Joint venture film productions suspended.

[Homo Sapiens]

12:00 AM, July 11, 2017 / LAST MODIFIED: 12:00 AM, July 11, 2017
Joint venture film productions suspended

Government to formulate new policy

Staff Correspondent

The information ministry on Sunday suspended all work on joint venture films until a new policy about it is formulated. The decision was made at a ministry meeting between Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu and members of the film fraternity on Sunday, report The Daily Prothom Alo.

Information Secretary Mortuza Ahmed chaired the meeting, where representatives of film fraternity associations, Misha Sawdagar and Faruq made a number of recommendations.

The decisions taken at the meeting were: formulation of a new, complete and current policy for joint venture films ensuring the interest of the country's film industry, suspension of all joint venture films' activities until the policy is formulated, and purchase of 50 HD projectors under BFDC supervision to add to the projection of cinema theatres. The disclosures were made in a press brief of the ministry.

The decision comes after a stand-off between organisations of artistes and crew members, all under the umbrella organisation of 'film family' and Jaaz Multimedia regarding censor clearance and release of two joint venture films this Eid. The organisations have repeatedly claimed that the films did not fulfill the criteria for joint venture films, and have made demands for a revamp of the policy for joint venture films.
http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-en...nt-venture-film-productions-suspended-1431268

 

[Homo Sapiens]

How the actions of one company brought the entire initiative to a halt

• Nasir Rayhan
• Published at 01:37 AM July 11, 2017
• Last updated at 12:44 PM July 11, 2017

Boss 2, an Indo-Bangla joint production, came out this year


Jaaz Multimedia controls over the 256 theatres around the country, since it began to operate in Bangladesh in 2011

Local filmmakers and artists hailed the government decision to put on hold India-Bangladesh joint venture films until a new policy is set in place.

Celebrated Director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki said joint production can be beneficial to both parties only when the participation of the countries is equal in the film, which had not been the case for a number of years now.

Actor and president of Cholochitro Shilpi Samiti, Misha Sowdagar, who played a key role in protesting against these joint productions, said: “We’ve always wanted the development of our films through joint productions. I hope the new policy reflects our interest.”

Local artists have been protesting against these films for a number of months as the movies clearly flout the rules set for taking up such ventures.

Actor Faruq and Misha Soudagar presented a number of proposals in a meeting with the Ministry of Information on Sunday on how to further develop the Bangladeshi film industry.

The Ministry of Information made a number of decisions regarding the issues of joint venture films.

Reviewing the proposed proposals, the ministry decided to create a new policy for the rapid development of film through Bangladesh-India joint productions. It also decided to postpone activities related to joint production films until the new policy is made into law.

Meanwhile, much of the ire of local artists has been directed at a single production company in particular.

The activists alleged that Jaaz Multimedia had been flagrantly flouting Article 6 of the regulations relating to joint productions which states that there needs to be parity in terms of artist, crew and location in a joint venture film.

“Joint producers will determine the number of lead artists and crews based on the joint venture agreement. The number of artists and crew members has to be kept equal in this regard. Location of filming will also have to be selected in an equal ration in the same manner,” the Article reads.

Jaaz Multimedia controls over the 256 theatres around the country, since it began to operate in Bangladesh in 2011.

Problems began when the Censor Preview Committee recently received a letter from the Chalachitra Oikya Jote asking the committee to investigate if the films Nabab and Boss 2 were made in accordance with the rules of joint production.

With Jaaz Multimedia’s entry in the market, Dhalliwood witnessed a rapid rise in the number of Indo-Bangla venture films recently. Founded in 2011 by Shish Manwar, the company soon turned into one of the largest film production companies in Bangladesh, with an average production of ten films a year.

Interestingly, the company started collaborating with Kolkata’s Esaky movies in 2011 as well. Jaaz and Eskay Multimedia together produced a major number of commercially successful films, including Bhalobasar Rong, Onnorokom Bhalobasha, Pora Mon, Bhalobasa Aaj Kal, Agnee, Shikari, Niyoti, Rokto.

Although almost all of the Jaaz-Eskay ventures are remakes of international movies, mostly Telegu, they managed to do well in the Bangladeshi box-office. A large part of that is due to their business policy and alliance with United Mediaworks. Under their partnership, United Mediaworks has provided its digital cinema production and distribution technology to over 256 screens in Bangladesh.

