A Bradford health worker's video for local Bangladeshis is having unexpected success across Britain.

Luthfur Rahman, pictured, made the Bangla-language film for communities within the district - but has since discovered it is in demand nationwide.

He completed the project in his spare time after his community health development job highlighted the need to promote a raft of social issues.

Keetha Pyelam, which translates as "What have I achieved?", features Bradford people in a docu-drama.

The 90-minute movie features family situations and covers issues such as drugs, crime and changing family values.

Mr Rahman, who works for Bradford City Teaching Primary Care Trust, said his interest in film-making began when he made a video for a singer friend, sparking interest from others who wanted to learn more about the technique.

Two years ago they received £25,000 from the European Key Fund to help young Bangladeshis forge careers in drama and theatre.

After that scheme ended, Mr Rahman was inspired to make another film while he was working on a local health survey about diabetes.

"We found there was a lot of misunderstanding about it," the 45-year-old said.

"People thought you could be cured or could pass it on to somebody else."

He realised these myths could be dispelled through a film and set about writing a script.

Mr Rahman drew on his own experiences for the situations while friends stepped in to take roles.

"I wanted the video to tackle some of the difficult issues facing Bangladeshi communities here in Bradford and elsewhere - to let people see that help is available for health and social care problems, and to encourage them to look within their own family for solutions to other situations."

The film, made by community organisation Spondon, took two years to complete and was funded by Mr Rahman and other participants.

Since it was launched in June, word-of-mouth has spread and almost all the 2,000 Bangladeshi households in Bradford own or have seen the video.

Mr Rahman has seen it on sale in London and people from Glasgow and Newcastle have asked him for a copy.

"I can ask any Bangladeshi person in Bradford and they have seen it. One lady has watched it 17 times."

He said the success was beyond his expectations and people were already asking when the next one was coming out. "I have two ideas in my head for that," he said.