Tauquir’s film ‘Oggatanama’ selected for Oscars

‘Oggatonama’, a film directed by celebrated actor and director Tauquir Ahmed, has been selected from Bangladesh to participate in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards to be held in 2017.

The decision was announced at a press conference at Hotel La Vinci in the capital on Monday.

Habibur Rahman Khan, filmmaker and chairman of the nine-member Oscars Bangladesh Committee, made the announcement on behalf of the Federation of Bangladesh Film Societies, which selects Bangladesh’s entries for Oscars.

Among others, Bangladesh Film Directors’ Association president Delwar Jahan Jhantu, Editors’ Guild president Abu Musa Debu and writer-filmmaker Shamima Akhter were present on the occasion.

The 89th Academy Awards will take place on February 26, 2017 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Bangladesh has been submitting films to the Awards for the past 11 years, but no film has yet been nominated in the final list.