In almost 30 years of joint movie production with India that produced some classic hits from the 80s such as Padma Nadir Majhi, the joint venture has seen many ups and downs but never a directive to hold all production like the directive on Sunday.
http://www.dhakatribune.com/busines...s-one-company-brought-entire-initiative-halt/

 

[Bilal9]

12:00 AM, July 11, 2017 / LAST MODIFIED: 12:00 AM, July 11, 2017
Joint venture film productions suspended

Government to formulate new policy

Staff Correspondent

The information ministry on Sunday suspended all work on joint venture films until a new policy about it is formulated. The decision was made at a ministry meeting between Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu and members of the film fraternity on Sunday, report The Daily Prothom Alo.

Information Secretary Mortuza Ahmed chaired the meeting, where representatives of film fraternity associations, Misha Sawdagar and Faruq made a number of recommendations.

The decisions taken at the meeting were: formulation of a new, complete and current policy for joint venture films ensuring the interest of the country's film industry, suspension of all joint venture films' activities until the policy is formulated, and purchase of 50 HD projectors under BFDC supervision to add to the projection of cinema theatres. The disclosures were made in a press brief of the ministry.

The decision comes after a stand-off between organisations of artistes and crew members, all under the umbrella organisation of 'film family' and Jaaz Multimedia regarding censor clearance and release of two joint venture films this Eid. The organisations have repeatedly claimed that the films did not fulfill the criteria for joint venture films, and have made demands for a revamp of the policy for joint venture films.
http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-en...nt-venture-film-productions-suspended-1431268

How the actions of one company brought the entire initiative to a halt

• Nasir Rayhan
• Published at 01:37 AM July 11, 2017
• Last updated at 12:44 PM July 11, 2017

Boss 2, an Indo-Bangla joint production, came out this year


Jaaz Multimedia controls over the 256 theatres around the country, since it began to operate in Bangladesh in 2011

Local filmmakers and artists hailed the government decision to put on hold India-Bangladesh joint venture films until a new policy is set in place.

Celebrated Director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki said joint production can be beneficial to both parties only when the participation of the countries is equal in the film, which had not been the case for a number of years now.

Actor and president of Cholochitro Shilpi Samiti, Misha Sowdagar, who played a key role in protesting against these joint productions, said: “We’ve always wanted the development of our films through joint productions. I hope the new policy reflects our interest.”

Local artists have been protesting against these films for a number of months as the movies clearly flout the rules set for taking up such ventures.

Actor Faruq and Misha Soudagar presented a number of proposals in a meeting with the Ministry of Information on Sunday on how to further develop the Bangladeshi film industry.

The Ministry of Information made a number of decisions regarding the issues of joint venture films.

Reviewing the proposed proposals, the ministry decided to create a new policy for the rapid development of film through Bangladesh-India joint productions. It also decided to postpone activities related to joint production films until the new policy is made into law.

Meanwhile, much of the ire of local artists has been directed at a single production company in particular.

The activists alleged that Jaaz Multimedia had been flagrantly flouting Article 6 of the regulations relating to joint productions which states that there needs to be parity in terms of artist, crew and location in a joint venture film.

“Joint producers will determine the number of lead artists and crews based on the joint venture agreement. The number of artists and crew members has to be kept equal in this regard. Location of filming will also have to be selected in an equal ration in the same manner,” the Article reads.

Jaaz Multimedia controls over the 256 theatres around the country, since it began to operate in Bangladesh in 2011.

Problems began when the Censor Preview Committee recently received a letter from the Chalachitra Oikya Jote asking the committee to investigate if the films Nabab and Boss 2 were made in accordance with the rules of joint production.

With Jaaz Multimedia’s entry in the market, Dhalliwood witnessed a rapid rise in the number of Indo-Bangla venture films recently. Founded in 2011 by Shish Manwar, the company soon turned into one of the largest film production companies in Bangladesh, with an average production of ten films a year.

Interestingly, the company started collaborating with Kolkata’s Esaky movies in 2011 as well. Jaaz and Eskay Multimedia together produced a major number of commercially successful films, including Bhalobasar Rong, Onnorokom Bhalobasha, Pora Mon, Bhalobasa Aaj Kal, Agnee, Shikari, Niyoti, Rokto.

