niyoti	Jakir Hossain Raju		Arifin ShuvoFalguni Rahman Jolly	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Inspired by The Notebook	^[15]
	Badsha - The Don	Baba YadavAbdul Aziz	Jeet	Nusrat Faria Mazhar	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Remake of Don Seenu	^[16]
	Shikari	Joydeep MukherjeeZakir Hussain Simanto	Srabanti Chatterjee	Shakib Khan	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Remake of Aadhavan	^[17]
	Rokto	Wajed Ali Sumon		Pori MoniZiaul Roshan	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)		^[18]
	Prem Ki Bujhini	Sudipto Sarkar	OmSubhashree Ganguly		Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Remake of 100% Love
2017		Baba Yadav	JeetSubhashree Ganguly	Nusrat Faria Mazhar	Jeetz FilmworksWalzen Media Works	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Sequel to	^[19]
	Nabab	Joydeep MukherjeeAbdul Aziz	Subhashree Ganguly	Shakib Khan	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)		^[20]
		Mostofa Sarwar Farooki	Irrfan Khan	Nusrat Imrose Tisha	Eskay MoviesIrrfan Khan Films	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)		^[21]
2018	Inspector Notty K	Ashok Pati	Jeet	Nusrat Faria Mazhar	Surinder FilmsJeetz Filmworks Walzen Media Works	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Releasing in Bangladesh as Indian film through import-export policy.	^[22]
	Noor Jahaan	Abhimanyu Mukherjee	Adrit Roy	Puja Cherry	Raj Chakraborty ProductionsSVF Entertainment	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)
	Pashan	Saikat Nasir	Om	Bidya Sinha Saha Mim		Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)		^[23]
	Chalbaaz	Joydeep Mukherjee Anonno Mamun	Subhashree Ganguly	Shakib Khan	Eskay Movies	Action Cut Entertainment	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)		^[24] ^[25]
		Raja Chanda	Jeet	Bidya Sinha Saha Mim	Surinder FilmsJeetz Filmworks	Jaaz Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)		^[26] ^[27]
	Bhaijaan Elo Re	Joydeep Mukherjee	Srabanti ChatterjeePayel Sarkar	Shakib Khan	Eskay Movies	Action Cut Entertainment	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)		^[28]
	Naqaab	Rajiv Biswas	Nusrat Jahan Sayantika Banerjee		Shree Venkatesh Films	Aradhona Enterprise	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)		^[29]
	Tui Shudhu Amar	Joydeep Mukherjee Anonno Mamun	OmSoham Chakraborty	Mahiya Mahi	Eskay Movies	Action Cut Entertainment	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)		^[30] ^[31]
	Saturday Afternoon	Mostofa Sarwar Farooki	Parambrata Chatterjee	Zahid HasanNusrat Imon Tisha	Greentouch Entertainment	Jaaz MultimediaChhobial	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)	Co-produced by Anna Katchko of Germany company Tandem ProductionAlso starring Palestinian actor Eyad Hourani	^[32]
2019	Tui Amar Rani	Pijush Saha & Sajal Ahmed	Rubel Das, Rajesh Sharma, Supriyo Dutta	Misty Jannat, Abu Hena Rony	Prince Entertainment P4	Hevean Multimedia	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)
2024	Dard	Anonno Mamun	Sonal Chauhan, Payel Sarkar, Rahul Dev	Shakib Khan	Eskay Movies One World Movies	Action Cut Entertainment  Kibria Films	Bengali, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam (India and Bangladesh)	Pan-Indian film
	Toofan	Raihan Rafi		Shakib Khan	SVF	Chorki, Alpha-i Studios	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)
TBA	Balighar	Arindam Sil	Abir Chatterjee Parno Mitra Rahul Banerjee	Arifin Shuvo Nusrat Imrose Tisha Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed	Nothing Beyond Cinema	Bengal Creations	Bengali (Bangladesh, West Bengal, Assam and Tripura)		^[33]

Frequent joint venture collaborators

This list contains production companies, directors, and actors who have worked multiple times in Indo-Bangla co-productions.

Production companies

Company	Films Released	Country
Jaaz Multimedia	16	Bangladesh
Eskay Movies	14	India
Impress Telefilm Ltd	4	Bangladesh
Jeetz Filmworks	2	India
Walzen Media Works	2	India
Action Cut Entertainment	5	Bangladesh
SVF Entertainment	1	India
Chorki	1	Bangladesh
Alpha-i Studios	1	Bangladesh

Directors

Director	Films Released	Country
Ashok Pati	4	India
Goutam Ghosh	3	India
Joydeep Mukherjee	3	India
Baba Yadav	2	India
Abdul Aziz	2	Bangladesh
Wazed Ali Sumon	2	Bangladesh

Actors

Actor/Actress	Films Released	Country
Shakib Khan	8	Bangladesh
Nusraat Faria	5	Bangladesh
Subhashree Ganguly	5	India
Om	5	India
Ankush Hazra	3	India
Jeet	3	India
Mahiya Mahi	2	Bangladesh
Prosenjit Chatterjee	2	India

Music directors

Music Director	Soundtracks Released	Country	Note
Savvy	11	India	Has released collaborative soundtracks with other artists.
Akassh	8	India	Has released collaborative soundtracks with other artists.
Goutam Ghosh	3	India
Suddho Roy	2	India	Has released collaborative soundtracks with other artists.
Dabbu	1	India	Has released collaborative soundtracks with other artists.

