Saud removes ‘Shyama Kabya’ from Cineplex in protest

Entertainment Report :
Film director and scriptwriter, Badrul Anam Saud, who came to prominence with his debut feature film ‘Gohin Baluchor’, has decided to withdraw his much-anticipated movie ‘Shyama Kabya’ from Star Cineplex due to projection and irregular scheduling issues.
The Shohel Mondol and Neelanjona Neela starrer psychological thriller film ‘Shyama Kabya’ was released in theatres across the country on May 3.
However, amidst Star Cineplex’s alleged inclination towards showcasing foreign movies over Bengali films, which has garnered severe criticism from the artiste community and audiences alike, the director asked for his movie to be withdrawn from Star Cineplex.
Pointing out numerous discrepancies in Star Cineplex’s undertaking of the government-funded film, director Badrul Anam Saud said through a Facebook post from his official account, “I want to withdraw my film ‘Shyama Kabya’ from Star Cineplex due to several reasons. Firstly, due to projection issues, the audience was given an inaccurate experience of the movie. As a result of which, I canceled an almost housefull show on the opening day. Admittedly, the projection issue was solved the next day with a change of halls. Secondly, once the show ran the very next day, we noted inappropriate timing of the interval. It was given in between a sequence. We question the integrity of the projectionist for this mishap as the show resumed within a sequence after the interval.”
Director Saud also said, “And last but not least, Rebecca Sultana, Marketing Manager of Star Cineplex, presented some statistics about the sales after the very first day at 2:58pm on Friday. But the next day, we noted discrepancies within the same ticket sales stats. We pleaded that we did not want any morning shows. They were kind to listen to our requests last Saturday. Unfortunately, on Sunday we faced the same problem again when a couple of our shows were slotted in the morning.”
Lastly, director Saud called out Rebecca Sultana and requested, “Ms Rebecca I would like to withdraw my film from Star Cineplex. Please don’t project any of our shows.”
As of yet, this Suborna Mustafa-produced this movie’s screening has officially been withdrawn from Star Cinplex’s website.
Besides Shohel Mondol and Neelanjona Neela, Intekhab Dinar, and A K Azad Shetu, amongst others, who played significant roles in the movie.