Development The director of the film Himel Ashraf has also written the story and screenplay of
Rajkumar. He wrote the story of the film during the
COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in the United States in 2020. He said that the story came to his mind when he went to United States in 2018, although he did not write it at that time. Then the whole time he stayed with the story of
Rajkumar cinema. The director of photography in the film is Sheikh Rajibul Islam, who previously worked in
No Bed of Roses (2017).
Emon Chowdhury also worked as a music director.
Pre-production On November 14, 2017, at the
16th Channel i Music Awards held in New York City, the protagonist of the film
Shakib Khan announced a new film from his own production company
SK Films. He said that it will be directed by Himel Ashraf. Although the name of the film was not finalized at that time. Shakib Khan said, we have planned to made a big film here (US) for our Bangladeshi cinema industry with domestic and foreign technicians, artists. And had it not been for covid, it would have been shot for so long and released here. On the announcement of the film, director Himel Ashraf told
Channel i Online, the story and screenplay of this new movie is mine. 70% of the movie will be shot in
Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York City and
Hollywood sometime next year (2022). The rest of the shooting will be in Bangladesh. Then on March 28, 2022, the film's Maharat was held in
World's Fair Marina,
Queens, New York. The film's name and the actress' name were announced in Maharat. The film is titled
Rajkumar were taken and American actress Courtney Coffey has been announced as the lead actress of the film. The film will be co-produced by Shakib Khan with Zakaria Masood and
Kazi Riton, will be produced under Shakib Khan's SK Films banner, confirmed at the event. Shakib Khan said in the event that not only Bangladesh, "Rajkumar" will be released in different countries of the world including US, London, Middle East, Canada, India.
Prothom Alo quoting the director Himel Ashraf's source, said that the filming of
Rajkumar will be begin in July 2022. The film's protagonist Shakib Khan was supposed to come to
Dhaka on April 25, 2022 to participate in the filming, but in the end he did not come. Later he came to Bangladesh on 17th August on the year. After the massive success of
Priyotoma (2023), produced by Arshad Adnan, in an interview with Channel i, director Himel Ashraf confirmed that Arshad Adnan will also produce
Rajkumar. Later, Courtney Coffey came to Dhaka on December 9, 2023 to participate in the filming. Then on December 10, they participated in a photoshoot during Bangladesh President
Mohammed Shahabuddin's 74th birthday event.
Casting 86 actresses expressed interest to be the lead actress of
Rajkumar. Courtney Coffey said at the event of Maharat of this film, "I am grateful to be associated with this work. The movie is going to be a very beautiful story." She is learning
Bengali language for the film, which she also confirmed by her
Facebook post. In this regard the director said that as in the script Courtney Coffey in movie cannot speak fluent in Bengali language where she has mastered it well as per script required. Her seriousness is impressive. Veteran actor
Tariq Anam Khan played the role of Shakib Khan's father in the film. The extent of Tariq Anam Khan's character in the film is about 15 minutes, which he confirmed in a press conference. Famous actress
Mahiya Mahi was rumored to play Shakib Khan's mother in the film, which was later confirmed by
The Daily Star. She participated in the final lot at Sajek Valley in Rangamati.
Filming The film's shooting began on December 12, 2023 at
Bangladesh Film Development Corporation, Dhaka with Shakib Khan and Courtney Coffey, with filming later in Pabna and then the United States. It has been reported that
Rajkumar is being made based on the story of love, family relationships and a dreamy young man moving from Bangladesh to America. After filming of two small lots in
Gazipur and
Manikganj of Dhaka till December 14, actress Courtney Coffey returned to the United States on December 15. Then on December 18, the work of the second lot of the film started in
Pabna. Director Himel Ashraf confirmed that the filming of the second lot will continue for 9 consecutive days in Pabna. In early January,
Channel i reported that 30 percent shooting of the film has already been completed in the country. And by the end of this month, the remaining 70 percent will be shot at different locations in the US. A song titled "Swapan Desher Swapan Noy Re" of the film was shot from January 30 to February 1, 2024 at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation, where a total of 300 dance artistes worked. It is choreographed by India's Ashok Raja, who has worked with Shakib Khan before. A three-minute fight sequence of the film cost around 10 lakhs, in which American and Russian artists worked. On February 3, 2024, the entire unit of the film went to the United States to participate in the filming of the final lot. Earlier, the fighting sequences were shot in
Chennai, India. On February 28, Shakib Khan and other crew members of the film returned to the country after filming for eighteen consecutive days in the United States. On the same day, he went to
Sajek Valley,
Rangamati to participate final lot of the filming, where some post-production work will be done, including patch work. After two days of filming of final lot in Sajek Valley, the film wrapped on March 1, 2024. == Soundtrack ==