Last year was a great year for Dhallywood actress Bidya Sinha Saha Mim. Bidya Sinha Saha Mim starrer ‘Paran’ and ‘Damaal’ created a lot of buzz. Meanwhile, the movie ‘Poran’ was made on Barguna’s controversial Rifat murder case. The film starred Bidya Sinha Saha as Mim Munni, and her performance was critically acclaimed. News of Bidya Sinha Saha Mim starrer new movie has been reported recently. The actress is playing the title role in the film based on the controversial rape case of Yasmin.
The name of this movie directed by Sumon Dhar is ‘Ami Yasmin Bolchi’. Bidya Sinha Saha Mim will play the role of Yasmin in the movie. The actress also said that she has already signed a contract for the movie. Regarding the movie, ‘Now I am not working on all kinds of screenplays. I read the script of Ami Yasmin Bolchi movie six months ago. I cried when I read it. Yasmin was 13 years old at the time of the incident. So Mim has to lose weight to portray the character. After preparing himself, he will participate in the shooting of the movie next April.
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Bidya Sinha Saha Mim also said about playing a popular role like Yasmin, ‘After the release of Poran and Damal, I have a new birth in films. Among them, many screenplays have come to hand. I thought, after many years, the love that the audience has given me, I have to keep the love. I am looking for stories, characters, and challenges in the screenplays that have come. So I did not undertake the work in mass. If the actor cries after reading the script, I am sure the audience will cry after watching the movie.’
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Meanwhile, about the movie, its director Sumon Dhar said, ‘It took almost two years to get permission from Yasmin’s family for the story. At first, they did not agree. Yasmin’s mother allowed it after explaining that Yasmin would live through the movie. I have started working on the screenplay with written permission from the family according to director sources, 50 percent of the movie will be shot in Dinajpur, the setting of the story. The rest of the work will be done in Dhaka by Chroma and set-making.
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The Yasmin rape incident in question was in 1995. On the night of August 23 that year, a girl named Yasmin came to Dinajpur by bus from Dhaka to Thakurgaon. The bus staff handed him over to a tea shopkeeper at the Dinajpur-Doshmail intersection early in the morning and requested he is transferred to the Dinajpur bus in the morning. But after some time Kotwali police patrol pickup arrived. The girl was forcibly picked up in a pickup saying that she would be delivered home.
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After raping the girl on the way, he killed her and dumped her body on the highway. The girl’s body was found the next morning in the Gobindapur area. The people of Dinajpur got angry and came down the streets. Builds a movement. The police fired again in that movement. Seven people were killed, and more than two hundred were injured. As a result, protests spread across the country, including Dinajpur. Producer Sumon Dhar is bringing this controversial and touching incident to the screen. And Bidya Sinha Saha Mim is going to play the title role in this movie.
Rape and murder of Yasmin Akhter |
Meanwhile, Bidya Sinha Saha Mim is currently staying in Purulia, West Bengal. There he is acting in the movie ‘Manush’. The movie features Tollywood superstar Jeet opposite her. It is directed by Sanjay Samaddar of Bangladesh. Currently, the final part of the movie is being shot. Apart from this, the actress is also going to start working on a new web series very soon. Bidya Sinha Mim said that she has signed a contract for the movie ‘Ami Yasmin Bolchi’ before going to Kolkata to participate in the movie ‘Manush’.