Dhallywood’s first cybercrime thriller ‘Antarjaal’, which was recently released on the digital entertainment platform Toffee, has crossed the milestone of one crore minute views in just two weeks. The movie ‘Antarjaal’ starring Mim, Siam, Sunerah and directed by Dipankar Deepan has been a huge hit with the audience ever since it premiered on Toffee App on 21 December 2023. The cybercrime thriller genre was not active in the country’s cinema for so long. Making this genre of film in keeping with the times was relevant as well as challenging.
Last year on September 22, ‘Antarjaal’ was released in a record number of theaters outside the country as a Bangladeshi movie. Although released in only 34 theaters of the country, the movie was released in 150 theaters in the United States and Canada. The movie has been in discussion on social media ever since its release in theatres.
Later, the ‘internet’ was opened to Toffee to reach the maximum number of viewers. Viewers across the country can watch the full movie on Android and iOS devices as well as Android TV from any network for free. The movie is made with the story of the conspiracy of foreign evil forces against Bangladesh, cyberattacks and the adventurous fight of some young people of the country against it. The struggle in which they solve various social crises created by invisible forces through the Internet. Above all, the story of their tenacity, determination and spirited struggle to save their beloved country from the threat of evil forces is depicted in this movie. The story of the movie ‘Antarjaal’ is written by Saifullah Riyad and Asha Zahid.
The screenplay is written by the director himself. Actress Bidya Sinha Mim will be seen as Nishad in the movie. She plays role of a cyber security specialist. Actress Sunerah bint Kamal is seen in an important role in the movie. Her name in the movie is Priyam. She works with robots. Although not a so-called love movie, Siam and Sunerah are seen as a couple for the first time in this movie. ABM Suman, Raonak Hasan, Amit Sinha, Mohammad Ali Haider, Mohammad Bari, Kito Bhai and others also acted in different roles in this movie.
The movie has all the elements of thriller, action, entertainment, romance. That’s why ‘Antarjaal’ has been able to respond to the audience of the Internet in a very short time. Director Dipankar Deepan as usual has shown his production skills in this movie. With so many people watching the movie on OTT in such a short time, director Dipankar Dipan said, we told the audience, they don’t need to think whether there is a cinema hall in their area or not, we will reach them with the movie. You can enjoy the progress that Bangladesh cinema has made. Finally, through Toffee, movie buffs across the country are watching the internet for free from any network. The movie got more than fifteen lakh views on Toffee in two weeks. Any movie is considered accomplished if the audience watches and likes it. After opening ‘Antarjaal’ on OTT, the movie would get so much response from the audience, it was beyond the imagination of the director. He thanked the entire Toffee team for that.
Toffee’s Marketing Deputy Director Muhammad Abul Khair Chowdhury said, ‘the movie- Antarjaal’ will be a significant addition to Toffee. Through our platform, many people are watching the movie in a short time, the movie and the movie crew are getting love from the audience. We are delighted to unveil Bangladesh’s first cybercrime thriller on Toffee. ‘Antarzaal’ has crossed the record of 1 crore minutes of streaming in just 14 days. Such a response from movie buffs from all networks across the country is another success for Toffee. Heartfelt congratulations from Toffee to all those involved with the film’s director, actors, art crew. Toffee will always be with the progress of cinema in our country.’ The film is produced by Motion People Studio and Spellbound’s Leo Burnett, with the encouragement of the ICT Division of the Government of Bangladesh.