Although almost all of the Jaaz-Eskay ventures are remakes of international movies, mostly Telegu, they managed to do well in the Bangladeshi box-office. A large part of that is due to their business policy and alliance with United Mediaworks. Under their partnership, United Mediaworks has provided its digital cinema production and distribution technology to over 256 screens in Bangladesh.

In almost 30 years of joint movie production with India that produced some classic hits from the 80s such as Padma Nadir Majhi, the joint venture has seen many ups and downs but never a directive to hold all production like the directive on Sunday.
http://www.dhakatribune.com/busines...s-one-company-brought-entire-initiative-halt/

Yessssss.......

Way to go guys. Don't hand the media over to these foreign companies......

 

[Riyad]

Exhibitors Association announces boycott of movies by actors Riyaz, Misha
Staff Correspondent, bdnews24.com

Published: 2017-07-11 20:58:58.0 BdST Updated: 2017-07-11 20:58:58.0 BdST

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Bangladesh Motion Pictures Exhibitors Association or BMPEA has announced that it will boycott movies of actors Misha Saudagar and Riyaz Uddin Ahmed as a punishment for 'assaulting the BMPEA president'.




The organisation made the announcement on Tuesday at a press briefing at the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity in the capital.

The BMPEA has also decided to boycott producer and theatre owner Khorshed Alam Khasru, who is also alleged to have taken part in the alleged assault.

Association leaders said Riyaz, Misha and Khasru, along with their followers, recently attacked Madhumita Cinema Hall owner and BMPEA President Iftekhar Uddin Nawshad in front of the Bangladesh Film Censor Board office over an argument on the release of Indo-Bangla joint productions ‘Boss 2’ and ‘Nabab’.

The decision to boycott them came as the authorities took no steps against the trio and their followers, said BMPEA General Secretary Kazi Shoyeb Rashid.

He said, "From now on, no theatre across the country will show any films of these three."

Riyaz, Misha and Khasru were unavailable for comment on the boycott decision.
The release of these two joint-production movies during the Eid-ul-Fitr had created resentment among local artistes and workers of the industry.

But, the BMPEA was in favour of their release in Bangladesh considering their business interests.

BMPEA leaders said following the 'assault', they had lodged a protest and submitted a memorandum to the information minister, and the secretaries to the information, law and home ministries had assured them of taking legal actions against the attackers of Nawshad, who is also a member of the Censor Board.

But, since then, the government officials are surprisingly silent on the matter, Kazi Shoyeb Rashid alleged, adding that "no measures against the attackers have been taken".

Nawshad told reporters that they were interested in joint-production movies because they want to show good films in theatres.

“Good movies bring the audience to the cinema halls, and that keeps the business running. Nowadays, only Shakib Khan’s films bring people to the theatres. That’s why we are in favour of joint productions.”

He, however, claimed that the exhibitors or theatres owners would not have backed movies co-produced with foreign investors if ‘good story-based movies like Aynabaji’ were regularly made in Bangladesh.

Amid protests from the artistes, the government on Sunday decided to prohibit the production of films with other countries until the passing of a proper guideline.

All joint productions will be put on hold until the fresh and up-to-date guidelines are prepared.

http://bdnews24.com/entertainment/2...unces-boycott-of-movies-by-actors-riyaz-misha

 

[Species]

How the actions of one company brought the entire initiative to a halt

• Nasir Rayhan
• Published at 01:37 AM July 11, 2017
• Last updated at 12:44 PM July 11, 2017

Boss 2, an Indo-Bangla joint production, came out this year


Jaaz Multimedia controls over the 256 theatres around the country, since it began to operate in Bangladesh in 2011

Local filmmakers and artists hailed the government decision to put on hold India-Bangladesh joint venture films until a new policy is set in place.

Celebrated Director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki said joint production can be beneficial to both parties only when the participation of the countries is equal in the film, which had not been the case for a number of years now.

Actor and president of Cholochitro Shilpi Samiti, Misha Sowdagar, who played a key role in protesting against these joint productions, said: “We’ve always wanted the development of our films through joint productions. I hope the new policy reflects our interest.”

