Art & Culture

A film week featuring 14 timeless films of legendary Japanese filmmaker Akiro Kurosawa began with screening of Sunjuro and Seven Samurai at the National Museum Auditorium on Friday. International Academy of Film and Media (IAFM), Japan Foundation, Embassy of Japan in Bangladesh and the National Museum have jointly organised the film week in observing Akira Kurosawa’s ... Read more

The way female artists perceive the world often gives them a unique edge in their artwork, as is evident in the ongoing group exhibition at Gallery Twenty-One at Dhanmondi. Organised by the gallery and women artists’ organisation Shako, the exhibition titled Shreyoshi showcases artworks in different styles by 11 well-known female artists of the country. ... Read more

The reclusive lifestyle and the enchanting music of bauls have fascinated hundreds of thousands of music lovers for generations. When it comes to the love of music and delving into deeper levels of thought and contemplation, one can hardly find anyone more earnest than Rabindranath Tagore. The spell of baul music had touched the Nobel ... Read more

The first show of international dance superstar Akram Khan’s dance production Desh, has been rescheduled due to the hartal called by Jamaat-e-Islami on Thursday. The show that was supposed to begin on Thursday is now scheduled to kick off on Friday evening at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. There will be a second ... Read more

Zainul’s Birth Centenary Udichi launches yearlong programme Cultural organisation Udichi Shilpygoshthi launched a yearlong programme to celebrate Shilpacharia Zainul Abedin’s birth centenary, which will fall on December 29 of this year. The launching ceremony was held at the National Art Plaza auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday. The launch programme included painting and discussion ... Read more

Cultural organisation Surer Dhara celebrated the 5th founding anniversary of the Music for Development project at the Music and Dance Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday. Music for Development is an initiative to teach music and dance to underprivileged children of the Mohammadpur dam area. Thirty children who were trained in the project, performed ... Read more

Many of Tagore’s short stories have been adapted for theatre by troupes both in Bangladesh and India; and many such productions have earned applause and acclaim from audiences. Kongkal (Skeleton), which is a famous short story by the Nobel laureate poet, became the latest short story to be adapted for a play by local Theatre ... Read more

Art aficionados of the country are well-acquainted with the signature style of seasoned artist Samarjit Roy Choudhury. In his more-than-fifty-years of kaleidoscopic journey in art, Samarjit has created a style of his own that sets him apart from his contemporaries. A graphic design graduate and professor at Faculty of Fine Arts of DU, Samarjit’s passion lies ... Read more

There was, till the day before yesterday, perhaps no one else but Feroza Begum among the living singers who had the opportunity to learn music from none other than the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. Feroza Begum, the nightingale of Nazrul Sangeet, died aged 84 on Tuesday. She has left forever but she will not ... Read more

A four-day celebration of the sixth founding anniversary of theatre troupe BotTala will begin today at NatMondal at Dhaka University today. AAMS Arefin Siqqiqui, vice-chancellor of Dhaka University, will be present as the chief guest to inaugurate the festival that has been arranged to mark the occasion. Seasoned theatre actress-activist Sara Zaker will also be ... Read more

It is quite a common thing for humans to attach emotions to things that they use for a long time and get habituated to. The first car that a middle class family manages to buy or a rickshaw that helps earn bread for an entire family, will always have a special meaning to the owners. ... Read more

Popular recitation organisation Swarachitra will pay tribute to noted poet Shamsur Rahman at a programme at the TSC Auditorium of Dhaka University at 6:00pm today. The organisation has arranged the programme in order to observe the poet’s 8th death anniversary, which fell on August 17. ‘We could not observe the poet’s death anniversary in August as ... Read more

The eight-day long Ganga-Jamuna Theatre and Cultural Festival concluded on Monday with the staging of two plays at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Organisers of the festival dubbed it a successful festival. On the final day, local troupe Mohakal Natya Sampraday staged Prometheus and Kolkata-based troupe Anik staged Ekusher Golpo respectively at National Theatre Hall and Experimental ... Read more

Legendary Nazrul singer of the country Feroza Begum, 88, is critically ill and now undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospital in Dhaka. She is suffering from a number of old-age complications. Alarmingly her heart and kidney are not functioning well, said attending doctors Krishna Mohon Saha and Mujibur Rahman. ‘Ma (Feroza Begum) was admitted to

The two-day drama festival that began on Friday at Jahangirnagar University concluded on Saturday with the staging of Fire Dekha, a comedy. The festival which was organised by Jahangirnagar Theatre as a gesture of extending a warm welcome to the freshly enrolled students of the 43rd batch attracted a large number of audiences on both ... Read more

The recent demise of pundit Ramkanai Das, a singer-guru-folk music researcher and collector, is an irrecoverable loss, said noted cultural activists of the country. Das’ contribution to collect and promote folk music is unparalleled, they expressed. English pop singer John Lydon once said, ‘The genuine root of culture is folk music’. Ramkani Das was a man ... Read more

Existence Delineated Brilliant artistry with social messages on Urmi’s canvases Believers of the ‘art for art’s sake’ school of thought argue that art does not require serving any social or egalitarian purposes; it can exist simply because it is art. Still, they would not probably mind if art did address burning issues of the world ... Read more

Mass media organisaton Ghashphul honoured noted poets Syed Shamsul Haque and Hayat Mamud at its 5th founding anniversary programme at National Press Club on Saturday evening. Professor emeritus Anisuzzaman presided over the programme in presence of Rabeya Sultana, director of Ghashphul, and Rawnak Sultana, chairman of the organisation. Professor emeritus Anisuzzaman handed over the honorary crests to ... Read more

Ganga-Jamuna Theatre Fest Konjush, Ishwar Esechhen staged on 5th day The fifth day of the ongoing Ganga-Jamuna Theatre Festival featured plays by local theatre troupe Loko Natyadal (Banani) and Kolkata-based troupe Yugagni at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday. Loko Natyadal staged its acclaimed comedy Konjush, an adaptation of The Miser by the famous French playwright ... Read more

Noted singer Alim Mahmud’s solo music album was released at a programme at the Music and Dance Centre Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday. The album titled Charjagan features songs from the ancient collection of poems titled Charyapada. The programme was organised by Swapnadal, a cultural organisation and also a popular theatre troupe.