Prominent Dhallywood star Shabnoor has expressed strong frustration after unfinished footage of her comeback film ‘Rongona’ surfaced online, triggering disappointment among fans and the actress herself.
The beloved star returned to shooting after years away from the screen, only to see the project stall midway and its raw clips spread across YouTube and Facebook. In a lengthy Facebook post on Friday, she voiced her anger over the matter.
Shabnoor, who made her debut with ‘Chandni Raate’ in 1993, dominated the silver screen for more than two decades. However, since 2013 she has acted irregularly due to frequent travel between Australia and Dhaka for family reasons.
After returning to Dhaka in late 2023, she announced three new films, including Rongona, marking her much-anticipated return.
In her post, Shabnoor wrote that she shot for several days despite extreme heat, with plans to return and complete the remaining work before the film’s theatrical release. But she alleged that from the very beginning, those involved in the film’s production behaved unprofessionally.
From low-quality posters printed before filming to chaos within the shooting unit, the experience left her deeply disappointed. She added that promises of filming songs abroad and overseas editing never materialised.
The biggest shock, she said, was discovering that incomplete footage had been uploaded online without her consent.
Questioning who authorised such a release, Shabnoor clarified that she never abandoned the project and was preparing to complete the shoot in December. She outright rejected the proposal to scrap the old scenes and start over.
Calling the incident damaging not only for her but for the industry as a whole, Shabnoor said the growing lack of professionalism, discipline and respect is making it increasingly difficult to produce quality films in Bangladesh. Rongona, she noted, stands as a painful example of that decline.
