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
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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
ATN Bangla celebrates its 15th anniversary
Country’s first private satellite television ATN Bangla has turned 15 on Friday. On this occasion, the television authority organised a colourful cultural programme at its Bashundhara Studio. Only the members of ATN Bangla family performed at the programme which was aired live. Senior reporter of ATN Bangla Keramatullah Biplob and Hridoy Nondita Hridy hosted the ... Read more
Eid play ‘Bokhate’
In the recent days, eve teasing has appeared as the main problem of our society. Being failure to save themselves from stalkers, many girls are committing suicide every year. Social awareness and even the law enforcing agencies failed to take out the crime from society. Drama director Jamal Uddin Jaman has come forward to make ... Read more
Convergence of Tune and Rhythm
Dhaka Int’l Music Conference at National Museum Dhaka International Music Conference featuring classical music (both vocal and instrumental) performances by four Indian artistes — Sandip Chatterjee (santoor), Manali Bose (vocal), Amzad Hossain (sitar) and Sandip Bhattacharya (vocal) was held at the main auditorium of Bangladesh National Museum on July 15. Arranged by Web Entertainment Limited, Tabla ... Read more
Nashid Kamal’s latest offering of Nazrul songs
Laser Vision Ltd recently launched Dr. Nashid Kamal’s CD, “Jao tumi phire”. The CD, has 12 Nazrul songs: six popular and six rare numbers. The event was held at the Gulshan Ladies’ Community Club on July 15. Chief guest, veteran artiste Sohrab Hossain launched the CD. Special guest, noted singer Ferdausi Rahman gifted Nashid her ... Read more
Prachyanat School celebrates a decade
Shakespeare’s Tempest staged Prachyanat School of Acting and Design, the academic wing of the popular theatre troupe, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. To observe the occasion as well as to award certificates to the latest batch of students, the school arranged a programme at the National Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, on July15. The ... Read more
Choyon Mollick’s ‘Hridoy Binai Gahi’ launched
Renowned Tagore artiste Choyon Mollick’s solo Tagore song based album titled ‘Hridoy Binai Gahi’ was launched at a function at the Bengal Shilpalaya in the city’s Dhanmondi area on Thursday evening. Professor of the Department of English of Dhaka University Dr Fakrul Alam unveiled cover of the album, while singer Choyon Mollick, Director General of ... Read more
The splendour of folk dance
“Nupur Bejey Jaye” at Chhayanaut Shadhona (Centre for Advancement of South Asian Culture) held the 9th instalment of their bi-monthly dance programme “Nupur Bejey Jaye” at the main auditorium of Chhayanaut in Dhanmondi, Dhaka on July14. Artistes from the troupes — Kalpotoru and Dhriti — also performed at the event. Under the title, “Banglar Nritya”, ... Read more
Three seasoned artists display their works at Basilio
Basilio, a newly opened art gallery in Dhaka, has organised a group art exhibition featuring the works of three painters — Farida Zaman, Ranjit Das and Maksudul Ahsan. Farida Zaman is the senior-most painter in the group. The artist is known for her paintings on riverine life in Bangladesh — highlighting the fishermen community. As a ... Read more
Tabla player Sukesh attains his goal
A talented musical instrumentalist achieves his goal through untiring effort and commitment: Sukesh is a good example of this. The 45-year-old tabla player said that in his younger days he was inspired by Khulna Betar (radio) artiste Hazari Lal Debnath and Probhat Banerjee. The fascination with music began when he completed his primary education in ... Read more