Arefin Shuvo to attend Cannes Film Festival Tuesday

Popular film star Arifin Shuvo will leave Dhaka for Cannes on Tuesday to attend the 75th Cannes Film Festival.

He will represent the trailer of the movie 'Mujib', based on the biography of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

In his reaction to the festival, Arifin Shuvo said, "It is very pleasant to me as I am going to Cannes for the first time. It feels to me like dream. I have got the chance to attend the festival. This is a big honour for me. I am grateful to my fans as everything has become possible for them. My love to them."

Cannes Film Festival will start on Tuesday (May 17). Actress Nusrat Imroz Tisha, who acted in the role of Sheikh Fazilatunnesa Mujib, wife of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the 'Mujib' film, and Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud might also go to the Cannes.

Besides, the Indian information minister along with some team members of the film will also present.

Mujib, film is co-produced by Bangladesh and India and directed by Shyam Benegal. It stars Arifin Shuvo leads the role of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.