Ankhi Alamgir’s debut album “Tomar Chokh”, featuring music by Shawkat Ali Emon, with its songs “Jol Pore Paata Nore” and “Ronger Ghuri” went on to become popular. This Eid, Ankhi is on her way to release a new album with six songs, also composed by Shawkat Ali Emon. The songs have been written by Khoshnoor ... Read more
Entertainment
Ilias Kanchan to host Eid magazine ‘Kichukshon’
Popular film hero Ilias Kanchan will host an Eid magazine of Diganta Television titled ‘Kichukshon’ like previous years. Actor Abdul Aziz will assist him as co-anchor of this show, which will go on air on Eid day at 11:20pm. The programme will include jokes, short-plays, parody songs and some individual performances. Actors Dr Enamul Haque,
Emon, Kushum to be seen together this Eid
Actor Emon and actress Kushum Shikdar will be featured together in the Eid special TV play, Ki Shundor Sporsho. Directed by Arun Chowdhury, the play is based on the song Pure Love by singer Arash. The shooting of the play starts tomorrow in Gazipur. The plot of the play revolves around a newly married couple ... Read more
Catching up with the cousins
Singer Alif Alauddin, Ali Pushpita Mouri and Marzia Faruk Nawrin are cousins. Hailing from a well-known music oriented family, the three cousins literary grew up with music. On 22 July, the three cousins made a joint appearance on ETV’s late night music show Phone O Live. According to the singer Alif, they wish to bring ... Read more
Zahid in Arman Bhai Birat Tensione
Arman Bhai Birat Tenshione, a sequel to Arman Bhai, is being made for TV channel Banglavision. Till date, Banglavision has telecast Arman Bhai Koiya Parchhe, Arman Bhai Faishya Gyachhe, Arman Bhaier Godi Shait and Arman Bhai Birat Tensione—the sequels to Arman Bhai which has been written and directed by Sagor Jahan. In this telefilm, the ... Read more
Anisur Rahman Milon to act in 20 Eid plays
The talented young actor Anisur Rahman Milon is passing busy days acting in TV plays and telefilms for the upcoming Eid. He is acting in 20 plays and tele-films in the Eid special programmes to be aired in different channels. ‘I can not exactly say the names of all the productions I am going to ... Read more
Chandra Roy’s ‘Boroshar Himel Hawa’
Legendary singer Rathindranath Roy’s daughter Chandra Roy is going to release her first basic solo album ‘Boroshar Himel Hawa’ in the next week with a view to touch the heart of listeners like her father. Audiovisual production house Laser Vision will bring the album in the market. Renowned music director, lyricist and singer Basu composed ... Read more
Mita Noor turns director
As a successful TV actress, though she has possessed a goodposition in drama for 22 years, Mita Noor was never seen directing any play inher career. For the first time, she is going to appear herself as a directorsince she has recently completed the shooting of a play titled ‘Choungali,’which was written by Khondokar Hafiz ... Read more
Tareque Masud . . . history’s storyteller
We grieve… , Tribute Tareque Masud . . . history’s storyteller Syed Badrul Ahsan You could not help being arrested by Tareque Masud’s gaze. There was always a shine to the eyes, and it came with that perpetual smile which could only draw people to him. There was every reason for him to be aloof, ... Read more
Film industry in grave shock
Cultural arena in the country deeply shocked at the death of renowned filmmaker Tareque Masud, who was among six killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Manikganj on Saturday morning while returning Dhaka from the shooting spot of his upcoming movie titled Kagojer Phool. A huge vacuum has been created in the ... Read more
Dev Patel Is Freida Pinto’s ‘Action Hero’
Dev Patel is Freida Pinto’s ”action hero”, and the 26-year-old beauty loves her boyfriend’s down-to-earth attitude. Dev Patel is Freida Pinto’s “action hero”. The pair have been dating since meeting on the set of 2007 movie ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, and the actress loves her boyfriend’s down-to-earth attitude, particularly the way he reacts
Salman Khan: The next angry man of Bollywood?
With the list of fights and feuds it won’t be long before Sallu finds no friends Salman Khan’s mood swings and erratic behavious have all been written and talked about. No one knows what triggers Salman to lose his temper. What really makes him laugh or angry. After lying low for many years it is ... Read more
Sujit Mustafa—a true devotee of Nazrul Sangeet
“In my lifetime, I want to see a society which will reflect Nazrul’s thoughts on secularism, progressiveness and equity,” says Sujit Mustafa in a conversation with daily sun recently. Whenever one thinks about Nazrul artistes of the country, the name that immediately comes up to mind is Sujit Mustafa. Sujit Mustafa, a talented
Hillol: Moving from theatre to TV
When growing up, Adnan Hillol had no intentions of taking up acting as a profession. He wanted to be a pilot. Following a close friend’s suggestion, he joined the theatre troupe, Desh Natok. His first TV play “Biprotip” was aired on Ekushey Television; breakthrough performance was in the serial “Sporsher Bairey”. Since then the actor ... Read more
Sohana Saba to turn director
Film and small screen actress Sohana is venturing into direction. She is making her debut as a director with “Hashi Phashi Rohoshyo O Romola”, which will be aired during the upcoming Eid-ul Fitr. Saba’s husband and film director Murad Parvez is the writer of the play. “I had long cherished the dream of directing a ... Read more
“Kushum Kushum Prem” on Channel i
The world premiere of “Kushum Kushum Prem” will be telecast on Channel i this Eid. Produced by Impress Tele-film Limited, the film has been written and directed by Mushfiqur Rahman Gulzar. Moushumi, Ferdous, and Riaz will star in the film. The plot centres on the life of a hapless girl named Kushum. The cast also ... Read more
Actors become crooners
An audio album featuring actors Fazlur Rahman Babu, Chanchal Chowdhury, Shamim Zaman and AKM Hasan will be launched soon. Audio house CD Choice is producing the album, titled “Patri Ekta Chai”. Apart from singing seven songs, Shamim Zaman is also coordinating the album. About the progress of the album, Zaman informed that it will be ... Read more
Sabbir to make Ghorshawar 2011
Actor-turned-director Mir Sabbir is making a single episode TV play, Ghorshawar 2011 on this Eid. The TV play revolves around a young man who decides to buy a car after he gets fed up with sitting long hours in the bus in traffic jam. However, the TV play takes a turn when he returns home ... Read more
MLTR to rock Bangladesh in October
Michael Learns To Rock, commonly known as MLTR, will play at a couple of concerts in Bangladesh this October, according to the band’s official website. The Danish pop-soft rock band that performs songs in English, uploaded details about its upcoming autumn tours across the globe where it shares a link regarding the Bangladesh concerts. “Regarding ... Read more
Embracing Lalon’s message
In conversation with Shofi Mandal Seasoned Lalon singer and teacher Shofi Mandal was born on December 13, 1953 at Daulatpur, Kushtia. His father, the late Maolana Ahad Ali Mandal, was a fourth generation (according to the ‘guru-shishya’ tradition) disciple of Fakir Lalon Shai. Shofi Mandal’s initiation in music happened at the age of eight. At ... Read more