Leader: Amie Bangladesh (; ; ) is a 2023 Bangladeshi political thriller film. The directed by Topu Khan (in his debut) and produced by Syed Ashik Rahman under the banner of Bengal Multimedia. It revolves around Nafees Iqbal (Shakib Khan), a conscious young man embarked on a transformative journey to rid society of corruption and the misuse of political power, featuring Shobnom Bubly, Misha Sawdagor, Shahiduzzaman Selim in the lead roles.
The film's production was began in 2021 with the signing of director and Shakib Khan and Shobnom Bubly, which there twelve collaboration. It was a commercial hit at box office and become one of highest grossing film of the year. Leader: Amie Bangladesh has set several box office records. It is the second highest grossing Bangladeshi film of 2023 after Shakib Khan's 2023 all-time blockbuster Priyotoma, which is the highest grossing film of the year and also it is one of the highest grossing Bangladeshi films of all-time.
Synopsis
An area of the city, which does not have minimum civic amenities. The councilor disappointed the people by promising to fix the bumpy roads. Nafis Iqbal (Shakib Khan), a young man of the area, quits his job and runs a coffee shop in the area. He thinks that the youth will take the country forward, they should do their own work without looking at the government. On the other hand, Mila Chowdhury (Shobnom Bubly), the daughter of a famous doctor of the city, has the opposite nature. She is power hungry.
Cast
Shakib Khan as Nafees Iqbal
Shabnom Bubly as Mila Chowdhury
Misha Sawdagor as Azam Millat
Shahiduzzaman Selim as Home Minister
Fakhrul Bashar Masum as Nafees Iqbal's father
Mili Bashar as Nafees Iqbal's mother
Maruf Khan as Kamrul Hasan
Preeti as Rimi, Nafees Iqbal's sister
Remu Reza Khandokar
Lutfur Rahman Khan Shimanto as Tony Millat
Production
The production of the film was announced at a press conference at Bengal Multimedia studio in Tejgaon, Dhaka on February 18, 2021. There, the contract was officially signed with director Topu Khan and Shakib Khan and Shabnom Bubly for the lead role, which is their twelfth collaboration as a pair. The principal photography of the film was began on May 25, 2021 in Uttara, Dhaka. After eight consecutive days of filming till June 1 at various places in Uttara, a short breaks were given. After that from June 17, the set was made at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) and filming re-started. Later, with a two days break for the set change, the re-filming resumed on June 24. On June 23, 2021, Samakal reported that, in a mail message the film's production company said that 60 percent of its filming was completed. As the global outbreak of Covid-19 has increased in Bangladesh, a nationwide lockdown has been announced and its filming was stopped on June 28. After 45 days, protagonist Shakib Khan took part in the filming from August 11, 2021 as the nationwide lockdown was relaxed. The action sequence of the film was supposed to be with Misha Sawdagor. Its action sequence was scheduled to be filmed in the first week of September, 2021. But, its antagonist actor Misha Shawdagar moved for the United States to take the vaccine for COVID-19. As a result, the work of the sequence was stopped at that time. After receiving the vaccine, he returned home and signed a contract with the film on September 21. The next day on September 22, last lot of filming was started, in this part production work was done for 5 consecutive days till September 25. Where the film's action scenes between Shakib Khan and Misha Shawdagar were completed and other works of the film were completed. Later on the same day on September 25, the film was announced to be completed at Film City in Dhamrai. Then on October 2, the film was wrapped up by filming a song titled "Surma Surma" at a five-star hotel in Dhaka.