To highlight our rich cultural heritage Ittyadi has been shooting its episodes at historical places for a while now. The latest episode of Ittyadi has been shot at the historic Nawab Manjil in Dhanbari. The Nawab Manjil was decorated with colourful lightings on the occasion. The shooting attracted a large number of people who flocked ... Read more
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Exhibition highlights Halda’s beauty and contribution
River Halda flows through the heartlands of Chittagong. It serves as a lifeline to millions living on her banks. An exhibition of photo and video presentation titled Halda: River of Mystery was inaugurated at the Berlin Hall of Goethe Institut in Dhanmondi at Dhaka on 20 July. Monjurul Kibria, Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, University ... Read more
Harmony of Nature
Solo painting exhibition at Gallery Impressions A solo painting exhibition featuring artworks by talented artist Abu Kalam Shamsuddin was inaugurated at Gallery Impressions, Gulshan, in the capital on July 17. The exhibition showcases 16 paintings titled as “Harmony of Nature” (1, 2, 3…16) by the artist. The artist has used mixed media (oil and acrylic). ... Read more
Amitabh and Sridevi to share screen space after 19 years
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and veteran actress Sridevi will be sharing screen space with each other after almost 19 years for their upcoming film “English Vinglish”. The film, being touted as Sridevi’s Bollywood comeback, will see her essay the role of a housewife who joins a spoken English course to impress her husband and family
Catching up with Kushum Shikdar
Although her lifelong aspiration has been to become a vocal artiste, fate had other plans for Kushum Shikdar. Through turn of events she found herself in the media as an actress — both on the small and big screen. The talented actress recently shared her views with the The Daily Star (TDS). TDS: What are ... Read more
Bipasha Kabir in film’s item song
Bipasha Kabir was one of the top contestants in Lux Superstar Contest 2009. By this time besides performing in TVC she has already started acting in TV channels. Though she is regular in TV acting and modeling Bipasha has keen interest in the movie based on good story and script. Her intention has slightly fulfilled ... Read more
Zahid, Mou in drama serial again
After the TV serial Poush Faguner Pala, Zahid Hasan and Mou have acted again in the serial titled Tokhon Boshonto. The drama serial has been directed by Humayun Faridi and written by Shafiqur Rahman Shantanu. Jitu Ahsan, Shams Sumon, Farah Ruma, Hasan Imam, Humayun Faridi and Mamunur Rashid played the main characters in this play. ... Read more
Fahmida Nabi and Subir Nandi to release their first duet album
Seasoned artistes Subir Nandi and Fahmida Nabi are releasing a duet album for the first time. Fahmida sang a duet “Ami Kantar Bhuboney” with Subir for a feature film, “Ferari Bashanta”, 28 years ago. Although Fahmida had occasionally performed with Subir, this is the first time they are working on a duet album. Eight songs ... Read more
Music and Meditation
In conversation with Tapan Kanti Baidya “Dada” Tapan Kanti Baidya is a renowned classical music vocalist and an adept teacher — well recognised both at home and abroad. He is the only artiste from Bangladesh who performed at United Nations’ ECOSOC Hall, New York in 1998. The then UN Secretary General Kofi Anan, together with ... Read more
Folk singers don’t get due respect: Malay Kumar
Folk music is considered a golden treasure in Bangladesh, but it is the irony that the folk singers never get due recognition, which is growing apathy to many leading folk artistes, observe renowned folk singer Malay Kumar Ganguly, who is not interested to continue his musical career these days. According to him folk singers are ... Read more
Romana’s winning streak
Modelling or acting — whatever the medium, Romana has struck home runs on all fields. Her winning streak surfaced when she entered the celluloid world with Tauquir Ahmed’s “Jaijatra”; although her mainstream film début was much later in P.A. Kajol’s “Ek Takar Bou”. Romana’s confidence received a major boost with her mainstream inauguration — encouraging ... Read more
Sushoma to act in Tagore’s Monihara
Sushoma Sarkar will be playing Mallika in an upcoming TV play based on Rabindranath Tagore’s story Monihara. Nurul Alam Atik is the director of the TV play. The shooting for the TV play is scheduled to start from 28 July. Sharing her reaction Sushoma Sarkar said, “It is really a great honour for me to ... Read more
Noble: A model icon
Adil Hossain Noble started his career with fashion shows in 1991. His remarkable TV commercials are Sprite, HRC tea, Azad ballpoint pen, Pakiza Saree, Keya beauty soap and Keya lip gel with Tisha and so on. Noble did TV commercials with his contemporary Mou and became the most popular pare in TV modelling. His performance ... Read more
A milestone for Amar Chhobi
“Amar Chobi” is a weekly show on Channel i that focuses on the Bangladeshi film industry. The show will air its 550th episode today (July 20) at 4pm. The programme features discussions on the lives, works and careers of noted film personalities of the country. The show began its journey on 2nd January, 2000. The ... Read more
Moner Manush to be screened at Canadian festival
Directed by Gautam Ghosh and produced by Impress Telefilm Ltd, the much acclaimed film “Moner Manush” will be screened at the Richmond International Film & Media Arts Festival in BC, Canada, according to a press release. The festival will be held from July 21 to 24. The film, an adaptation of a Sunil Gangopadhyay novel, ... Read more
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara breaks even
Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara has broken even, making Rs 28.60 crore in the opening weekend and Rs 31 crore through satellite and music rights for a total of over Rs 59 crore. The budget of the film, including prints and publicity was Rs 55 crore, reported Hindustan Times. Despite the bomb blasts in ... Read more
Salma expecting baby
Close up famed promising singer, Salma is expecting a baby. Shibli Sadik, a businessman hailed from Dinajpur and later became upazila chairman, married Salma first of this year. Before taking preparation for the arrangement of their post-marriage reception programme the couple informed that Salma was pregnant. For this reason, their wedding reception programme was cancelled ... Read more
Hrithik Roshan: I loved pushing boundaries
He might be Bollywood’s first superhero, but Hrithik Roshan confesses he has let his ‘childish side come out’ in his latest film, Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara — having a blast with buddies Farhan and Abhay One of Bollywood’s finest looking men, Hrithik Roshan is known for his highly-strung, intense roles. But in his latest drama ... Read more
Reason behind SRK’s bearded longhaired look in ‘Don 2’
Shah Rukh Khan’s ‘Don 2’ has taken many people by surprise ever since the actor revealed his weird and unkept hairdo and ruffled beard, specifically grown for the film. However, the actor is not too fond of it himself and his wife Gauri seems to completely dislike it. SRK has to sport the
Harry Potter film ‘breaks box office records’ in US
The final Harry Potter movie has broken the record for the biggest first day box office sales in the US and Canada, according to studio estimates. The film’s distributor, Warner Bros, reports that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, made $92.1m (£57m) in North America on Friday. The previous single-day record belonged to ... Read more