Local artists have been protesting against these films for a number of months as the movies clearly flout the rules set for taking up such ventures.

Actor Faruq and Misha Soudagar presented a number of proposals in a meeting with the Ministry of Information on Sunday on how to further develop the Bangladeshi film industry.

The Ministry of Information made a number of decisions regarding the issues of joint venture films.

Reviewing the proposed proposals, the ministry decided to create a new policy for the rapid development of film through Bangladesh-India joint productions. It also decided to postpone activities related to joint production films until the new policy is made into law.

Meanwhile, much of the ire of local artists has been directed at a single production company in particular.

The activists alleged that Jaaz Multimedia had been flagrantly flouting Article 6 of the regulations relating to joint productions which states that there needs to be parity in terms of artist, crew and location in a joint venture film.

“Joint producers will determine the number of lead artists and crews based on the joint venture agreement. The number of artists and crew members has to be kept equal in this regard. Location of filming will also have to be selected in an equal ration in the same manner,” the Article reads.

Jaaz Multimedia controls over the 256 theatres around the country, since it began to operate in Bangladesh in 2011.

Problems began when the Censor Preview Committee recently received a letter from the Chalachitra Oikya Jote asking the committee to investigate if the films Nabab and Boss 2 were made in accordance with the rules of joint production.

With Jaaz Multimedia’s entry in the market, Dhalliwood witnessed a rapid rise in the number of Indo-Bangla venture films recently. Founded in 2011 by Shish Manwar, the company soon turned into one of the largest film production companies in Bangladesh, with an average production of ten films a year.

Interestingly, the company started collaborating with Kolkata’s Esaky movies in 2011 as well. Jaaz and Eskay Multimedia together produced a major number of commercially successful films, including Bhalobasar Rong, Onnorokom Bhalobasha, Pora Mon, Bhalobasa Aaj Kal, Agnee, Shikari, Niyoti, Rokto.

Although almost all of the Jaaz-Eskay ventures are remakes of international movies, mostly Telegu, they managed to do well in the Bangladeshi box-office. A large part of that is due to their business policy and alliance with United Mediaworks. Under their partnership, United Mediaworks has provided its digital cinema production and distribution technology to over 256 screens in Bangladesh.

In almost 30 years of joint movie production with India that produced some classic hits from the 80s such as Padma Nadir Majhi, the joint venture has seen many ups and downs but never a directive to hold all production like the directive on Sunday.
http://www.dhakatribune.com/busines...s-one-company-brought-entire-initiative-halt/

This is a good decision, initially I was an admirer of this Jazz Multimedia for making some development in the movie industry but all they did was to produce some cheap remakes of South Indian movies with some flashy item songs in the name of joint-venture productions. Their ownership over the theatres must be cancelled as soon as possible.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...h-co-productions-now/articleshow/59549940.cms
What happens to the fate of Indo-Bangladesh co-productions now?
Priyanka Dasgupta | TNN | Updated: Jul 11, 2017, 10.42 PM IST

On the sets of 'Yeti Obhijaan'
KOLKATA: The Bangladesh government has decided to keep on hold the work of preview committee that approves scripts of joint production of Bangladesh-India ventures and previews movies before their release. This has happened after objections came from various sectors in Bangladesh. This decision has raised questions over the fate of at least four big Indo-Bangladesh joint ventures - Prosenjit Chatterjee-starrer 'Yeti Obhijaan' ('YO'), Raj Chakraborty's 'Noor Jahan', Soham-Mahi-starrer 'Tui Shudhu Amar' and Jeet's as-yet untitled film - which are at various stages of production.

Hasanul Haq Inu, Bangladesh's minister of Information, told TOI that the work of the preview committee that oversees scripts of co-productions and previews movies before release have been kept on hold. "We are forming a new committee. The director general of Bangladesh television SM Harun-ur-Rashid will be a part of the committee along with other stake holders. We are coming up with a fresh 'neetimala' (guidelines). In principal, the association of artistes are not against Indo-Bangladesh joint productions. We are waiting for the committee to formulate guidelines. Till the review of the policy is done, the preview committee has been asked to keep its decisions on hold," Inu said.

