Actor Chanchal Chowdhury and filmmaker Amitabh Reza Chowdhury worked together again after Aynabaji in 2016. This time they came up with a web movie titled Munshigiri. In fact, this is the first web film of Amitabh Reza. Munshigiri was released on September 30, 2021, on the new OTT platform Chorki. The trailer of the movie released two days ago has received a lot of response on social media. Let's get to know some information about this Chorki original film. The major characters in Munshigiri In this web movie, the veteran actor Chanchal Chowdhury plays the role of a detective police officer named Masud Munshi. The actor, who is successful in both TV dramas and films, has won the hearts of millions of people for his versatile acting. Who can deny Chanchal’s incredible performance in the roles of 'Shonai’ in Monpura film and ‘Ayna’ in Ainabaji film? In the film Debi, Chanchal Chowdhury enlightens Humayun Ahmed's everlasting character Misir Ali. Read Raihan Rafi’s Poran: An exciting love triangle film based on a real-Life story In Munshigiri film, Chanchal's co-stars include filmstar Purnima and Shabnam Fariha. Purnima is one of the prominent film actresses in Bangladesh. Her majestic beauty and superb acting keep the audience enthralled on the silver screen. Shabnam Fariha is another talented actress. Though she mainly acts on TV dramas and web series on the OTT platforms, her brilliant presence in the Debi film was also noticeable. She is renowned for the Nilu role from the 'Debi' movie. Director Amitabh's plan on Munshigiri On January 14, 2021, Chanchal Chowdhury and Purnima signed the contract with Munshigiri web movie's director Amitabh Reza Chowdhury. Amitabh is actually planning to turn this film into a web movie series. He is thinking of making the second movie of the series. Amitabh's team is working to create the Munshigiri franchise-like world-class films. Read Tomorrow: Bangladeshi Animation Film on Climate Change at Cannes World Film Festival Leading filmmaker Redwan Roni, who heads the new video streaming platform Chorki, is also optimistic about the Munshigiri project. Amitabh Reza's sister Mahjabin Reza produced Munshigiri. This web film is released under the banner of Charki and Daraz. Story of the web film Munshigiri Nasif Amin has written the story of Munshigiri in the light of the novel 'Mriterao Kotha Bole' by Shibobrata Barman. The story revolves around the revelation of the mystery of the death of a government official. In order to resolve the case, officer Masud Munshi kept trying to get as much information as possible from Suraiya, the wife of the deceased officer. Read Thoughts of Shams: Solo Content Creator Playing Multiple Characters In addition to the mystery, the film focuses on the personal life of a devoted DB policeman. With his wife Parveen Sultana and their only son, Masud Munshi is determined to maintain a balance between his family and duties. In this way, his team gets involved in the great thrill of hunter and victim. Novelist Shibobrata himself saw the movie and praised the director, saying, "In Bengali movies, Amitabh has introduced a detective who hangs a mosquito net before going to bed." Read Tale of Hoichoi: The Bengali OTT Platform is Reaching Bengalis worldwide Chorki, Bangladeshi OTT platform New OTT platform Chorki started its journey on July 12, 2021, with about 200 different content. Subscribers will be able to enjoy one Chorki original movie every month throughout the year. Munshigiri is also included in this list. Moreover, there are more Chorki original web movies like YouTumer of Adnan Al Rajib, Neel Mukut of Kamar Ahmad Simon, and Network-er Baire of Mizanur Rahman Aryan. In the future, the audience of Chorki will be able to enjoy Munshigiri's sequels on their favorite video streaming platform. Read Remembering Salman Shah: Best Movies of the Short-Lived Maestro Wrap up Keeping pace with the change of advanced media and the demand of the audience, both the plots and styles of film-making have been going through revolutionary changes. In that respect, innovation is coming in the so-called mainstream of Bangladeshi cinema. It is expected that the latest mystery web movie Munshigiri will play an active role in the new way of entertainment. Hopefully, Bangladeshi people will witness more of this kind soon. Read Web Series "Boli": Chanchal Chowdhury Again in an Unprecedented Character

