Eight plays, most of which are periodic drama, were staged on the third day of the ongoing eight-day theatre festival at three venues of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday. Organised by the academy, the festival titled Swapna O Drohoer Jatiyo Natyautsab features 64 theatre plays from the Shilpakala-based and college-based theatre troupes from 64 districts.
Art & Culture
Abritty celebrates 10th anniv
Recitation troupe Abritty- Abritty celebrated its 10th founding anniversary and a reunion through an array of recitations and discussion sessions at a programme held at the Teachers Students Cultural Centre of Islamic University in Kushtia on Saturday. Artistes of the organisation recited and rendered songs in chorus. The senior members of the organisation shared their ... Read more
Abaji moves Dhaka audience
A mind-blowing concert presented by the world renowned French-Lebanese musician Abaji was held at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka on Friday. The legendary musician played compositions on different types of traditional instruments of Middle Eastern, European, East Asian and Indian origin.
Shilpakala holds group art show
Priceless paintings and sketches bearing testament to Rabindranath Tagore’s talent as an artist have been accommodated at a group exhibition at the National Art Gallery of Bangladesh Shilpakaa Academy. Replicas of 45 paintings done by Rabindranath Tagore are on display at the show organised by the academy marking the 152nd birth anniversary of the poet. ... Read more
Inspirational Tagore presented
Inspirational Tagore songs were presented by different cultural organisations on Friday at the Chhayanaut Auditorium. It was the concluding day programme of the two-day Tagore’s birth anniversary celebrations programme organised by Chhayanaut. The show began with a chorus presentation of Tagore’s song upholding hope titled Ami bhoy korbo na bhoy korbo na by the
Students stage plays of struggles on second day
Students of eight colleges from different corners of the country staged plays depicting struggles of the common people in different eras of the history since the British colonial period at the three venues of Shilpakala Academy on Friday. It was the second day of the eight-day festival titled Swapno o Droher Jatiya Natyautsab organised by ... Read more
2-day Tagore fest ends in Barisal
A two-day Rabindra festival celebrating the 152nd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore ended at Barisal Aswani Kumar Hall on Thursday. The festival was organised by Barisal unit of Jatiyo Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan Parishad. The festival featured discussion on life and works of the Nobel laureate poet, recitation of Tagore’s poems, rendition of Tagore songs and ... Read more
Tagore anniversary celebrated in Manikganj
Manikganj district unit of Jatiya Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan Parishad celebrated Tagore’s 152nd birth anniversary at Manikganj Government Women College on Wednesday evening. Professor Abul Islam Shikder, president of Manikganj district unit of Jatiya Rabindra Sangeet Sammilan Parishad, presided over the discussion session.
Chhayanaut’s Tagore festival begins
Beautiful lyrics blended with charming composition of evergreen Tagore song Parbi na ki jog dite ai chhondey rey rendered in chorus not only pleased the ears but also the eyes of the spectators as a synchronized, vibrant group dance was presented at a programme on Thursday evening. This was the introductory recital Chhayanaut’s two-day festival ... Read more
Swapno O Droher Jatiya Natyautsab begins
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has been beautifully decorated to celebrate a special moment: the inauguration of the eight-day National Theatre Festival 2013 on Thursday. Almost everyone who passed by the area was drawn to the programme by its zeal and fervour, colour and sound. The festival is featuring 64 plays in total, one from each district ... Read more
Leading artistes perform
Leading artistes and troupes presented timeless songs, poems and dance of Rabindranath Tagore on Wednesday evening at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. It was the second part of the day-long Tagore 152th birth anniversary celebrations programme organised by ministry of cultural affairs. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Karunamaya Goswamy, Papiya Sarwar honoured
Bangla Academy honoured researcher professor Karunamoy Goswamy and eminent singer Papiya Sarwar with ‘Rabindra Award 2013’ in a programme celebrating the 152nd birth anniversary of the Nobel laureate poet on Wednesday. Professor Zillur Rahman Siddique and Bangla Academy director general Shamsuzzaman Khan handed over certificates,
BRSSS holds three-day celebration
Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Shilpi Sangstha’s three-day programme began with an average arrangement on Wednesday at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of the Central Public Library due to nationwide general strike. The celebrations lacked its customary colour and fanfare compared to previous arrangements of the past 23 years
Shunte ki Pao screened in Munich
Bangladeshi director Kamar Ahmad Simon’s Shunte Ki Pao was screened at the prestigious Munich International Documentary Film Festival 2013 on Thursday. Screening of the documentary will be repeated on May 12 at the same festival. The festival, which began on Wednesday, will screen a total of 131 documentary films from across the world. Shunte
Tagore classics can make good films
Experts tell New Age Rabindranath Tagore wrote in a letter to Murari Bhaduri (theatre legend Sisir Kumar Bhaduri’s brother) in 1929 that cinema should ideally be a ‘flow of images’ that should not rely on the written word to communicate. This was even before India’s first talkie Alam Ara had been made. Perhaps it is ... Read more
Bangladeshi Film Fest to be held in US
A week-long Bangladeshi film festival featuring five local films will be held in New York, US. The festival titled ‘Ruhana-Channel-i Film Festival USA-2013’ will feature Channel-i produced films including Humayun Ahmed’s Ghetu Putra Kamola, Nasir Uddin Yousuff’s Guerilla, Goutom Ghosh’s Moner Manush, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s Third Person Singular Number and
CELEBRATING BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Today is the 152nd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, the man who molded the language, literature and music of the Bengal. He introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature, thereby freeing it from the rigidity of models based on classical Sanskrit. He is as great in music ... Read more
Rabindranath Tagore as a Rebel
Rabindrantath Tagore is essentially the foremost poet, writer of Bengali language and as such, we quite legitimately take pride in this extraordinarily talented man known to the entire world. A great part of our being is filled with Tagore’s spirit- hope and despair. He is the torch bearer in our journey through smooth path as ... Read more
Special TV programmes on Tagore
The television channels of the country have chalked out special programmes to celebrate the 152nd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. The list consists of plays and telefilms; shows featuring music, dance and recitation; talk shows; and magazine programmes. ATN Bangla will air a documentary titled Rabir Chithite Bangladesh at 11:15am. The channel will also air ... Read more
Tales of Commoners in Jahangir’s Drawings
Any impartial assessment of our country must bring into light the vital significance of its industrious destitute people and the rivers. Eminent artist Syed Jahangir has tried to give vent to this assessment in his ongoing 39th solo exhibition titled Ink Drawing, Drawing and Color held at Shilpangan Gallery in Dhanmondi. The exhibition includes 45 ... Read more