Actor, director arrested over movie scene 'demeaning' police
A team of Cyber and Special Crime Department arrested them from Mirpur area on Thursday midnight
Filmmaker Anonno Mamun and actor Shaheen Mridha were sent to jail in a case filed under the Pornography Act over obscene dialogue in 'Nabab LLB' movie.
A team of Cyber and Special Crime Department arrested them from Mirpur area on Thursday midnight.
Inspector Nasirul Amin of the department filed the case with Ramna Police Station.
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Later, they were produced before a Dhaka court on Friday and the court ordered to send them to jail.
Fazlur Rahman, additional deputy commissioner of Police DMP Police (DB), confirmed the matter today.
Actress Orchita Sporshia was also accused in the case initially. However, her name was dropped later.
It is learned that in a scene of the movie 'Nawab LLB', as a rape victim Sporshia was seen going to the police station to file a case.
In that scene, a police SI (played by Shaheen Mridha) asked various offensive questions about the rape.
The police objected to that scene.
The movie 'Nawab LLB' was released on 16 December in an app called 'I Theater'.
Half of the movie was released that day. The other half will be released on 1 January.
The film starred Shakib Khan, Mahiya Mahi, Sporshia and Shahiduzzaman Selim in the lead roles.
The script and story of the movie is written by the director Anonno Mamun, produced by Celebrity Productions.
TBS watched the scene and found it obnoxious.
