Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, Chanchal Chowdhury Wrap ‘Monogamy,’ New Version of ‘Autobiography’ Set for Mumbai (EXCLUSIVE)
28.10.2023 - 05:41
/ variety.com
Naman Ramachandran Bangladeshi auteur Mostofa Sarwar Farooki has wrapped his latest film “Last Defenders of Monogamy.” The cast is headlined by popular Bangladeshi actor Chanchal Chowdhury (“Karagar,” “Hawa”) and Xefer Rahman and the cast also includes Samina Hussain Prema and Shuddho Rai. The film follows Shafqat (Chowdhury), a father of two adolescents and a loving husband, who is a firm believer in the ideals of monogamy but the winds of change take a big test of his ideologies. “Working with Farooki is always special.
With ‘Last Defenders of Monogamy’ we have tried to break the prevalent streaming trends of sex and violence and have delivered something new. With this film we are creating a new, diverse space in streaming,” Chowdhury said. The film is part of leading Bangladesh streamer Chorki’s 12-film “Ministry of Love” anthology.
The first film in the anthology, Farooki and Nusrat Imrose Tisha’s “Something Like an Autobiography,” premiered at Busan earlier this month, where it was in the prestigious Jiseok competition “Not sure if it’s conscious but definitely my subconscious pushed me to pick two very different styles, temperaments and mood for two different films. ‘Monogamy’ was bound to happen as I have been missing doing this tragicomic stuff that encircles our life these days. Modern life is one big tragicomedy,” Farooki told Variety.
“I made my first film ‘Bachelor’ which is cinematically poor but has a cult standing in Bangladesh due to its contextual relevance with urban youth’s romantic life. I took 20 years to come back with a new take in that zone but this time the central character is a married person. I am glad I waited this long for this as it allowed me to get a better and deeper understanding on
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