Voting of Film Artistes’ Association elections going on

The voters are casting their votes amid a festive mood in Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association elections on Friday.

The elections started from 9am at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation and will continue till 5pm.

Fifty seven artistes contest for 21 posts in three panels: Misha Sawdagar - Zayed Khan panel, Omar Sunny - Amit Hasan panel and Dany Sidak - Ilias Kobra panel.

Misha Sawdagar is competing with Omar Sunny and Dany Sidak for the president post while Zayed Khan’s contesters are Amit Hasan and Ilias Kobra for post of general secretary.

The 57 candidates running in the elections include veteran artistes like Rozina, Anjana, Ali Raj, Moushumi, Rubel, Bapparaj, Shahiduzzaman Selim, Popy, Reaz, Ferdous, Purnima, Amrita Khan, Shahidul Alam Sachchu, Emon, Nirob, Simon and others.