Rajkumar (2024 film)

Rajkumar
Directed by	Himel Ashraf
Produced by	Arshad Adnan
Written by	Himel Ashraf
Starring	Shakib Khan Courtney Coffeey
Music by	Emon Chowdhury
Production company	Versatile Media
Distributed by	Versatile Media
Release date	April 2024 (2024-April)
Running time	TBA
Country	Bangladesh
Language	Bengali
Budget	৳5 Crores

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Rajkumar(Bengali: রাজকুমার) is an upcoming Bangladeshi romance drama film directed by Himel Ashraf and produced by Arshad Adnan under the banner of his Versatile Media. The film will revolve around the story of love, family relationships and a dreamy young man's journey from Bangladesh to America featuring megastar Shakib Khan along with Courtney Coffey (in her Bangladeshi debut) in the lead roles.

Cast

• Shakib Khan
• Courtney Coffey
• Ejajul Islam
• Tariq Anam Khan
• Anwar Hossain
• Jadu Azad
• Ahmed Sharif
• Arfan Mridha Shiblu

Production

Development

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 in 2020, when New York was on lockdown due to COVID-19, he spent the whole time writing this story. Shakib Khan spent nine months in the United States in 2021. Then the whole time he stayed with the story of Rajkumar cinema. The director of photography in the film is Rajibul Islam Rajib, who previously worked in Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's No Bed of Roses (2017). Emon Chowdhury is also working as a music director.

Pre-production

On November 14, 2017, at the 16th Channel i Music Awards held in New York, USA, 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 (USA) for our Bangladeshi cinema industry with domestic and foreign technicians, artists. And had it not been for covid, it would have been shot for so long and released here. On the announcement of the film, director Himel Ashraf told Channel i Online, the story and screenplay of this new movie is mine. 70% of the movie will be shot in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York and Hollywood sometime next year (2022). The rest of the shooting will be in Bangladesh. Then on March 28, 2022, the film's Maharat was held in World's Fair Marina, Queens, New York on the occasion of Shakib Khan's 43rd birthday. The film's name and the actress' name were announced in Maharat. The film is titled Rajkumar were taken and American actress Courtney Coffey has been announced as the lead actress of the film. The film will be co-produced by Shakib Khan with Zakaria Masood and Kazi Riton, will be produced under Shakib Khan's SK Films banner, confirmed at the event. Shakib Khan said in the event that not only Bangladesh, "Rajkumar" will be released in different countries of the world including USA, London, Middle East, Canada, India. Prothom Alo quoting the director Himel Ashraf's source, said that the filming of Rajkumar will be begin in July 2022. The film's protagonist Shakib Khan was supposed to come to Dhaka on April 25, 2022 to participate in the filming, but in the end he did not come. Later he came to Bangladesh on 17th August on the year. After the massive success of Priyotoma (2023), produced by Arshad Adnan, in an interview with Channel i Online, director Himel Ashraf confirmed that Arshad Adnan will also produce Rajkumar. Later, Courtney Coffey came to Dhaka on December 9, 2023 to participate in the filming. Then on December 10, they participated in a photoshoot during Bangladesh President Mohammed Shahabuddin's 74th birthday event.

Casting

86 actresses expressed interest to be the lead actress of Rajkumar. Initially 40 actresses were called for auditions based on their profiles. Among them, out of the 40 people in the primary selection, 10 actresses are kept through auditions. Among those 10 actresses, the top three are selected of them. Director Himel Ashraf said, according to the demand of the story, an American actress has been taken, who can speak a little Bengali. Courtney Coffey was contacted by a casting agency in New York while looking for the lead actress of the film. Later, acting, look, dance were checked in accordance with the story and finally the brown-eyed blonde Courtney Coffey was finalized as the heroine 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. In this regard the director said that Courtney Coffey cannot speak fluent in Bengali language. But what is in the script, she has mastered it well. Her seriousness is impressive. Veteran actor Tariq Anam Khan played the role of Shakib Khan's father in the film. The extent of Tariq Anam Khan's character in the film is about 15 minutes, which he confirmed in a press conference.

Filming

The film's shooting began on December 12, 2023 with Shakib Khan and Courtney Coffey at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation, Dhaka. According to director, Shakib Khan, Courtney Coffey, Ejajul Islam and Arfan Mridha Shiblu participated in the first day of filming. The director confirmed with Jago News 24 that they will shoot in Dhaka for four days. Then filming will be in Pabna for 12 days. Next year will shoot in USA. 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. After filming of two small lots in Gazipur and Manikganj of Dhaka till December 14, actress Courtney Coffey returned to the United States on December 15. Then on December 18, the work of the second lot of the film started in Pabna. Director Himel Ashraf confirmed that the filming of the second lot will continue for 9 consecutive days in Pabna. In early January, Channel i reported that 30 percent shooting of the film has already been completed in the country. And by the end of this month, the remaining 70 percent will be shot at different locations in the US.

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 ৳70 lakh, in which American and Russian artists worked. On February 3, 2024, the entire unit of the film went to the United States to participate in the filming of the final lot. Earlier, the fighting sequences were shot in Chennai, India. After a day's rest, the entire unit started shooting on February 5. On February 28, Shakib Khan and other crew members of the film returned to the country after filming for eighteen consecutive days in the United States. On the same day, he went to Sajek Valley, Rangamati to participate final lot of the filming, where some post-production work will be done, including patch work. After two days of filming of final lot in Sajek Valley, the film wrapped on March 1, 2024.

Music

Rajkumar
📅 Released	2024
🎙️ Recorded	2024
Studio	Versatile Media
Language	Bengali
Emon Chowdhury chronology
Surongo (2023) Rajkumar (2024)

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On the occasion of Shakib Khan's 43rd birthday, On March 30, 2022, Prothom Alo reported the work of making music for the film has started. Three music directors of Bangladesh are making these songs. However, the music director name did not reveal in this article. Later in January 2024, the director confirmed with Channel i that Emon Chowdhury had joined as music director, who reportedly composed the title track "Swapan Desher Swapan Noy Re" penned by Ferari Forhad, which was shot in early-February 2024.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Swapan Desher Swapan Noy Re"	Ferari Forhad	Emon Chowdhury
Total length:				...

Marketing

The first look of the film was revealed on March 29 2022.

Release

The film is scheduled for a theatrical release in Eid al-Fitr 2024.

External links

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