White kaash (catkin) flowers cover miles of lands while fluffy clouds hover in the blue sky above — such scenery announces the arrival of Autumn in Bangladesh. On one such beautiful afternoon, I was at a shooting spot at the Meradia area of Dhaka's Banasree, where I came across popular stars Shakib Khan and Nusraat Faria. They were shooting for a television commercial under the scorching heat. The production is directed by Samiur Rahman. 

Previously, Shakib Khan and Nusraat Faria worked together on a film, and two other commercials. 

I could see that Shakib Khan was trying to pacify Nusraat Faria during a scene. The atmosphere was quite romantic. Afterwards, Shakib Khan came out to sit in his air-conditioned make-up room. "It is unbearably hot today!" he told me, in the few minutes that I have with him. His costume designer comes to him right after, to prepare him for the next scene. The choreographer shows him some dance moves, which he rehearses carefully. 

The actor is rarely seen outside of films. He is shooting for the commercial as the goodwill ambassador of a specialty paints brand.

Shakib Khan and Nusraat Faria shoot a dance sequence, with a crowd of background dancers, coming out of a house. The director appeared quite optimistic about their performance, as he shouted, "Great job!" multiple times. 

The post-production work of this commercial will be done in Mumbai, before it is released across Bangladesh.