Rickshaw Girl to participate in Mill Valley Film Festival

Acclaimed filmmaker Amitabh Reza Chowdhury-directed film Rickshaw Girl is going to participate in the Mill Valley Film Festival, which is scheduled to be held from October 7 to 17, 2021 in Mill Valley, California, United States.
Amitabh Reza Chowdhury confirmed the matter in a Facebook post.
‘Rickshaw Girl is going to start its North America tour this year by participating in the Mill Valley Film Festival. It will be the second international tour of the film,’ wrote Amitabh Reza Chowdhury.
Earlier, the film participated in the Durban International Film Festival in Durban, South Africa.
Rickshaw Girl revolves around Naima, a painter of traditional motifs, and her struggles. The film is based on Mitali Perkins’s 2007 best-selling novel Rickshaw Girl. The novel was chosen by the New York Public Library as one of the 100 best children’s books of the past 100 years.
Bangladesh-born American writer Sharbari Z Ahmed, who has earned plaudit working as a screenwriter for ABC’s TV show Quantico, has written the screenplay for the film.
The film stars Novera Rahman, Champa, Momena Chowdhury, Naresh Bhuiyan, Nasiruddin Khan, Allen Shuvro, Rupkatha, Ashok Bepari and others.