Notes and References

1. News: How the actions of one company brought the entire initiative to a halt. Dhaka Tribune. en-US. 2017-07-10.
2. News: Bangladesh temporarily halts Indo-Bangla joint film productions. India Today. 2017-07-10.
3. News: ‘Let’s reunite for the sake of Razzak’. Prothom Alo. 2017-09-03. en.
4. News: What happens to the fate of Indo-Bangladesh co-productions now?. Dasgupta. Priyanka. 11 July 2017. The Times of India. 2018-01-15.
5. News: Bangla to ease norms for film co-productions. 5 January 2018. The Times of India. 2018-01-15.
6. News: New rules to help Indo-Bangla films. Dasgupta. Priyanka. 11 January 2018. The Times of India. 2018-01-15.
7. News: Bangladesh to give nod to original content only for joint ventures. Dasgupta. Priyanka. 9 January 2018. The Times of India. 2018-01-25.
8. Gupta . Chidananda Das . Summer 1992 . Padma Nadir Majhi . Cinemaya . 16 . 12–13.
9. Banerjee . Shampa . 30 April 1994 . Boatman of the River Padma: Gautam Ghose's newest, Padma Nadir Majhi, comes to California as part of Asia-Pacific Films on Tour . . C6.
10. News: Magic of 'Moner Manush' leaves Kolkata and Dhaka in a trance. The Times of India. 2017-05-12.
11. News: Agnee 2. 2015-08-15. The Daily Star. 2018-03-24. en.
12. News: Nusraat Faria’s first hit on the movie screen. Dhaka Tribune. en. 2017-05-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201232940/http://archive.dhakatribune.com/entertainment/2015/aug/16/nusraat-farias-first-hit-movie-screen. 2017-12-01. dead.
13. News: Shooting for Angar wraps up. 2015-10-21. The Daily Star. 2017-05-12. en.
14. News: A year on the silver screen. 2017-01-01. The Daily Star. 2017-07-11. en.
15. News: "Niyoti" off to a solid start. 2016-06-12. The Daily Star. 2017-05-11. en.
16. News: Eid release ‘Shikari’ rules box office. Prothom Alo. 2017-06-27. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20170716193138/http://en.prothom-alo.com/entertainment/news/111357/Eid-release-%E2%80%98Shikari%E2%80%99-rules-box-office. 2017-07-16. dead.
17. News: New Indo-Bangla joint production starts. 2016-03-19. The Daily Star. 2017-06-27. en.
18. News: Bobby and Pori Moni in Darjeeling . Dhaka Tribune . 30 . 2017-05-15.
19. News: Nusrat Faria & Jeet to star together again. The Daily Ittefaq. 2017-05-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20170226050128/http://www.clickittefaq.com/nusrat-faria-jeet-to-star-together-again/. 2017-02-26. dead.
20. News: Another India-Bangladesh joint production film soon. Prothom Alo. 2017-05-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20170322112156/http://en.prothom-alo.com/entertainment/news/118823/Another-India-Bangladesh-joint-production-film. 2017-03-22. dead.
21. News: Irrfan Khan to play lead in Bangladesh’s No Bed of Roses. 2016-03-07. Hindustan Times. 2017-06-27. en.
22. News: Inspector Notty K to be released Friday. Prothom Alo. 2018-05-21. en.
23. News: Mim turns journalist for "Pashan". 2018-03-14. The Daily Star. 2018-05-21. en.
24. News: The Shooting of Chaalbaaz is stopped!. 2017-07-08. The Daily Star. 2017-07-10. en.
25. News: Shakib, Shubhasree set for 'Chaalbaaz'. Prothom Alo. 2017-10-29. en.
26. News: Jeet’s next 'Sultan The Saviour' eyeing Eid 2018 release - Times of India. The Times of India. 2018-03-24.
27. News: Mim joins Jeet in "Sultan". 2018-02-23. The Daily Star. 2018-03-24. en.
28. News: Release of Bhaijaan Elo Re, Sultan uncertain. Prothom Alo. 2018-05-21. en.
29. News: Shakib’s next ‘Mask’. 2017-11-08. Dhaka Tribune. 2018-05-21. en-US.
30. News: Tumi Shudhu Amar shoot underway despite London attack. Sen. Zinia. 11 July 2017. The Times of India. 2018-01-17.
31. News: Mahiya goes to London. 2017-05-27. The Daily Star. 2018-01-17. en.
32. News: Indian Parambrata, Palestinian Eyad Hourani and local Zahid Hasan, all in for Farooki's 'Saturday Afternoon'. Rayhan. Nasir. 6 January 2018. Dhaka Tribune. en-US. 2018-01-15.
33. News: Arindam Sil to direct Shuvo-Tisha. 2018-01-21. The Daily Star. 2018-01-21. en.