Arifin Shuvoo leaves Subharajit Mitra’s ‘Abhijatrik’

Bangladeshi actor Arifin Shuvoo who was supposed to play Apu in Subharajit Mitra’s upcoming ‘Abhijatrik – Wanderlust of Apu’ has now been replaced due to ‘political reasons’.
Many believe the ‘political reasons’ mentioned is related to an earlier incident where Arifin’s fellow Bangladeshi actors Ferdous and Gazi Abdul Noor had campaigned for two different political parties ahead of the ongoing Loksabha elections.The ministry of home affairs had sent both the actors back to Bangladesh for violating visa rules and also blacklisted them.
Director Subhrajit and the producers of the film Gaurang Films later released an official statement confirming the news. However, it’s yet to be known who will replace Arifin to play the iconic character of Apu.
Apu, the central character in Satyajit Ray’s Apu Trilogy, will return to the big screen six decades after the last film was released. Apur Sansar, the last film in the trilogy, hit the theares in 1959 which also marked the debut of Soumitra Chatterjee in the title role.
Subhrajit Mitra is now making ‘Avijatrik—The Wanerlust of Apu’, based entirely on the concluding part of ‘Aparajito’ by Bibhutibhushan Bandyopadhyay. The story will take off from where ‘Apur Sansar’ ended.