Abdullah Mohammad Saad’s acclaimed film Rehana Maryam Noor is set for its world television premiere on Channel i tomorrow, 1 October, as the channel marks its 28th anniversary.
The film will air at 3:05pm, according to Channel i’s programme department. Its television premiere is part of a three-day line-up of special programmes marking the channel’s 28th year.
Channel i, which began commercial broadcasting on 1 October 1999, is entering its 28th year with the slogan “Shotto Shundor Prokashe, Channel i Atashe”.
Rehana Maryam Noor made history in 2021 as the first Bangladeshi film selected for the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival. The film joined the official selection of the 74th edition and had its world premiere there in July that year.
Written and directed by Saad, the film follows Rehana Maryam Noor, an assistant professor at a medical college whose life begins to unravel after she sees a student leave a professor’s office in distress. She takes a stand for the student while also dealing with problems involving her young daughter.
After Cannes, the film screened at several international festivals, including the Melbourne International Film Festival and Busan International Film Festival. It also earned major recognition at the 2021 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, where Saad won the Jury Grand Prize and Azmeri Haque Badhon received the Best Performance by an Actress award.
The television premiere will be part of Channel i’s anniversary-day programming, which will feature a series of special shows and live events throughout 1 October.