Though he assured that the decision will be taken soon, most co-producers with films in the pipeline are a worried lot. Since co-productions assure a large market, budget of such films are high. Most of the ones in the pipeline have targeted Durga Puja releases in September to maximize their chances of investment recovery. They are now worried over the impact of this decision on the Puja releases.

Poster of 'Noor Jahan'

Tapan Ghosh, the managing director of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (FDC), said they are yet to ascertain the fate of the films whose production has already begun. Elaborating on reasons for formulating new guidelines, he said, "While discussing the co-production issues, we found no clarity on where a film-maker can appeal if his project isn't approved by the preview committee. There was lack of clarity on decisions regarding India and Bangladesh cast and location. Members of Shilpi Samity had a problems over not having any representation in the preview committee. Hence, a decision was taken to formulate new guidelines."

Srijit Mukherji has completed filming 'Yeti Obhijaan' in Switzerland. The much-awaited next Kakababu film, an adaptation of Sunil Gangopadhyay's 'Pahar Churaye Aatonko', is a Puja release. Its script was approved by preview committee. But what will happen if no screening of the film happens for that preview committee now that resolutions have been taken to keep its decisions on hold? "We haven't received any communication regarding co-productions issues. Once it comes, we will take a call on that," said the spokesperson of SVF who is co-producing 'Yeti Obhijaan'. Bangladeshi actor Ferdous, who has a special appearance in 'Yeti Obhijaan', said principally, he is in favour of co-productions. "But norms were being flouted. While some actors got good opportunities, technicians of both countries were often deprived. Sometimes, co-productions flaunt names of two directors where a little-known Bangladeshi maker's name is given even when he doesn't even attend the shooting. Such anomalies have to be corrected for the interest of our film industries," Ferdous said. Problems, he apprehends, might crop up in cases of those who started work without getting all the approvals for co-productions. "That isn't the case with 'Yeti Obhijaan'. We need to sort out the anomalies for the greater gain of both industries. I am hoping that the crisis will get resolved soon," Ferdous added.

A still from 'Tui Shudhu Amar'

Raj Chakraborty, who is co-producing 'Noor Jahan' directed by Abhimanyu Mukherjee, said the news has made the future of his co-production 'uncertain'. "I am in the process of getting all paper works done for co-production. We have taken 50% artistes from Bangladesh and were supposed to shoot there soon. Currently, we are in the process of finishing the Bengal-leg of shooting. The film is supposed to release on September 1," Chakraborty said.

Producer Himanshu Dhanuka, who has finished the London leg of 'Tui Shudhu Amar', said the script of his film was approved by the preview committee long back. "The film is yet to be shot in India or Bangladesh. We really want this to be sorted as soon as possible," Dhanuka said.

Ashok Pati, who is directing a co-production starring Jeet, will be off to Italy this week to scout for locations. Shooting was supposed to begin in August. But that's become uncertain now. Since we are in the pre-production stage, we have the time to act according to the new guidelines," Pati said.

 

[Bilal9]

This is a good decision, initially I was an admirer of this Jazz Multimedia for making some development in the movie industry but all they did was to produce some cheap remakes of South Indian movies with some flashy item songs in the name of joint-venture productions. Their ownership over the theatres must be cancelled as soon as possible.

I am not against directors collaborating to improve the technical quality and scripts of the movies. I am against changing our cultural values by using low quality item songs, as a means to make a quick buck.

That's where the new script approval guidelines must focus.

Indian WB directors must realize the differences in cultural sensibilities and not impose trashy Bollywood culture on our society.

And if the market is in Bangladesh, Bangladeshis must demand at least 85% or more of budget money spent by measure of the hired payroll component in the making of the movies must be spent in Bangladesh. That includes animation and CGI WORK, as well as technical work in every stage of film making, e.g.,

• Development. ...
• Pre-Production. ...
• Production. ...
• Principal Photography. ...
• Wrap. ...
• Post-Production. ...
• Distribution.

Of course, main movie characters will have to be Bangladeshi citizens as well.

 

[Bilal9]

Look at what happened in Nepal now - they passed the Television clean feed program.

Now Indian programming will not have ad-revenue any more! Local Ads banned on mostly Hindi channels.

Good going Nepal!!

