Just when the Tribunal seemed to be inching toward completion, the courtroom drama hit another snag. Nusraat Faria, who’d been attached to the Raihan Khan project since last year to play a London-educated barrister, has confirmed she’s stepping away from the film.
The timing is a little awkward. Faria hadn’t shot any of her scenes yet and since her character was central to the courtroom sequences, that’s a meaningful gap for a film that was reportedly already around 65% complete.
So why is she leaving?
Speaking to The Daily Star, Faria said she’d caught wind of some internal issues on the production and decided she couldn’t stay involved. She was careful to note that she and Raihan Khan are still on good terms personally, and that they’d talked about the situation. Khan’s version is slightly different in tone, if not in substance he told local media he knew she was leaving, but that the two of them hadn’t actually discussed it directly. He called it her personal decision to make.
What the film is actually about
For anyone unfamiliar, Tribunal isn’t just another courtroom thriller. It’s rooted in a real, harrowing case tied to Bangladesh’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, specifically a 2011 incident in Chattogram where a woman was set on fire after being doused in kerosene. The film uses that tragedy as the backbone for a story that digs into the legal process, morality, and what justice actually looks like when the system gets involved. Faria’s character, the barrister defending the accused, was shaping up to be one of the more pivotal figures in that courtroom drama.
Who’s still on board
Even with Faria gone, the film still has a fairly stacked cast: Tariq Anam Khan, Moushumi Hamid, Tania Brishty, Ador Azad, Saira Akhter Jahan, Rakib Hossain Yvon, Saberi Alam, Milon Bhattacharya, and Shahed Ali are all still attached. Moushumi Hamid, notably, plays an eyewitness connected to the case.
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A production that’s already been bumpy
This isn’t the first delay the Tribunal has faced. There had been talk at one point of an Eid-ul-Fitr release, but the remaining shoot ran into trouble, some of it reportedly health-related among cast members. With roughly a third of the film still unfinished, and now Faria’s role up in the air, the production team has a decision to make: recast the barrister role, rewrite it out, or find some other workaround.
Where Things Stand Now
As of now, there’s no confirmed replacement for Faria, and no firm release date either. What is clear is that the film’s grounding in a real, widely remembered case still gives it a built-in hook with audiences; the question now is how the final version handles the hole Faria’s exit has left in the story.
FAQs
1. Why did Nusraat Faria leave the Tribunal?
Faria said she had heard about internal issues within the film and decided she could no longer remain involved.
2. Who is directing the Tribunal?
Tribunal is directed by filmmaker Raihan Khan.
3. What is Tribunal about?
The courtroom drama is inspired by a real case involving Bangladesh’s Women and Children Repression Prevention Act.
