When a Bengali film made history at last year’s Cannes

Bangladeshi actress

Azmeri Haque Badhon

must be revisiting her

Cannes

red carpet memories from last year today. It became a historic moment for

Bangladesh

cinema when the Bengali film ‘

Rehana Maryam Noor

’ made it to the 74th Cannes International Film Festival in 2021.

The actress couldn’t hold back her tears when her film received a standing ovation at the Cannes on July 7 last year.

Badhon, who plays the titular role of a woman in pursuit of justice in the Abdullah Mohammad Saad-directed Bengali film, was overwhelmed by the reaction at the screening of the first Bangladeshi film being a part of the festival’s official line-up. The film is Saad’s second directorial after ‘Live From Dhaka’.

Images of

Badhon

clad in a beige Aarong-designed jamdani’ paired with a halter-neck blouse and statement silver ornaments flooded timelines of her admirers in both Bangladesh and India. Badhon was part of the eight-member team of the film who were present during its screening.

“The standing ovation was a matter of great pride, honour and joy for our nation. Some 1,000 viewers watched the film. Once over, I heard a thunderous applause that lasted for five to six minutes,” the actress had later said.

In ‘Rehana Maryam Noor, Badhon plays an assistant professor of a medical college who finds herself in a difficult position after witnessing a sexual assault where she knows both the victim and the perpetrator. Her character, Badhon said, has shades that overlap with her personal experiences.

Badhon became quite a popular face in India as well after her stellar acting in Srijit Mukherji’s web series ‘Robindronath Ekhane Kawkhono Khete Aashenni’.