High Court suspends production of 'Operation Jackpot'

Originally, 'Operation Jackpot' was an initiative run by the Bengali naval commandos during the Liberation War of 1971. Noted filmmaker Gias Uddin Selim, was initially responsible for making a film on the history of 'Operation Jackpot'. However, somewhat controversially, the film's tender was handed over to Kibria Films, without much explanation, who decided to take Delwar Jahan Jhantu as the director.

However, the High Court has now suspended all activities related to this tender, for three weeks. The judge issued a ruling that demanded an answer as to why the tender was handed over to Kibria Films. The High Court bench consisting of Justice Mahmudul Haque and Justice Md. Mahmud Hasan Talukdar gave these orders.

The project was initially under the authority of the Ministry of Shipping, where former State Minister for Shipping, Shahjahan Khan, MP; former State Minister for Cultural Affairs, Asaduzzaman Noor, MP; former Minister for Information, Hasanul Haq Inu, MP, and Minister for Liberation War Affairs, AKM Mozammel Haque, MP, jointly handed over the project to Gias Uddin Selim.