Television Clean Feed Policy in Nepal
Government is going to be flexible & implement this policy in stages

Jul 8, 2017

All about Digital TV in Nepal

Television operators are slowly converting to digital terrestrial in Nepal. Now the government has decided that foreign channels should have clean feed. This means they can’t have advertisement. It is challenging paradigm shift in television but it can improve Nepal’s ad business. The deadline for shifting to digital TV was Biasakh 15 and last date for clean feed is Shrawan 1.


The conversion from analogue to digital didn’t happen in time. It is still going on because there are lots of operators. The conversion is going to take lots of money as well. Now Clean Feed is whole different game. Digital conversion helps government collect more tax and Clean feed is going to aid Nepali ad industry.

In Television Clean Feed, foreign channels can’t show ads. If the foreign companies need to target viewer in Nepal, they have to shows Nepali ads in Nepali channel. This is told to double the Nepali ad industry benefit of Rs 6 Billion.

There are lots of challenges in both projects. Currently there is no dedicated clean feed of international channel for Nepal. If the program goes active, Nepali viewers will get few English channels only. None of the Indian channels have ad-free service for Nepal.

People won’t be able to view any Indian and International channels if the challenges are not mitigated. Indian channels are one of the most watched channel among foreign channels. They need to create special feed by the advertisement they show here. Currently it is impossible to make such drastic things all of a sudden.

As for now Government is going to implement this policy in stages because there is not enough manpower. Next problem is Indian channels said they can’t develop special feed only for Nepal. Cable operators in Nepal also threatened to shut down serving of all channels if the policy is implemented without any planning.

Affects and Changes
After implementation of this policy, all multinational companies will have to show ads in Nepali channel. Dubbed ads will be blocked totally. This means Nepali ad industry is going to make profit. There are lots of challenges in the TV industry. We are currently seeing a lot of new policy without any good planning, strategy and collaboration with all concerned parties.

First the operators are going to digital TV. Next is serving clean feed service to viewers. The operators are saying that, it is not possible at this time. International TV channels should also be ready with us. We are in wait and watch situation here. This can be successful if foreign channels also serve special feed.

 

[Homo Sapiens]

Look at what happened in Nepal now - they passed the Television clean feed program.

Now Indian programming will not have ad-revenue any more! Local Ads banned on mostly Hindi channels.

Good going Nepal!!

Television Clean Feed Policy in Nepal
Government is going to be flexible & implement this policy in stages

Jul 8, 2017

All about Digital TV in Nepal

Television operators are slowly converting to digital terrestrial in Nepal. Now the government has decided that foreign channels should have clean feed. This means they can’t have advertisement. It is challenging paradigm shift in television but it can improve Nepal’s ad business. The deadline for shifting to digital TV was Biasakh 15 and last date for clean feed is Shrawan 1.


The conversion from analogue to digital didn’t happen in time. It is still going on because there are lots of operators. The conversion is going to take lots of money as well. Now Clean Feed is whole different game. Digital conversion helps government collect more tax and Clean feed is going to aid Nepali ad industry.

In Television Clean Feed, foreign channels can’t show ads. If the foreign companies need to target viewer in Nepal, they have to shows Nepali ads in Nepali channel. This is told to double the Nepali ad industry benefit of Rs 6 Billion.

There are lots of challenges in both projects. Currently there is no dedicated clean feed of international channel for Nepal. If the program goes active, Nepali viewers will get few English channels only. None of the Indian channels have ad-free service for Nepal.

People won’t be able to view any Indian and International channels if the challenges are not mitigated. Indian channels are one of the most watched channel among foreign channels. They need to create special feed by the advertisement they show here. Currently it is impossible to make such drastic things all of a sudden.

As for now Government is going to implement this policy in stages because there is not enough manpower. Next problem is Indian channels said they can’t develop special feed only for Nepal. Cable operators in Nepal also threatened to shut down serving of all channels if the policy is implemented without any planning.

Affects and Changes
After implementation of this policy, all multinational companies will have to show ads in Nepali channel. Dubbed ads will be blocked totally. This means Nepali ad industry is going to make profit. There are lots of challenges in the TV industry. We are currently seeing a lot of new policy without any good planning, strategy and collaboration with all concerned parties.

First the operators are going to digital TV. Next is serving clean feed service to viewers. The operators are saying that, it is not possible at this time. International TV channels should also be ready with us. We are in wait and watch situation here. This can be successful if foreign channels also serve special feed.

