Art & Culture

Munsur Ali’s Shongram has been officially selected for the 5th London Indian Film Festival (LIFF). The red carpet world premiere of the film will take place on July 14 in London. The film will be screened at The O2 in London. Besides, the film will have a special screening at London’s Leicester Square on July ... Read more

Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore’s Shey will be staged at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at 6:30pm tomorrow. Shey is the 30th production of popular theatre troupe Padatik Natya Sangsad. Tomorrow’s staging will be their 14th show of the play. The play has been adapted and directed by Debashish Ghosh from Tagore’s collection ... Read more

There is no other relationship like one that exists between a father and a son. According to the needs of a son, a father has to play many roles in their relationship. Sometimes, he has to take the toddler on his back to give him a make believe ride on the back of a horse, ... Read more

Artists and cultural activists who joined the protests against the Public Works Department drive that resulted in damage of paintings at Chhobir Haat, , where artists showcase their works, have demanded a permanent structure at the place. Chhobir Haat is a popular site at the entrance to Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital Cultural activists who ... Read more

There was no drizzling rain but a scorching sun, no thunderstorm but hot weather with suffocating humidity. Still, the songs depicting the spirit of rain and thunder, words praying to get rid of the heat of the sun and dancers in eye-soothing attires, brought about the feeling of a splash of downpour as cultural organisations ... Read more

The symbiotic relationship between nature and mankind, the inevitable and mutual dependence among diverse elements creates ecological balance in the habitats. If the symbiotic relationship gets lopsided, every living being is sure to suffer in one way or another. The celebration of symbiosis and mutual dependence between elements was the theme

Late noted film activist Badal Rahman was remembered through a commemorative speech programme on his 4th death anniversary on Wednesday at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in the capital. BSA and Movieyana Film Society jointly organised a programme titled Bangladesh-er Pramanno Chitra: Sangskritir Smrity Ebong Itihaser Binirman to mark the occasion. The keynote

Music maestro Sachin Dev Burman (1906 – 1975) was recalled through a discussion and presentation of his songs at a programme at the Music and Dance Centre Auditorium of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday evening. The academy organised the programme where cultural personality and researcher Dr. Karunamoy Goswami was present as chief guest. Noted folk singer ... Read more

Loko Natyadal has been invited this year to perform at the prestigious American Association of Community Theatre World Fest-2014, which will be held from June 16 to 21. The theatre troupe will stage two shows of its famous production Kanjush consecutively on June 17 and 18 at the Venice Theatre in Florida. Loko Natyadal’s Konjush ... Read more

Veteran singer Baul Abdul Karim Shah died aged 90 on Tuesday morning at his residence in Kushtia after suffering from different old-age complications. The iconic Baul singer dedicated his life following in the footsteps of Baul legend Fakir Lalon Shah. Baul Karim Shah searched for God and humanity through his Baul songs till his death. ... Read more

Renowned artist Syed Jahangir has captured his love for nature and human life through his eye-arresting paintings at a solo exhibition at Bengal Art Lounge in Gulshan 1, Dhaka. The exhibition titled Of Man and Earth 2 displays a number of paintings of the artist done in acrylic and ink. The painter brings out rural ... Read more

Teerondaz Natyadal’s latest production Kanthanalite Surjo satirises brutal realities of the contemporary society through an absurd story portraying the sun being stuck in the throat of a man. The troupe staged the 10th show of the play on Monday at Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The late Indian poet-playwright

A three-day film festival to help an ailing mother of a film activist will conclude today at the main auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum. Bangladesh Short Film Forum, in association with Cultural Affairs Ministry, has organised the festival titled ‘Dui Banglar Chalachitra Utsab: Mayer Jonno’, featuring nine films from Bangladesh and West Bengal. The festival ... Read more

Popular recitation organisation Srote Abritti Sangsad celebrated its 25th founding anniversary through a two-day festival on Friday and Saturday at Shawkat Osman Auditorium of Central Public Library in the capital. The two-day festival featured colourful procession, poem recitation, concert and photography exhibition. The opening day programme commenced

The practice of art exhibitions is quite different in developed countries, where an artist exhibits his or her works in private studio at first, before displaying their artworks in galleries. Organising exhibitions in museums for reaching a larger number of visitors comes to artists living abroad as rather a final goal. However, unfortunately, the first

British historian Lord Acton’s well-known statement ‘Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely’ explains aphoristically the tendency of power. Whenever and however power is practised, it is invariably likely to bring the negative into play. Power, be it in the hand of state, an individual or an organisation, it goes to dehumanise both who exercise the ... Read more

Artistes of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy staged the premiere show of Wari-Bateshwar at Shibpur upazilla, Narsingdi on Friday evening at the premises of the archeological site called Wari-Bateshwar. Theatre and Film Department of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has produced the play, which has been written by Tanvir Ahmed Sydney and directed by Samrat Pramanic. The academy

The much talked about Indian film Children of War has yet again found itself amid controversy as local film activists, journalists and intellectuals voiced their criticism about the film. The criticising remarks came at a roundtable discussion that was organised by Movieyana Film Society at the Munier Chowdhury Hall of TSC on Monday afternoon. Directed by ... Read more

Celebrated filmmaker of the country Mostafa Sarwar Farooki’s recent film Piprabidya (The Ant Story) has been selected to be screened at the competition section of Sanghai Film Festival, one of the oldest film festivals. The festival is scheduled to begin on June 14 and end on June 22. Piprabidya is about an unemployed fantasist who ... Read more

Marking the International Museum Day, Bangladesh National Museum has displayed a segment of its collection of contemporary artworks in a month-long exhibition at its Nalinikanta Bhattashali Gallery in Shahbag. Begun on May 18, the exhibition showcases 82 artworks of diverse genres and mediums by the master artists from the country and abroad. For the art ... Read more