Final version of the highly-anticipated film “Mujib: The Making of a Nation” will be screened for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina before it is formally released later this year, Indian sources said.

“I think Shyam Benegal and his team have almost completed the film’s shooting, editing and the computer graphics,” Arindam Bagchi, official spokesperson at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, said.

While briefing reporters in New Delhi last night (September 7, 2022), Bagchi said they are looking at a date towards the end of the year. “We’ll let you know once we have a fix on that.”

Trailer of the Bangladesh-India joint production, directed by veteran Indian director Shyam Benegal, premiered at Cannes Film Festival on May 19.

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The trailer of “Mujib: The Making of a Nation” – a biopic on Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman – is available on the official YouTube channel of NFDC India.

The film is being produced under audio visual co-production agreement between the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India and the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Bangladesh.

It is co-produced by National Film Development Corporation and Bangladesh Film Development Corporation.