Bhabna’s 4 movies awaiting to release

Actress of this generation, Ashna Habib Bhabna loves to showcase herself in various fields of creativity – acting, dancing, drawing and writing.

After gaining popularity on the small screen, she has left the familiar world for a long time and chosen the challenging path of the big screen.

She has had to overcome various obstacles, expectations and uncertainties while creating her own unique position in cinema.

Sometimes she is ‘Anjum’ during the partition period, sometimes she is a dancer named ‘Princess Rosie’ on the traditional ‘Jatra Pala’, and sometimes she is a new character in the story of Dhaka’s urban life – this actress is trying to break herself in every work.

Her film ‘Japito Jibon’ is being released.

Along with this, there are a few other movies awaiting release.  All in all, Bhabna is going through an important time of establishing herself anew on the big screen.

‘Japito Jibon’ is based on the widely read novel by fiction writer Selina Hossain. The movie is directed by Bhabna’s father Habibul Islam Habib. It is produced by Impress Telefilm with government funding.

The movie, which is about the partition of the country, language movement, family relationships and the crisis of human existence, is releasing on November 20.

This is Bhabna’s first film directed by her father. Earlier, she wanted to create a separate identity in her acting career.

So despite having the opportunity to work with her father, she has not worked together for so long. ‘Japito Jibon’ has broken that distance.

However, due to family relations, the work did not become easy for her, rather, the responsibility increased several times.

The film took about a year to shoot. The shooting took place for 20 consecutive days in Goalanda, Rajbari.

The entire team had to go through a long wait, including editing, censoring and preparing for release.

The film received censor clearance in November 2024. Finally, the wait to be in front of the audience in theaters is coming to an end.

Regarding her experience working in the film, Bhabna said, “Many important issues including partition of the country and the language movement are included in film ‘Japito Jibon’.

I can never go back to that time even if I wanted to. I have been able to return there as ‘Anjum’.

This is a big deal for me. On other sets, I am just an actress. But here I had multiple responsibilities associated with the film. Here I was not only an actress, but also a member of the team.”

‘Anjum’ is the character of Bhabna in movie ‘Japito Jibon’. It was not easy for her to portray a woman during the partition of 1947 on screen.

Bhabna also said, “The character of ‘Anjum’ was very challenging. Because, I am Bhabna of 2026 now, and ‘Anjum’ is a person of 1947. The time gap is huge.

Especially, I had to learn the walking, eye contact, speaking style and mental stability of the people of that time for a long time.

I had to get out of my normal habits for the needs of the character. I had to understand the meaning of life and portray the character.”

Another notable addition to Bhabna’s acting career is Asif Islam’s docu-drama film titled ‘King in the Land of the Princess’.

In the film, which focuses on the gradual decline of the country’s traditional Jatra art and the changing tastes of the audience, she plays the role of ‘Princess Rosie’.

The story highlights how a dancer becomes the main attraction of the audience rather than the main performance of ‘Jatra Pala’.

The specialty of the film is that except for Bhabna, most of the actors are real-life Jatra artistes. As a result, she had to make extra preparations to adapt to the character.

Through this film, Bhabna got the opportunity to discover herself in a different way.

The film was screened at the Moscow, Kazan and Melbourne film festivals. Later, it was also selected at the Indian Film Festival of Sydney and the Indian Film Festival of Perth in Australia.

Now Bhabna has four movies awaiting release. Out of these, ‘Japito Jibon’ is releasing first. On the other hand, ‘King in the Land of the Princess’ awaiting to release in the country’s theatres after being screened at international festivals.

The film ‘Dhaka 1205,’ directed by Walid Ahmed, is another important work of Bhabna.

The work on the women-centric commercial film titled ‘Payel,’ directed by Raihan Khan, has been completed.

It has also been censored. In total, Bhabna is preparing to appear in front of the audience in different genres through four movies.

The actress is quite excited about these movies.