Farooki brushes off divorce rumours as ‘baseless’

Filmmaker Mostafa Sarwar Farooki has dismissed reports of a split from his wife, actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha, as baseless.

The former culture affairs adviser for the interim government also accused a Bangladeshi cyber criminal group of hacking his Facebook account and “celebrating” in online groups, saying he has screenshots as proof.

Farooki told bdnews24.com on Saturday that he woke up that morning to find the account deactivated after an attempted hack.

“Law enforcers need to be proactive about this. It is a matter of public safety.”

He added that he has no time to pay attention to the divorce rumours circulating online or to reports in some news outlets.

Visibly annoyed, the filmmaker said: “I have no time to comment on that news, no interest. There is no basis to any of it. I have no time to listen to such nonsense.”

He called the chatter on social media about property abroad “amusing”.

“The funniest part is a man owning a house in Australia or Switzerland. Anyone can find that with a search. This kind of propaganda about me has come up before. Skip these irrelevant controversies and write about my work instead.”

Farooki said he has wrapped up work on two commercials, one for software and the other for building materials, shot in Dhaka, Mymensingh and South Korea.

A third will go into production soon, with a celebrity in the cast. “I may be able to tell you who within a day,” he added. He has also been developing scripts for two feature films.

“One is a love story, not a thriller. The definition of love is changing for the new generation, and I am trying to capture these new definitions.

“I am trying to see what love looks like for Gen Z in this film. The script is almost done, and for now I have named it ‘To Hell, With Love’.

“The other has a political backdrop, and we are finishing that too. I haven’t decided which one will start first.”�"bdnews24