Indo-Bangladesh joint production

This article describes movies made jointly by cinema production houses of India, typically West Bengal (Tollywood), and Bangladesh (Dhallywood).

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.[1][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.[7]

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)	Release	Notes	Ref.
1993	Padma Nadir Majhi	Goutom Ghosh	Utpal Dutt Roopa Ganguly Rabi Ghosh	Raisul Islam Asad Humayun Faridi	West Bengal Film Development Corporation	Impress Telefilm Ltd	16 May	Adaption of Padma Nadir Majhi	[8]
1998	Moner Moto Mon	Montazur Rahman Akbar	Viktor Beneerjee	Amin Khan	AP Production	Bony Pictures	26 November
2003	Moner Majhe Tumi	K. Basu	Jisshu Sengupta	Riaz Purnima	Ashirbad Cholochitro	Impress Telefilm Ltd		Remake of Manasantha Nuvve
2010	Moner Manush	Goutom Ghosh	Prosenjit Chatterjee Priyanshu Chatterjee	Chanchal Chowdhury Raisul Islam Asad	Gautam Kandu	Impress Telefilm Ltd	3 December	Based on life of Lalon	[9]
2014	Ami Shudhu Cheyechi Tomay	Ashok Pati Anonno Mamun	Ankush Hazra Subhashree Ganguly		Eskay Movies	Action Cut Entertainment	16 May
2015	Romeo vs Juliet	Ashok Pati	Ankush Hazra	Mahiya Mahi	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	16 January	Remake of Singh vs Kaur
	Agnee 2	Iftakar Chowdhury	Om	Mahiya Mahi	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	18 July	Sequel to Agnee	[10]
	Aashiqui	Ashok Pati	Ankush Hazra	Nusrat Faria Mazhar	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	18 September (India) 25 September (Bangladesh)	Remake of Ishq	[11]
	Black	Raja Chanda	Soham Chakraborty	Bidya Sinha Saha Mim	Viacom 18 Motion Pictures	Dag Creative Media	27 November
2016	Angaar	Wazed Ali Sumon	Om	Falguni Rahman Jolly	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	15 January	Remake of Appayya	[12]
	Hero 420	Saikat Nasir	Om Riya Sen	Nusrat Faria Mazhar	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	12 February (India) 19 February (Bangladesh)	Remake of Maska
	Shankhachil	Goutam Ghose	Prosenjit Chatterjee	Kusum Sikder	Ashirbad Cholochitro NIdeas Creations & Productions	Impress Telefilm Ltd	15 April		[13]
	Niyoti	Zakir Hossain Raju		Arifin Shuvo Falguni Rahman Jolly	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	10 June (India) 12 August (Bangladesh)	Inspired by The Notebook	[14]
	Badsha - The Don	Baba Yadav Abdul Aziz	Jeet	Nusrat Faria Mazhar	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	6 July (India) 7 July (Bangladesh)	Remake of Don Seenu	[15]
	Shikari	Joydeep Mukherjee Zakir Hussain Simanto	Srabanti Chatterjee	Shakib Khan	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	7 July (Bangladesh) 12 August (Worldwide)	Remake of Aadhavan	[16]
	Rokto	Wajed Ali Sumon		Pori Moni Ziaul Roshan	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	12 September		[17]
	Prem Ki Bujhini	Sudipto Sarkar	Om Subhashree Ganguly		Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	7 October	Remake of 100% Love
2017	Boss 2: Back to Rule	Baba Yadav	Jeet Subhashree Ganguly	Nusrat Faria Mazhar	Jeetz Filmworks Walzen Media Works	Jaaz Multimedia	23 June (West Bengal) 26 June (Bangladesh) 30 June (India)	Sequel to Boss: Born to Rule	[18]
	Nabab	Joydeep Mukherjee Abdul Aziz	Subhashree Ganguly	Shakib Khan	Eskay Movies	Jaaz Multimedia	26 June (Bangladesh) 28 July (India)		[19]
	Doob: No Bed of Roses	Mostofa Sarwar Farooki	Irrfan Khan	Nusrat Imrose Tisha	Eskay Movies Irrfan Khan Films	Jaaz Multimedia	27 October		[20]
2018	Inspector Notty K	Ashok Pati	Jeet	Nusrat Faria Mazhar	Surinder Films Jeetz Filmworks Walzen Media Works	Jaaz Multimedia	19 January (India) 26 January (Bangladesh)	Releasing in Bangladesh as Indian film through import-export policy.	[21]
	Noor Jahaan	Abhimanyu Mukherjee	Adrit Roy	Puja Cherry	Raj Chakraborty Productions SVF Entertainment	Jaaz Multimedia	16 February
	Pashan	Saikat Nasir	Om	Bidya Sinha Saha Mim		Jaaz Multimedia	23 March		[22]
	Chalbaaz	Joydeep Mukherjee Anonno Mamun	Subhashree Ganguly	Shakib Khan	Eskay Movies	Action Cut Entertainment	20 April (India) 27 April (Bangladesh)		[23][24]
	Sultan: The Saviour	Raja Chanda	Jeet	Bidya Sinha Saha Mim	Surinder Films Jeetz Filmworks	Jaaz Multimedia	15 June		[25][26]
	Bhaijaan Elo Re	Joydeep Mukherjee	Srabanti Chatterjee Payel Sarkar	Shakib Khan	Eskay Movies	Action Cut Entertainment	15 June		[27]
	Mask	Rajiv Biswas	Nusrat Jahan Sayantika Banerjee	Shakib Khan	Shree Venkatesh Films	Aradhona Enterprise	30 June		[28]
	Tui Shudhu Amar	Joydeep Mukherjee Anonno Mamun	Om Soham Chakraborty	Mahiya Mahi	Eskay Movies	Action Cut Entertainment			[29][30][4]
	Saturday Afternoon	Mostofa Sarwar Farooki	Parambrata Chatterjee	Zahid Hasan Nusrat Imon Tisha	Greentouch Entertainment	Jaaz Multimedia Chhobial		Co-produced by Anna Katchko of Germany company Tandem Production Also starring Palestinian actor Eyad Hourani	[31]
	Balighar	Arindam Sil	Abir Chatterjee Parno Mitra Rahul Banerjee	Arifin Shuvo Nusrat Imrose Tisha Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed	Nothing Beyond Cinema	Bengal Creations			[32]

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	2	Bangladesh
SVF Entertainment	1	India

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	India

Actors

Actor/Actress	Films Released	Country
Nusraat Faria	5	Bangladesh
Subhashree Ganguly	5	India
Om	5	India
Shakib Khan	4	Bangladesh
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.

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