Hason Raja- The mystic poet The film will be directed by UK-based director Ruhul Amin.
Ruhul Amin is known for creating sensitive, understated, poetic films centred around life in the Bengali community of East London. Ruhul is one of the prolific Asian filmmaker in Britain. In the beginning of 80s he came to Britain with his parents. Within a year while he was at school he made his first doc-drama “PURBO LONDON” Since then he joined British film Industry and worked as an assistant. Later he attended National film and Television School. In 1986 he made his first feature film for Channel 4 Television entitled “A KIND OF ENGLISH”. The film was shown in the festival around the world and earned a critical acclaim. The film was compared with early work of De Sica and Satyajit Ray. Since then he has made 13 films for BBC and Channel 4 TV. Most of them are documentaries and experimental dramas. Now he is making his epic Bengali film on the life of a rural Bengali folk poet who was around about hundred fifty years ago. 'Hason Raja' is a major feature based on the life and music of Dewan Hason Raja Choudhury (1855-1926). Hason Raja is renowned as one of the great mystic poets and folksinger of Bangladesh.
This is a first epic period film based on the life of a poet who became a wondering Sufi, singing of his love and longing. His songs and his mysticism were simple, drawing on Hindu, Sufi and Buddhist philosophies, his songs with powerful longing for spiritual union.
Mithun the legend of Bollywood will play the lead role as Hason Raja. Other stars Raima Sen.
There is also a news that The talented and beutiful Vidya Balan will be the part of this project