''Lal Tip'' (''The Red Point'') is a 2012

romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

directed by

Swapan Ahmed Swapan may refer to: * Swapan Bauri, Indian politician *Swapan Bhattacharjee (born 1952), Bangladesh Awami League politician * Swapan Sadhan Bose (born 1948), Indian politician, Member of the Parliament of India *Swapan Kumar Chakravorty (1954–2 ...

and produced by

Impress Telefilm Limited Impress Telefilm Limited is a media production house in Bangladesh formed in 2003. The company produces film, drama, and drama serials, music videos, variety shows, magazine programmes, musical programmes and documentaries as well as TV commerci ...

and Benani Films. The film stars

Emon Emon is a Bengali and Japanese name. In both cultures it may be both a given name and a surname. Statistics The 2010 United States Census found 120 people with the surname Emon, making it the 139,228th-most-common surname in the country. This rep ...

and Kusum Sikder in lead roles. The film was released worldwide on 17 February 2012.

Cast

as ''Arnob'' * Kusum Sikder as ''Nidhi'' * Benjamin Dupich as ''Laurent'' * Ana Levis as ''Leena'' *

ATM Shamsuzzaman Abu Taher Mohammad Shamsuzzaman ( bn, আবু তাহের মোহাম্মদ শামসুজ্জ়ামান; 10 September 1941 – 20 February 2021), better known as known as ATM Shamsuzzaman, was a Bangladeshi film and telev ...

as ''Dada'' * Shahidul Alam Sachchu as ''Sohel'' *

Mishu Sabbir Md. Sabbir Hossain Mishu, known by his stage name Mishu Sabbir is a Bangladeshi television and actor and model. Early life He was born on 28 October 1982. He hailed from Dhaka, Bangladesh. He received his education from Independent Universit ...

* Daniel Kramer * Deborah Newman * Natalie Fransasci * Sohel Khan

Production

The film was produced by

and Banani Films.

Filming

Shooting locations included

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

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, and

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. Some shots were taken in

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. The cast filmed in Bangkok and Cox's Bazar, where Emon and Kusum Sikder also shot a romantic song. 50% of the shots were done in

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, and the rest were done in

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, and India.

Casting

Mamnun Hasan Emon was the first to sign into the film and was under Swapon Ahmed's direction for the second time. Kusum Sikder was signed to play the female lead, as Swapon Ahmed wanted a fresh face for his movie.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Fuad al Muqtadir. Two songs, ''Beshe Jai'' and ''Hariye Jawa Sapne'', were released with the trailer. The promo video for all the songs were released on 27 December 2011.

Samsung The Samsung Group (or simply Samsung) ( ko, 삼성 ) is a South Korean multinational manufacturing conglomerate headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea. It comprises numerous affiliated businesses, most of them united under the ...

organized the film's music launch on 25 December 2011. The music was composed by Fuad al Muqtadir, Ibrar Tipu, and Arefin Rumey. Three time Academy Awards winner Morris Jar composed one song for the album.

Marketing

Samsung and Channel i announced its association with Impress Telefilm Limited for their film ''Lal Tip''.

Release

''Lal Tip'' was released worldwide on 17 February 2012. A red carpet premiere of Lal Tip was organised by Impress Telefim on 15 February 2012.

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lal Tip 2012 films 2012 romance films Bengali-language Bangladeshi films Bangladeshi romance films Films shot in Paris Films shot in Thailand Films scored by Fuad Films scored by Ibrar Tipu Films scored by Arfin Rumey 2010s Bengali-language films Impress Telefilm films