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The Bangladeshi film ‘Roid’, made by Mejbaur Rahman Sumon, is going to the Oscars. The film will compete for Bangladesh at the 99th Academy Awards (Oscars) in the International Feature Film category. The ‘Oscar Bangladesh Committee’, formed at the initiative of the Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies (BFFS), has chosen the film as the country’s official submission.
Dr Mohammad Zahirul Islam, president of the Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies and chairman of the Oscar Bangladesh Committee, announced the name of the film at a press conference organised at a five-star hotel in the capital on Sunday.
He said five films had been submitted for participation in the 99th Oscars – Redoan Rony’s ‘Dom’, Mejbaur Rahman Sumon’s ‘Roid’, Nurul Alam Atique’s ‘Manusher Bagan’, Mohammad Touqir Islam’s ‘Delupi’ and Monirul Akash Haque’s ‘The University of Chankharpul’. Later, ‘Manusher Bagan’ voluntarily withdrew from the competition and ‘Roid’ was nominated for the Oscars from among the remaining four.
The chairperson of the six-member Oscar Bangladesh Committee was Dr Zahirul Islam Kochi, president of the Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies. The other members of the committee are Sajjad Sharif, Shaheen Dill-Riaz, Rashed Zaman, Sayyid Shahzada Al Karim and Shahrin Akter Sumi.
