New Delhi:
Colombian singing sensationShakira will croon and also possibly act in a feature filmwhose cast will comprise some leading names of Indian andBangladeshi cinema, the film's director Enamul Karim Nirjharof Bangladesh said today.
Shakira will lend her voice to five songs and the musicwill be composed by India's Debajyoti Mishra for the proposedfilm. Titled Desire The Flying Butter, the film will beco-produced by a "friend of mine", Nirjhar told PTI fromDhaka.
Nirjhar chose to keep the cast of the film under a wrapbut said, "it will have some known and little-known actorsfrom India and Bangladesh".
Replying to a question, he said efforts were also on torope in Shakira to act in the film that will be shot in India,Bangladesh, Scotland and some other countries.
The director, an architect by qualification andprofession, also declined to share the storyline of the filmsaying "we will disclose everything gradually".
"We are keeping mum right now on the cast and story ofthe film for strategic reasons but we will let you knoweverything in course of time", said Nirjhar.
Asked about the subject of the movie, he said, "it isgoing to be unlike ten other films. It will be a differentkind of film.
"All that I can say now is that we want to prove ourexistence, our desire and friendship of the sub-continent sothat we in this region stand with our heads held high."
Nirjhar's alliance with Debajyoti Mishra goes back to2007 when the composer did the soundtrack of the director'sdebut film Aha which is about a century-old house and thecharacters surrounding it.
The film, with a cast comprising some of the leadingnames of Bangladesh theatre and parallel cinema like HumayunFaridi, Tariq Anam Khan and Khaled Khan, won national awardsin Bangladesh for best direction, editing, female singer andcinematography.
Aha, screened at several international festivals likeMunich, Cairo and Dubai, was also Bangladesh's nomination forthe Oscars.
However, Nirjhar's second feature film Nomuna (Example,2009), whose music was composed by Mishra, is yet to get theclearance of Bangladesh censor board.
Shakira will lend her voice to five songs and the musicwill be composed by India's Debajyoti Mishra for the proposedfilm. Titled Desire The Flying Butter, the film will beco-produced by a "friend of mine", Nirjhar told PTI fromDhaka.
Nirjhar chose to keep the cast of the film under a wrapbut said, "it will have some known and little-known actorsfrom India and Bangladesh".
Replying to a question, he said efforts were also on torope in Shakira to act in the film that will be shot in India,Bangladesh, Scotland and some other countries.
The director, an architect by qualification andprofession, also declined to share the storyline of the filmsaying "we will disclose everything gradually".
"We are keeping mum right now on the cast and story ofthe film for strategic reasons but we will let you knoweverything in course of time", said Nirjhar.
Asked about the subject of the movie, he said, "it isgoing to be unlike ten other films. It will be a differentkind of film.
"All that I can say now is that we want to prove ourexistence, our desire and friendship of the sub-continent sothat we in this region stand with our heads held high."
Nirjhar's alliance with Debajyoti Mishra goes back to2007 when the composer did the soundtrack of the director'sdebut film Aha which is about a century-old house and thecharacters surrounding it.
The film, with a cast comprising some of the leadingnames of Bangladesh theatre and parallel cinema like HumayunFaridi, Tariq Anam Khan and Khaled Khan, won national awardsin Bangladesh for best direction, editing, female singer andcinematography.
Aha, screened at several international festivals likeMunich, Cairo and Dubai, was also Bangladesh's nomination forthe Oscars.
However, Nirjhar's second feature film Nomuna (Example,2009), whose music was composed by Mishra, is yet to get theclearance of Bangladesh censor board.
