Popular filmmaker Raihan Rafi has teamed up with acclaimed director and screenwriter Abdullah Mohammad Saad for a new feature film titled “Eyes”. The project marks the first collaboration between the two celebrated filmmakers, with Rafi directing, Saad penning the screenplay, and Tanveer Hossain producing.
Rafi shared the announcement on his official Facebook page, describing “Eyes” as a project born from a shared vision of breaking down the traditional divide between art-house and commercial cinema.
“Some films begin as a story. Some begin as a question. Eyes began with a belief,” Rafi wrote. “For a long time, we have lived with a false divide between art-house cinema and commercial cinema. I have never believed that cinema should be trapped inside these boxes. A film can be emotional, entertaining, thoughtful, urgent, and still reach people deeply. For me, that is always the dream.”
Speaking about the collaboration, the filmmaker said the project brings together three creative minds with distinct artistic sensibilities.
“Eyes is special because it brings me together with Abdullah Mohammad Saad and Tanveer Hossain. The three of us come from different journeys, different instincts, and different ways of looking at films. That difference is exactly what makes this collaboration exciting for me,” he said.
According to Rafi, Saad contributes “psychological depth, silence, moral pressure, and fragile human truth” to the film, while producer Tanveer Hossain brings “belief, persistence, and the producing vision” that made the collaboration possible.
The filmmaker also revealed that Eyes, currently in development, has been selected for the CoPro-Access Lab 2026, calling it “a meaningful first step” for a project the team is pursuing with great care and enthusiasm.
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