Friday (2023)

Director Raihan Rafi rose to fame in the Friday last few years with superhit films like “Poramon 2”, “Dohon” and “Poran”. With his last project “Nishwas”, the director delved into the world of crime thrillers, bringing the same flavour in his new project, “Friday”.

Despite the intriguing visuals and a real-life plot, the Friday first look of the project has stirred up quite the controversy among netizens. The portrayal of the family photograpbsh, where all the characters present, have black bars over their eyes, obstructing their face. House of Secrets: etizens. The portrayal of the family photograph, where all the characters present, have black bars over their eyes, obstructing their face. House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths Audiences have found it to be similar to the one of Oscar winning South Korean film, “Parasite”. Not only that, Netflix documentary “House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths” also features a similar poster, where the character’s eyes are similarly blocked with news cutout graphics.

Due to the similarity of visual elements, many are suspicious that the story of “Friday” might also have traces of plagiarism. Fresh trouble for Bangladeshi filmmaker Raihan Rafi who earned accolades for his previous films ‘Poramon 2’, ‘Dohon’ and ‘Poran’. His last project, crime thriller ‘Nishwas’, was also been appreciated by the audience and critics alike. Cine buffs were expecting the same flavour in his new directorial ‘Friday’.
Despite its impressive visuals and a real-life story, the first look of ‘Friday’ has led to social media storm with. In the poster which sees a family photograph where all the characters have black bars over their eyes and obstructing their face has an uncanny similarity with the Oscar winning South Korean film ‘Parasite’s poster.
People have also pointed out similarities with a recently released documentary ‘House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths’ which also has an almost similar poster wherein the character’s eyes are blocked with news cutout graphics.