Indo-Bangladesh joint production


This article describes movies made jointly by cinema production houses of India, typically West Bengal, and Bangladesh.

History

In the 1980s and 1990s, there was a significant number of Indo-Bangladesh joint production films. However, after 2004–2005, the number of Indo-Bangla joint production films decreased. However, in the 2010s, Indo-Bangladeshi joint ventures began gaining more popularity and have become more common, often produced by Eskay Movies of India and Jaaz Multimedia of Bangladesh.
However, after different controversies regarding the joint venture films in 2017, the government of Bangladesh have temporarily stopped all joint ventures until a new policy is put in place. The controversy is mainly about the production house Jaaz Multimedia and the films they have produced, which commonly feature more Indian cast and crew than Bangladeshis. In an article by Prothom Alo, this controversy has been described as creating two factions in the Bangladeshi film industry, one which claims that Jaaz Multimedia has broken the country's rules of international co-productions by making Indian films under the name of joint productions, and another which backs Jaaz Multimedia by claiming that their films are reviving the lost glory of Bangladeshi cinema.
After the Bangladesh government announced it was temporarily stopping all joint production films in 2017, it was announced that a new committee would be formed to approve scripts and preview the films before production and release. Later in January 2018, Bangladesh Information Minister Hasanul Haq Inu revealed that new rules for would be relaxed for co-productions, making it easier for films to have one director and film in other countries. The new co-production guidelines, released by the Bangladeshi government, state that permission can be sought to bring equipments from other countries, a production house cannot apply for a film review within 30 days of getting a nod from the Bangladesh Film Development Corporation and Ministry of Information, maximum duration of submission is 9 months to a year, and the guidelines also allow for a director or producer from a third country to join the film. However, the new guidelines for the co-productions state that approval will only be given to original content. This move, endorsed by director of Grassroot Entertainment Amit Jumrani, will create space for new and original ideas in an industry with many remakes.