A policy to extend government control over the OTT platforms (Over The Top platforms, a catch-all for commercial entertainment that reaches viewers through the internet) is being formulated to instill discipline in the sector, information minister Hasan Mahmud said Friday. “The draft has been completed. If the policy is passed, the platforms will have to follow it and in case of any deviation, action will be taken as per the law.” The minister said this while inaugurating a program marking the 23rd anniversary of private television broadcaster Channel I at the office of Impress Group in Tejgaon on Friday. Regarding the operation of mobile courts to implement 'clean feed' or advertisement-free broadcast of foreign satellite channels from Friday, the minister said, "Thousands of crores that could have been invested behind domestic channels were invested in foreign channels in the form of advertisement.” Read: BTRC shuts 59 unregistered, illegal IPTVs “If advertisements are not broadcast in foreign satellite channels, this would benefit the home-grown channels and trickle down to the entire economy,” he added. Meanwhile, Association of Television Channel Owners – ATCO and Broadcast Journalist Center (BJC) welcomed the Information Ministry’s move to implement clean feeds in the country. However, operators say that it is not possible to cut off just the advertisements from programmes being broadcast on foreign channels As an apparent protest, cable operators have decided to stop broadcasting foreign channels in Bangladesh on Friday, although this act of seeming rebellion corresponds to exactly what the authorities asked. Read: BTRC reminds users of least-promoted service: 'Do Not Disturb' for promo texts! Earlier on Thursday, Hasan Mahmud announced that mobile courts will carry out drives to ensure cable operators broadcast advertisement-free foreign TV channels in Bangladesh. “We will conduct mobile courts from October 1 across the country. If the serial determined for television on cable lines at the tripartite meeting of the Ministry, the Television Owners’ Association and cable operators is not maintained and advertisements are shown, legal action will be taken against the distributors, operators who have the downlink approval of those channels," he told reporters. "In countries like India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal, cable operators can't broadcast foreign TV channels without clean feeds," the information minister said. “The operators were already informed in August about the drive. The excuse of foreign channels not sending clean feeds will no longer be tolerated.”

The festivity of Eid, whether at the end of a month of fasting or with the qurbani (sacrificial offering) of cattle, has traditionally been the most important period of the year for the country's cinema, and general entertainment industry. Each year, the two chunks of holidays were always observed with a number of new movies in the theatre halls and a lot of television dramas for the viewers at home.    Even in the entertainment industry's worst years, or as the number of cinema halls up and down the country kept shrinking, this remained a fixture, with the year's most anticipated movie premieres booked around the Eid holidays and the Bengali New Year.   Read:“Ghotona Shotto” infuriates audiences for insensitive portrayal of children with special needs   The exception occurred finally in 2020, in the shadow of the Covid-19 pandemic, and now it has carried over and taken away 2021 as well. Another Eid just passed with no new films in the theatre but a significant number of drama productions. Due to the ongoing global pandemic of Covid-19, two of these biggest yearly festivals were not celebrated with brand new movies in the theatres. However, thanks to the moneymaking platforms like YouTube and OTT platforms as well as the classic medium of entertainment, television - the drama industry saw a massive amount of new productions for Eid-ul-Adha.A large number of new films namely the much-awaited “Mission Extreme”, “Operation Sundarban”, “Bidrohee” and more were scheduled to be released this Eid, which could not be possible because of the current hazardous situation in the country.   Read:Bongo introduces seven original telefilm adaptations Based on books this EidMeanwhile, small screens including television, YouTube and OTT’s took the charge of mass-entertaining people on the festive holidays, which have also been elongated amid the nationwide shutdown and let people watch the contents more comfortably on their cellphones, laptops and smart televisions.According to the producers and various production companies, more than 300 drama productions have entertained the audiences this Eid, uploaded on YouTube after being aired on television. The TV channels aired these dramas on their usual 5 to 7 days special programme schedules, starting from Eid day.   Read Greatest Business Movies for Entrepreneurs: Inspiration to Start Something New Based on the ‘Trending’ section of YouTube which showcases the interest of the viewers at the platform in specific regions, a handful of recently made and aired drama productions are dominating the top-list among other contents; although ‘Trending’ sometimes changes in a few hours, sometimes for one-two or three, even weeks. Over the last couple of years, a trend has been ongoing to air hundreds of drama productions on Eid occasions. For a considerably long period, Eid dramas were mostly comedy-based productions with monotonous themes and recurring storylines, however, due to the increasing competition on the above-mentioned platforms, makers are now becoming more aware of what kind of drama the audience is interested in and that has been vividly reflected on the trending dramas of this Eid.   Read Best Olympic Movies of All Time: The Greatest Films Enlightening the Kingdom of Olympians  

Streaming platform Bioscope is set to launch several intriguing shows, series, and 21 dramas this Eid.   The three-episode original anthology series "Bou Diaries" directed by Sameer Ahmed and featuring some of the renowned names, including Sporshia, Orsha, Moutushi Biswas, Yash Rohan, Ahmed Rubel, and Rawnak Hasan was already released on July 15. Read:Cricket World Cup on Grameenphone's Bioscope The stories include "Bon Appetit," "Spotlight" and "Too Late." These stories revolve around the married and love life of three different housewives. Also, a 300-episode Bangla dubbed Turkish series "Rehana" will be released sequentially from the first day of Eid. Read: Bengali OTT Platforms for Watching Movies, Web Series, music shows Besides the original series, Bioscope also has a huge collection of Bangla dramas, TV Shows, and more than 70 free local and foreign TV channels.