Dhaka: The voting in the elections of Bangladesh Film Actors’ Association began at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation (BFDC) on Friday morning.

The balloting began at about 9:00am and will continue till 5:00pm. The artistes are casting their votes in a festive environment.

A total of fifty eight artistes are contesting for 21 posts in three panels.  Around 624 artistes will cast their votes in the election.

The panels are Misha Sawdargar-Zayed panel, Omar Sunny-Amit Hasan panel, and Dany Sidak-Ilias Kobra panel.

Misha Sawdagar competes with Omar Sunny and Dany Sidak for the president post while Zayed Khan contests with Amit Hasan and Ilias Kobra for post of general secretary.

Other artistes such as Rozina, Anjana, Ali Raj, Moushumi, Rubel, Bapparaj, Shahiduzzaman Selim, Popy, Reaz, Ferdous, Purnima, Amrita Khan, Shahidul Alam Sachchu, Emon, Nirob, Simon and many more are also running in the polls.

The film actors will select their representative of the association for next two years.

Mantazur Rahman Akber has been appointed as the chief election commissioner for the election.

Popular film star Sohel Rana told NTV Online ‘It is not a battle, it is a get together of the artistes. Those who will win in the election are our artistes as well as the defeaters are also our actors. We will start our journey to future with the winning artistes.’

The last election of the artiste’s association was held on 30 January 2015. Shakib Khan was elected as the president and Amit Hassan as the general secretary of the association, while Omar Sunny was selected as the assistant president in the election.