Diti’s last film gets censor clearance 5 years after her death

Late actress Parveen Sultana Diti’s last film, titled ‘E Desh Tomar Amar’, has finally received censor certificate around five years after her death.

Zayed Khan, the lead actor of the film and the general secretary of Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association, confirmed the news to The Business Post on Friday.

The patriotic film directed by FI Manik was given the censor certificate by Bangladesh Film Development Board on September 16, he said.

Zayed said that the shooting of the film started around 10 years ago. “It feels good to know that the film will finally be released after so many years,” he added.

“This film is very close to my heart. For this film, I had to cut my long hair short after a long time. The project is memorable for me because two of my co-artistes—actress Diti and actor Miju Ahmed are no longer with us. I have lots of memory with them. In ‘E Desh Tomar Amar’, I have shot most of the sequences with Mizu Ahmed. I really miss them,” shared Zayed.

“Diti apa was an amazing actress. I have learnt a lot working with her. I have made a lot of memories with her on the set,” he added.

The actor further said that the film was shot in 35mm format and digitized later.

Talking about the plot of ‘E Desh Tomar Amar’, Zayed said: “The film is a complete package of entertainment. With the story based on patriotism, the film has patriotic songs and actions scenes as well. I have undergone a hard training for the action sequences. I think the audience will like the film.”

Actress Diti began her journey in the film industry with the talent hunt competition ‘Notun Mukher Sondhane’ in 1984. Her debut film was ‘Dak Diye Jai,’ directed by Udayan Chowdhury, which was never released.

She appeared on the silver screen with the Azmal Huda Mithu directed film ‘Ami Ei Ustad.’ Having acted in around 200 films, she bagged the National Film Award for her extraordinary performance in Subhash Dutt’s ‘Swami Smriti’ in 1987.

The celebrated actress died on March 20, 2016 after a long battle with brain cancer.