Operation Sundarbans

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Operation Sunderbans
Official poster of movie Operation Sunderbans.jpg
First look poster
Bengaliঅপারেশন সুন্দরবন
Directed byDipankar Sengupta Dipon
Written by
Story byDipankar Sengupta Dipon
Starring
CinematographyRamyadip Saha
Edited byMohammad Kalam, Prottoy Saha
Music byPritom Hasan
Amlan Chakroborty
Production
companies
  • Three Wheeler's Limited
  • RAB Welfare Cooperative Society Ltd.
CountryBangladesh
LanguageBangla
Budget৳ 40 Million[1]

Operation Sundarbans (Bengali: অপারেশন সুন্দরবন) or Operation Sundarban is an upcoming Bangladeshi wildlife action thriller movie. The film is co-written and directed by Dipankar Sengupta Dipon. The film is produced by RAB Welfare Cooperative Society Ltd.[2] Nazim-ud-Doula and Dipon have written the screenplay. The plot is loosely based on real operations of RAB during surrender of robbers of Sundarbans as well as the struggle of Sundarbans' natives.[3][4][5][6] It stars Riaz, Ziaul Roshan, Siam Ahmed, Taskeen Rahman, Shatabdi Wadud, Nusraat Faria and Darshana Banik, while Manoj Kumar Pramanik, debutant Samina Bashar, Dipu Imam, Ehsanur Rahman also joins the cast.[7] The film begun its shooting on 20 December 2019 at Satkhira.[4][8]

Plot[]

The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world, located in the southern part of Bangladesh. People of different trades in the region depend on this vast forest life. The pirates has persecuted these people for more than 40 years. People are not protected from the pirates of the Sundarbans which not only includes variety of species but also Royal Bengal Tiger.

In such a situation, the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) Director General assigns the responsibility of the Sundarbans from the pirates to the RAB-7 commanding officer Ishtiaqe Ahmed. Ahmed launches an operation to make Sundarbans free of pirates with the help of commander of RAB Crime Prevention Unit (CPC)-1, Lieutenant Rishan (Ziaul Roshan and the commander of newly formed Sundarbans Squad, Major Sayem (Siam Ahmed). Simultaneously, researcher Tania Kabir (Nusraat Faria) arrives in Sundarbans to do research on the tigers in the forest.

After the end of pirates episode, the team realizes that these bandits in the Sundarbans are just chess pieces. A disguised evil force is moving the wheels from behind. The team continues their fight against the mysterious forces at play.

Cast[]

Riaz, Nusraat, Roshan, Siam, Monoj Pramanik, Samina and Manoj Mitra made the primary cast list. Additionally Sheikh Ehsanur Rahman, Shatabdi Wadud, Manoj Mitro, and Tuya Chakraborthy have been cast in undisclosed roles. About hundred actors work in supporting roles including thirty members from RAB in non credited roles.[9]

Production[]

Even a few years ago, the forest was full of pirates, and as a result, the Sundarbans was a place feared by the ordinary people. Local Fishermen and honey extractors could not earn their livelihoods. These pirates and robbers are nowhere to be found now. Our RAB, and their operations in that region,... The film will be based on those operations.

—Dipankar Dipon to Dhaka Tribune[2]

Development[]

In April 2018, major producer of this film RAB welfare cooperative pitched the idea to Dipon for developing the script for a film based on RAB's operation for uprooting the robbers of Sunderbans.[13] Therefore, Dipon randomly went to Sunderbans to study the scope of this film as well did researches on Mangrove forest. After research, Dipon himself along with Nazim-ud-Doula and research team RDT prepared the screenplay.[14] On 14 June 2019 Bangladeshi daily Prothom Alo wrote that RAB Welfare coopertive was to finance 4 Crore (40 million) Taka for this film production.[1] The film was officially announced on 13 June 2019 by the both production houses.[5]

Casting[]

Dipon kept the casting of these film in secret, later the cast was introduced on 1 November 2019 at an event held at Bagerhat Sheikh Helal Uddin Stadium for celebrating first year of robber-free Sunderban.[3] Riaz, Nusraat, Roshan, Siam, Monoj Pramanik, Samina and Manoj Mitra made the primary cast list. Later few other actors like Sheikh Ehsanur Rahman, Dipu Imam, Shatabdi and Darshana confirmed their casting. Riaz, Roshan and Siam received special training from RAB before cast their roles.[15] Actors also underwent pre-shoot grooming and rehearsals before principal photography has begun.[4]

Locations[]

Mandar char, Bangabandhu char, Patnir char, Katkar char of greater Sunderbans forest was selected for primary shooting.[13] Most of the outdoor shooting has taken places at Dublar Char, Alor Kol er Char, Kaalir Char, Meher Alir Char, Lakshmir Char and Hiron Point inside the deep forest of Sunderbans. Few indoor shoots taken from Bangladesh Film Development Corporation and various RAB facilitates in Dhaka and Gazipur.[9]

Filming[]

Other the film songs, It took thirty six days to shoot the entire script.[9] First phase of shooting has been started on 20 December 2019 at Buri Goalini, Chunkuri, Harinagar area near Sunderbans in Satkhira, was later for 16 days till 31 December 2019.[4][16][17] Second phase of shooting starts from 13 February 2020, and stretched out up to 13 March 2020. Second phase shooting took places at the Bay of Bengal coast lines and Jamtala area and concluded on 11 March 2020.[9]

References[]

  1. ^ a b 'ঢাকা অ্যাটাক'-এর পর 'অপারেশন সুন্দরবন'. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  2. ^ a b "Dipankar Dipon to make film on RAB". Dhaka Tribune. 2019-06-15. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  3. ^ a b "None will be spared to keep Sundarbans free from robbers". The Daily Star. 2019-11-02. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  4. ^ a b c d "Shooting of 'Operation Sundarban' begins". Business Standard. 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  5. ^ a b "Dipankar's bringing first film on Sundarban and RAB". The Daily Observer. 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  6. ^ "10 upcoming Bangladeshi movies of 2020". Business Standard. 2020-01-23. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  7. ^ "Shooting for 'Operation Sundarban' to start from December". The Daily Star. 2019-11-04. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  8. ^ a b "Siam Ahmed starts shooting for 'Operation Sundarban'". The Daily Star. 2019-12-21. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  9. ^ a b c d সুন্দরবনে শেষ, এবার ঢাকায় (Shooting finished at Sunderbans, next is Dhaka). Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 2020-03-16. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  10. ^ "Siam in Sundarban". The Daily Star. 2019-12-28. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  11. ^ "Nusraat Faria on web". The Daily Star. 2020-03-07. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  12. ^ "Actor Riaz passing leisure time". Daily Sun. 2019-12-01. Retrieved 2020-03-16.
  13. ^ a b জলদস্যুদের সামনে সিনেমার শিল্পীরা. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  14. ^ নুসরাত ফারিয়া এবার বাঘ গবেষক!. Channel i অনলাইন (in Bengali). 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  15. ^ "Riaz-Siam and Roshan busy in Satkhira". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  16. ^ "Shooting of 'Operation Sundarbans' begins". UNB. 2019-12-20. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  17. ^ "Shooting of 'Operation Sundarbans' begins". The Independent. Dhaka. 2019-12-22. Retrieved 2020-03-16.

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