‘Saatao’ to premier at DIFF today

The crowd-funded film ‘Saatao (Memories of Gloomy Monsoons)’ will have its national premiere at Dhaka International Film Festival (DIFF) today. Directed by Khandaker Sumon, the film has Aynun Putul and Fazlul Haque in pivotal roles.

“I’ve acted under Khandaker Sumon in a short film. Basically, he motivated me to act in the lead role,” said Aynun Putul. The actress has played the role of a woman named Putul in the film.

The story of ‘Saatao’ revolves around the life struggle of farmers and the universal struggles of women from marginalised backgrounds.

The story of the film goes as Fazlu, a farmer, worries that his wife Putul will get lonely, staying at home alone. So he gifts her a cow. Thus, Putul gets a new companion and starts forgetting the pain of leaving her father’s house.

Meanwhile, farmers like Fazlu are struggling as a result of the poor environmental situation.

The movie also casts Sabera Yasmin, Tashmita Shimu, Mitu Sarkar, among others.

Apart from ‘Saatao’ Khijir Hayat Khan’s directorial ‘Ora 7 Jon (The seven)’, Indian film ‘Abhijaan’ helmed by Parambrata Chattopadhyay, Faraz Ali’s ‘Shoebox’, S Sukhdev’s ‘Nine Months to Freedom: The Story of Bangladesh’ and many other national and international films are set to have screenings at the festival today.