The British-American filmmaker, fresh from his Oscar victory for historical drama ‘Oppenheimer’, will receive the honour for services to film
“It is hard to believe that he is no more with us. It is an extremely painful feeling. I worked with him for so long,” Kabori said in her instant reaction to Razzak’s death on Monday.
The two superstars kept elating audience with their chemistry in films like Neel Akasher Niche, Moynamoti, Ka Kha Ga Gha Uo and Dheu Er Pore Dheu.
Rongbaz and Beiman are to be named among Razzak-Kabori starrers that soared to fame as blockbusters after independence.
“I was thinking of visiting him at his place but could not manage time. It’s been long since we met,” said Kabori, also an Awami League MP.
In her memoir published in this year’s Ekushey Book Fair, the actress wrote: “The cinema lovers used to imagine themselves as Razzak and Kabori, don’t they?”