Films

This is the list of some of the notable Bangladesh-India joint venture films.
YearFilmsDirectorCast Cast Producer Producer ReleaseNotesRef.
1993Padma Nadir MajhiGoutom GhoshUtpal Dutt
Roopa Ganguly
Rabi Ghosh		Raisul Islam Asad
Humayun Faridi		West Bengal Film Development CorporationImpress Telefilm Ltd16 MayAdaption of Padma Nadir Majhi
1998Moner Moto MonMontazur Rahman AkbarViktor BeneerjeeAmin KhanAP ProductionBony Pictures26 November
2003Moner Majhe TumiK. BasuJisshu SenguptaRiaz
Purnima		Ashirbad CholochitroImpress Telefilm LtdRemake of Manasantha Nuvve
2010Moner ManushGoutom GhoshProsenjit Chatterjee
Priyanshu Chatterjee		Chanchal Chowdhury
Raisul Islam Asad		Gautam KanduImpress Telefilm Ltd3 DecemberBased on life of Lalon
2014Ami Shudhu Cheyechi TomayAshok Pati
Anonno Mamun		Ankush Hazra
Subhashree Ganguly		Eskay MoviesAction Cut Entertainment16 May
2015Romeo vs JulietAshok PatiAnkush HazraMahiya MahiEskay MoviesJaaz Multimedia16 JanuaryRemake of Singh vs Kaur
2015Agnee 2Iftakar ChowdhuryOmMahiya MahiEskay MoviesJaaz Multimedia18 JulySequel to Agnee
2015AashiquiAshok PatiAnkush HazraNusrat Faria MazharEskay MoviesJaaz Multimedia18 September
25 September
Remake of Ishq
2015BlackRaja ChandaSoham ChakrabortyBidya Sinha Saha MimViacom 18 Motion PicturesDag Creative Media27 November
2016AngaarWazed Ali SumonOmFalguni Rahman JollyEskay MoviesJaaz Multimedia15 JanuaryRemake of Appayya
2016Hero 420Saikat NasirOm
Riya Sen		Nusrat Faria MazharEskay MoviesJaaz Multimedia12 February
19 February
Remake of Maska
2016ShankhachilGoutam GhoseProsenjit ChatterjeeKusum SikderAshirbad Cholochitro
NIdeas Creations & Productions		Impress Telefilm Ltd15 April
2016NiyotiZakir Hossain RajuArifin Shuvo
Falguni Rahman Jolly		Eskay MoviesJaaz Multimedia10 June
12 August
Inspired by The Notebook
2016Badsha - The DonBaba Yadav
Abdul Aziz		JeetNusrat Faria MazharEskay MoviesJaaz Multimedia6 July
7 July
Remake of Don Seenu
2016ShikariJoydeep Mukherjee
Zakir Hussain Simanto		Srabanti ChatterjeeShakib KhanEskay MoviesJaaz Multimedia7 July
12 August
Remake of Aadhavan
2016RoktoWajed Ali SumonPori Moni
Ziaul Roshan		Eskay MoviesJaaz Multimedia12 September
2016Prem Ki BujhiniSudipto SarkarOm
Subhashree Ganguly		Eskay MoviesJaaz Multimedia7 OctoberRemake of 100% Love
2017'Baba YadavJeet
Subhashree Ganguly		Nusrat Faria MazharJeetz Filmworks
Walzen Media Works		Jaaz Multimedia23 June
26 June
30 June
Sequel to '
2017NababJoydeep Mukherjee
Abdul Aziz		Subhashree GangulyShakib KhanEskay MoviesJaaz Multimedia26 June
28 July
2017'Mostofa Sarwar FarookiIrrfan KhanNusrat Imrose TishaEskay Movies
Irrfan Khan Films		Jaaz Multimedia27 October
2018Inspector Notty KAshok PatiJeetNusrat Faria MazharSurinder Films
Jeetz Filmworks
Walzen Media Works		Jaaz Multimedia19 January
26 January
Releasing in Bangladesh as Indian film through import-export policy.
2018Noor JahaanAbhimanyu MukherjeeAdrit RoyPuja CherryRaj Chakraborty Productions
SVF Entertainment		Jaaz Multimedia16 February
2018PashanSaikat NasirOmBidya Sinha Saha MimJaaz Multimedia23 March
2018ChalbaazJoydeep Mukherjee
Anonno Mamun		Subhashree GangulyShakib KhanEskay MoviesAction Cut Entertainment20 April
27 April
2018'Raja ChandaJeetBidya Sinha Saha MimSurinder Films
Jeetz Filmworks		Jaaz Multimedia15 June
2018Bhaijaan Elo ReJoydeep MukherjeeSrabanti Chatterjee
Payel Sarkar		Shakib KhanEskay MoviesAction Cut Entertainment15 June
2018MaskRajiv BiswasNusrat Jahan Sayantika BanerjeeShakib KhanShree Venkatesh FilmsAradhona Enterprise30 June
2018Tui Shudhu AmarJoydeep Mukherjee
Anonno Mamun		Om
Soham Chakraborty		Mahiya MahiEskay MoviesAction Cut Entertainment
2018Saturday AfternoonMostofa Sarwar FarookiParambrata ChatterjeeZahid Hasan
Nusrat Imon Tisha		Greentouch EntertainmentJaaz Multimedia
Chhobial		Co-produced by Anna Katchko of Germany company Tandem Production
Also starring Palestinian actor Eyad Hourani
2018BaligharArindam SilAbir Chatterjee
Parno Mitra
Rahul Banerjee		Arifin Shuvo
Nusrat Imrose Tisha
Quazi Nawshaba Ahmed		Nothing Beyond CinemaBengal Creations

Frequent joint venture collaborators

This list contains production companies, directors, and actors who have worked multiple times in Indo-Bangla co-productions.

Production companies

Directors

Actors

Music directors