Under Construction (2015)

Director: Rubaiyat Hossain

Roya is a middle-class Muslim woman that struggles to find herself in the sprawl of urban Bangladesh. When she discovers that she will be replaced by a younger actor for the role of Nandini —a central character of Rabindranath Tagore’s political play Red Oleanders —she battles to reconstruct the part, reclaiming her identity and sexuality in the process. As she sets the play in a modern day ready-made garment factory in Dhaka, her journey to establish her individuality is juxtaposed with the journey of her housemaid Moyna, who later joins the industrial workforce.

Cast

Shahana Goswami

Roya

Rahul Bose

Imtiaz Ilahi

Mita Rahman

Roya's Mother

Shohel Mondol

Sabuj

Reekita Nondine Shimu

Moyna

Shahadat Hossain

Samir