The five-day long 4th Bangladesh Film Festival will begin in Kolkata, West Bengal, on Saturday.

As many as 37 Bangladeshi popular films including four documentaries and eight short films would be featured during the festival.

The 25 feature films include- Gunin, Hridita, Beauty Circus, Hawa, Paran, Payer Tolay Mati Nei, Paap Punno, Kalbela, Chironjeeb Mujib, Rehana Morium Noor, Nona Jaler Kabbo, Raat Jaga Phool, Lal Moroger Jhuti, Goor, Golui, Gondi, Bishwa Sundari, Rupsha Nadir Banke, Shuttle Train, Moner Moto Manush Pailam Na, Na-Dorai, Komla Rocket, Gohin, Baluchar and Unpanchat Batas.

The eight short films are- Dhor, Moyna, Tarnsit, Kothai Pabo Tare, Fera, Nari Jibon, Kagoj Khela and Aarong.

The festival is being organised by the Bangladesh Deputy High Commission, Kolkata with the support of the ministry of Information and Broadcastingof  Bangladesh.

Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mamud will inaugurate the festival at Rabindra Sadan at 4:00 pm as the chief guest.

Babul Supriyo, Minister for Information Technology, electronics and tourism, will attend the function as the guest of honour while eminent film Director Gautam Ghosh as special guest.

Eminent film artistes Jaya Ahsan, Chanchal Chowdhury and Mosharrof Karim, among others, will join the opening ceremony from Bangladesh.

Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul