Rajkumar

Rajkumar (2024)

রাজকুমার

A journey of a son separated from his mother during the 1971 war. A son embarks on a quest to reunite with his mother in the United States, the profound impact of his search leaving an indelible mark and shattered his life forever.

Date of release
2024-04-11
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (6)
Runtime
2h 22m
Genres
Action, Romance, Drama
Director
Himel Ashraf

Casting

Interesting facts

Rajkumar is a 2024 Bangladeshi romance drama film directed by Himel Ashraf and produced by Arshad Adnan under the banner of his Versatile Media. The film revolves around the story of love, family relationships and a dreamy young man's journey from Bangladesh to America featuring Shakib Khan along with Courtney Coffey in the lead roles. It is the second collaboration between Shakib Khan, Himel Ashraf and Arshad Adnan trio after success of Priyotoma (2023).

Production

The director of the film Himel Ashraf has also written the story and screenplay of Rajkumar. He wrote the story of the film during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the United States in 2020. He said that the story came to his mind when he went to United States in 2018, although he did not write it at that time. Then the whole time he stayed with the story of Rajkumar cinema.

On November 14, 2017, at the 16th Channel i Music Awards held in New York City, the protagonist of the film Shakib Khan announced a new film from his own production company SK Films. He said that it will be directed by Himel Ashraf. Although the name of the film was not finalized at that time. Shakib Khan said, we have planned to made a big film here (US) for our Bangladeshi cinema industry with domestic and foreign technicians, artists.

86 actresses expressed interest to be the lead actress of Rajkumar. Courtney Coffey said at the event of Maharat of this film, "I am grateful to be associated with this work. The movie is going to be a very beautiful story." She is learning Bengali language for the film, which she also confirmed by her Facebook post.

The film's shooting began on December 12, 2023 at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation, Dhaka with Shakib Khan and Courtney Coffey, with filming later in Pabna and then the United States. It has been reported that Rajkumar is being made based on the story of love, family relationships and a dreamy young man moving from Bangladesh to America.

A song titled "Swapan Desher Swapan Noy Re" of the film was shot from January 30 to February 1, 2024 at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation, where a total of 300 dance artistes worked. It is choreographed by India's Ashok Raja, who has worked with Shakib Khan before. A three-minute fight sequence of the film cost around ৳10 lakhs, in which American and Russian artists worked.

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