We have much to learn from Nepal. Indian security(?) force killed just one Nepali citizen in border.Nepali people came out in tens of thousands in the street and forced India to apologize and investigate.
As Protests Rise On Border Death, India Calls Nepal PM, Promises Probe
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/as-p...h-india-calls-nepal-pm-promises-probe-1668468
Indo-Nepal border incident: India asks Nepal to share details of Nepali citizen’s death
http://www.financialexpress.com/ind...hare-details-of-nepali-citizens-death/581966/
Compare this with our performance! Death in the Indo-BD is no longer get even a fare media attetion.Forget about protest on part of citizen or official level.Our sky is completely open to Indian trashy tv program.Those tv program is creating an unhealthy obsession for Indian product among the viwers mostly women.So, in one hand they are destroying our local entertainment industry and on the other hand creating market base for indian, sari, salwar kamiz, ornament.I hope Bangladeshi authority will at least learn a thing or two from the example of Nepal.

 

[Bilal9]

We have much to learn from Nepal. Indian security(?) force killed just one Nepali citizen in border.Nepali people came out in tens of thousands in the street and forced India to apologize and investigate.
As Protests Rise On Border Death, India Calls Nepal PM, Promises Probe
http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/as-p...h-india-calls-nepal-pm-promises-probe-1668468
Indo-Nepal border incident: India asks Nepal to share details of Nepali citizen’s death
http://www.financialexpress.com/ind...hare-details-of-nepali-citizens-death/581966/
Compare this with our performance! Death in the Indo-BD is no longer get even a fare media attetion.Forget about protest on part of citizen or official level.Our sky is completely open to Indian trashy tv program.Those tv program is creating an unhealthy obsession for Indian product among the viwers mostly women.So, in one hand they are destroying our local entertainment industry and on the other hand creating market base for indian, sari, salwar kamiz, ornament.I hope Bangladeshi authority will at least learn a thing or two from the example of Nepal.

Great point. We Bangladeshis are a shameless lot. Every year we give Bharatis fifteen Billion dollars of trade (legal and illegal), enrich their economy with regular and medical tourism (God knows how many Billions), not to speak of letting millions of illegal Indians working in Bangladesh send back more than Four Billion dollars in remittances.

And they reciprocate by flooding us yearly, bad mouthing us openly and killing our people on the border.

We should boycott Indian garbage products post haste.

What does it take to instill some shame in our people?

 

[Chhatrapati]

killing our people on the border.

Polevaulters

 

[gslv mk3]

We should boycott Indian garbage products post haste.

If your people can get over their obsession for Indian products, that is.

 

[wiseone2]

I am not against directors collaborating to improve the technical quality and scripts of the movies. I am against changing our cultural values by using low quality item songs, as a means to make a quick buck.

That's where the new script approval guidelines must focus.

Indian WB directors must realize the differences in cultural sensibilities and not impose trashy Bollywood culture on our society.

And if the market is in Bangladesh, Bangladeshis must demand at least 85% or more of budget money spent by measure of the hired payroll component in the making of the movies must be spent in Bangladesh. That includes animation and CGI WORK, as well as technical work in every stage of film making, e.g.,

• Development. ...
• Pre-Production. ...
• Production. ...
• Principal Photography. ...
• Wrap. ...
• Post-Production. ...
• Distribution.

Of course, main movie characters will have to be Bangladeshi citizens as well.

Don't you have a film censor board like in India ?

 

[jetray]

why should even govt interfere in film production ? is it a basic necessity ?
private producers will make films which have market and make money. If bangladeshi's cant produce films on their own is it India's problem ?

very pathetic that they start blaming India for everything.
Why dont they start doing films with chinese or hollywood instead of whining like this?

 

[Bilal9]

Don't you have a film censor board like in India ?

Having a film censor board does not assure decent story-lines and taste. With script review maybe that's a possibility. We have chosen as a society not to allow the invasion of bad taste from Bollywood and silly Tamil movies.

Just look at what Bollywood turns out every year despite having a censor board. It's an open shame for all South Asians everywhere.

Silly needless dance sequences, rampant copies of Hollywood scripts, pointless needless melodrama. I know they are commercial productions but you can't instill good taste and realism in movies with a censor board.