Entertainment Report :
It has been almost three months since the New Year and only a few Bangla movies have been released in theatres across the country, which is currently going on a dry spell.
Due to the National Parliamentary Elections 2024 and the surge in Bollywood film releases in Bangladesh, producers were waiting for favourable time to release their films. They intend to have a window to acquire profits and the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr seems like a perfect opportunity.
After a long break, producers have lined up their films, including superstar Shakib Khan starrer movie ‘Rajkumar’, Gias Uddin Selim directorial movie titled ‘Kajol Rekha’, Sariful Razz starrer movie ‘Omor’ and Shobnom Bubly starrer movie ‘Deyaler Desh’, Jaaz Multimedia’s movie titled ‘Jinn 2’ and many more, for simultaneous release during the holidays of Eid across the country.
Now, popular actress Puja Cherry Roy starrer movie titled ‘Lipstick’ has also joined the queue of new movies awaiting release during Eid, confirmed the movie’s director, Kamruzzaman Noman.
Regarding the movie, Puja Cherry, who began her career with the 2012 film ‘Bhalobasar Rong’ as a child artiste, told media, “Eid has always been an auspicious time for me as I try to release at least one film during the holiday festivities. Last year, my movie, ‘Jinn’ was released during Eid and it did great at the box office. This year ‘Lipstick’ is going to be released and I believe the audiences will love it too.”
Puja Cherry made her debut as a leading lady with the movie ‘Noor Jahaan’ in 2018. The Indo-Bangla joint production movie was directed by Abhimanyu Mukherjee. It was jointly produced by Raj Chakraborty of India and Jaaz Multimedia of Bangladesh.