Munshigiri

After the sensational 'Titas Gas Employee Murder' case was handed to the Detective Branch of the Police, the investigation was handed over to Masood Munshi, ADC of the detective branch. Masood Munshi, in collaboration with his wife Parveen Sultana, uses his old method of revealing secrets. The story of secret revenge. It is a breathtaking story about the involvement of Ishtiaq Mirza, the accused writer in the murder case.[8]

— Chorki

• Chanchal Chowdhury – Masood Munshi
• Dilara Hanif Purnima – Suraiya Akter [9]
• Sabnam Faria – Parveen Sultana
• Gazi Rakayet – Ishtiaque Mirza
• Shahiduzzaman Selim – Additional Police Commissioner
• Khandaker Lenin – Bipin
• Kazi Anisul Haque Borun – Khorshed
• Imtiaz Barshon – Ali Aqbar
• Tasnia Rahman – Sharmili Anwar
• Ashoke Bepari – Idris Mawla
• Ahsan Habib Nasim – ADC Wahid

This is the first time, any Bangladeshi-origin detective story is going to be adopted into a film. The director has waited two years to make this film. And the director and producers have the plan to make two more sequels to this film. Chorki has announced Munshigiri on 15 January 2021. On the same day it is announced that Naseef Amin will write a script based on the novel Mriterao Kotha Bole by Shibabrata Barman, and Chanchal Chowdhury and Dilara Hanif Purnima were cast in the lead roles.[10] On 28 January 2021, Sabnam Faria joined the cast of the film.[11] Filming began on 15 February 2021.[12]

In an interview with Sara Fairuz Zaima director Amitabh Reza Chowdhury said that principal photography has taken place in Karwan Bazar, Bakshi Bazar, Bangla Bazar, and different other locations in Dhaka. He also added that filming has been interrupted three times due to COVID-19 breakdown related lockdown in Bangladesh.[13]

On 28 September 2021, the trailer of Munshigiri was released on social media by Chorki. On 30 September 2021, the film was released digitally worldwide via Chorki.[14]

Siffat Bin Ayub of The Business Standard rated Munshigiri 7 out of 10 and praises its cinematography.[15] In his review for The Financial Express, Shadya Naher Sheyam described Munshigiri as "The growth and treatment of mystery in the novel and cinema differ greatly. Even though some minor plot holes popped up, the deviation that took place between the mediums is handled in a subtle way".[16]

• Munshigiri at IMDb