This is the story of the timeless creation of Kazi Nazrul Islam, Rakkhushi. Popular director Matin Rahman is making a new film with the same title based on the story. Featuring Rozina, Purnima and Ferdous, the shooting of the film will begin next week in the well-known shooting spot, Hotapara.

About choosing this specific story, Matin Rahman said, "Every director wants to make movies on diverse topics. I am no exception to the rule. There is another reason too--even if Rakkhushi dates back 100 years ago, the status of women has not changed much, especially in the backward places of the country. I wanted to project the sufferings and pain of women through this movie."

Rozina, a very popular face of the celluloid world of '80s, will play the role of Bindi. After a long pause of 10 years, Rozina steps into the entertainment world once more. Among others there is also Rahmat Ali and some villagers will also play different roles. Uttam Guha designs the set and costume, while Abul Khayer is the cinematographer of the movie.

Matin said, "Despite being a commercial hero, Ferdous has put his heart in the film and he is very excited about the movie. He has taken it as a challenge because he is playing such a role for the first time."

The film has its artistic features, although it will contain the entertainment elements of the commercial movies. Matin Rahman said, "I want to change the stereotyped ideas of the audience that commercial movie actors are not capable of playing the complex roles in the alternative films."

Popular singer and music director SI Tutul, who is composing the music for the film, said, "I had to go through all the 1500 songs of Nazrul which are available. I wanted to composed verses of Nazrul that had not been turned into songs so far. However, I had to give up that idea and I settled with using the popular Nazrul songs with a different approach."

He has used the traditional instruments of the rural areas. He says, "I have rearranged the rhythm and made it catchy according to the sequence of the film." About 10 songs, including some modern songs, have been used in the film, which are rendered by Subir Nandi, Andrew Kishor, Ferdous Ara and SI Tutul himself.

Matin Rahman is very optimistic about the feature film. As he said, "It was quite a difficult task for us to go back to the old days. The people, their culture, costume, language, ritual, the materials of the time: everything has changed in the last 100 years. We had to go an extra mile to give the story its true essence."