Kings Of Devon—Maiden Venture of A Movie Maker With Bangladeshi Connection
Do you remember accomplishing anything significant in your 20s? If you are anything like I am, chances are you would rather like to forget most events from those days.
Notwithstanding generalization, here is a young man from Bangladesh who is setting an example that would become an inspiration to the progeny of new immigrants of all races in this country of immigrants.
Rahsaan Islam, a young man in early twenties, an offspring of Bangladeshi born parents has completed his first feature length movie, Kings Of Devon, slated to be released nationwide by Sadhana Pictures in a few weeks. Rahsaan is the producer, director, script writer and the inspiration behind the movie that was filmed entirely in Chicago, with actors who had never taken any professional undertakings before. However, watching this movie you would never believe that this is a virgin production from a group of amateur part timers.
In many ways Rahsaan is not a typical Bangladeshi youngster. When most of them painfully shy away from their mother tongue, he wants to promote it, and therefore, he shot the film in Bangla. When I first talked to Rahsaan in English, he replied in Bangla, and totally floored me with his grasp of the language.
Rahsaan began shooting the movie with the money that he had saved from his financial analyst job, and completed the project with the help of some dedicated sponsors, such as media partner Channel I. His dream is big, like it should be for any young man of his age, he wants to place Bangla movies on the world stage, and create a market for them like Bollywood has done for Hindi movies. With over 230 million speakers, Bangla ranks sixth in the most spoken languages in the world—a fact that bolsters Rahsaan’s conviction.
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