'Jao Pakhi' Brings Krishnokoli Title of Best Singer

Jao Pakhi- A song from the movie Monpura has brought Krishnokoli prestigious Meril-Prothom alo award in the category- Best singer(Female). She was adjusted best singer(Female) by audience poll conducted over a few months.

Krishnokoli(L) in Meril Prothom-Alo Award

The song 'Jao Pakhi Balo Tare' completely belongs to Krishnokoli. Its' Lyrics, Tune, Voice- Everything belong to her. The Music album of Monpura was released on August, 2008. But the movie was released on February, 2009. So in the next year one may expect much more awards in many categories for the movie itself.

Production Cost Reaches Tk 20 Million

When a movie runs around 50 theaters in 9th week then there will be no doubt about the commercial success of the movie. In fact, Monpura is now in the short list of all time successful commercial Bangla film. If the present state continues for a few weeks more, then it might be termed as the most successful commercial Bangla film ever.

The director of Monpura, Gias Uddin selim has recently spoken about the total cost of the movie. According to Gias Uddin Selim, the production cost of monpura has reaches tk 20 million recently. There are some element of surprise in the amount of 20 million as most Bangla film costs around 10-15 million tk. "We had to shoot in remote areas with a team consisting of more than 80 members. The post production tusks also contributed to the amount. As we did all the post production work in India, it cost around 3 million tk more". And the movie is now running on 50 theaters from 9th week. So there are some 50 prints which are being shown around the country. Each print costs more than 0.1 million tk. So there were more 5 millions tk needed for providing the movie according to the demand.

There was another important issue involving with the security of the movie. For the protection from piracy, professional security service was deployed which also cost a good amount of money. As the movie is yet to be pirated, so the effort is certainly been paid off.

Monpura- The Most Successful Bangla Movie Ever?

Even after 7 weeks of success in box office, Monpura is releasing on 15 more theaters on this week. So, even in 8th week, the total number of theaters which are showing Monpura simultaneously is way over 40. Considering the fact that, the most celebrated movies of our film industry release on 20-25 theaters on 1st week, we can call it more than phenomenal what Monpura has achieved in last one and half month.

Farhana Mili- New comer Actress in Monpura

So next question would be - 'Is it the most successful commercial film in our movie industry?'. We asked the question to the makers of Monpura. "Not yet actually. To give such a title we have to wait a few days more."- Said Shahed Ali on behalf of the makers of Monpura. Monpura has already spread almost all the corners of Bangladesh. What about its Worldwide release? "Well, the worldwide release is under serious consideration though we can’t say the actual date right now." -Shahed added.