'Debi' is worth the hype
'Debi - Misir Ali Prothombar,' the long awaited screen adaptation of Humayun Ahmed's novel of the same title from his famous Misir Ali series, was released in 28 theatres across the country on Friday.
Just as we reached the theatre we could feel the festivity that 'Debi' had brought to Dhaka. It was the last day of Durga Puja, and a member or the crowd was saying: " One devi is going away tonight, but she is leaving 'Debi' behind for us." I thought that was very well put.
The film had 10 sold out shows at Star Cineplex on its very first day, and had to specially arrange two additional shows, which sold out too.
The multiplex still had such long ticket queues that they were announcing on loudspeakers that all tickets for 'Debi'," including advance tickets for the next day, were sold out.They requested people to not stand in line for 'Debi' tickets so they could make room for customers who were there to buy tickets for otherfilms.
Yet people were paying no attention to the announcements and standing in huge lines on both counters, hoping they could somehow manage a ticket or two.
