Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has announced the launch of ‘Next Stop Bollywood’, an online dance competition with Katrina Kaif, the airline’s brand ambassador. Since Bollywood dance is synonymous with India and resonates with millions of Indian fans at home and globally, it provides a perfect vehicle to communicate and ... Read more
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Tamanna Rahman and her manipuri dance
Tamanna Rahman is considered a leading manipuri dancer in the country. Besides presenting spectacular dance recitals at regular shows in home and abroad, Tamanna teaches manipuri dance at different institutions such as Shanto Mariam University of Creative Technology and cultural organisation Chayanaut. She has also received many prestigious awards including
Joya again with Emon
Popular TV actress and model Joya Ahsan will again work with promising film actor and model Emon in a single episode play titled ‘Tapto Baliyari,’ which will be directed by Akram Khan. Emon will start shooting for the play from February 20. Earlier Joya and Emon worked together in two plays. It will be their ... Read more
Sumaiya Shimu to Cheer Tigers on the Field
When the ICC Cricket World Cup comes knocking at your doorstep, it’s hard to resist the urge to go to the stadium. But the challenge of getting hands on a ticket means that only few will have smiles across their faces when the matches begin. One of those lucky few is popular TV actress Sumaiya ... Read more
Dolly Zahur in 2 new movies
“Basically I am a theatre artiste. I always feel comfortable to perform in the plays. After working in the big screen I have also been fascinated and affectionate with the film arena,” said noted actress Dolly Zahur while sharing her feelings to work in two new movies. Her two new movies are: “Nache Nagin Baje ... Read more
Salman Khan hates ‘Bollywood’
Some, who don’t read the headline carefully, may wonder why Salman Khan hates Bollywood, which has given him so much. Of course, he just can’t hate it and has no reason to. What Salman hates is not the film industry but its name, which is a copycat of its western counterpart Hollywood. Buzz up!“Hate this ... Read more
Alamgir-Diti in five movies at a time
“He was so senior to me as I mentioned either his age or his career. For this reason, when I first worked with him I was nervous. Now that nervousness has reduced. We have a good combination and contact with each other in the screen at present,” said popular film actress Diti while mentioning her ... Read more
Curtain draws on Chobi Mela VI
The two-week international festival Chobi Mela VI, organised by Drik, will end today. This year’s arrangement of the biennial festival was perhaps better than the previous ones in terms of higher number of entrees and venues. Beginning on January 21, over 500 entries from 30 countries featuring ‘dream’ were on display at seven venues, which drew ... Read more
Oscar Review: Best Picture
It doesn’t seem five minutes since Avatar was battling it out with The Hurt Locker during the awards season of 2010. For the second year there are ten movies that will be battling it out for the prestigious title of Best Picture. And we take a closer look at the nominees: Black Swan – Darren ... Read more
Chobi Mela VI draws huge crowd
A remarkable number of viewers are watching the display of local and foreign photographers at the seven venues of the ongoing international photography festival Chobi Mela every day. The number of visitors is increasing day by day. And on the holidays — Friday and Saturday — all the seven venues become overcrowded. Beginning on January ... Read more
Two photographers’ show at Charukala
Faculty of fine arts’ Lichutola is now decorated with 26 photographs of two internationally acclaimed photographers — Tamas Dezso and Karen Knorr. The ongoing exhibition is a part of the two-week international photography exhibition Chhobi Mela VI with this year’s theme ‘dreams’. The two-week festival is running simultaneously at seven venues in the Dhaka city ... Read more
Katrina Kaif ‘believes in happy endings’
Katrina Kaif has revealed she believes in “happy endings” when it comes to love. Speaking at the launch of Pritish Nandy’s book the actress said she chooses not to focus on the negative aspects of relationships. “The other side of love is disillusionment and disappointment… I do not believe this side of love,” she said. ... Read more
2011 a very busy year for me: Ferdous
Ferdous Ahmed is one of the most popular actors of Bangla movie industry. He started his film career in the mid 90s with the hit film Hotath Brishti. He is a national award winner and acted in more than 45 films both in Bangladesh and India. In a recent interview, he shared his views and ... Read more
Lux-Channel i Superstar 2010 announced
Mahbuba Islam Rakhi has wrested the title of Lux Channel i Superstar 2010, against stiff competition from thousands of girls. She was awarded a brand new Mitsubishi Lancer, a role in an upcoming film, and a scholarship to study acting. Mousumi Hamid became the first runner-up while Mehrin Islam Nisha became the second runner-up in ... Read more
Praner Khela held at Bengal Gallery
Talented singer Priyanka Gope’s rendition of raga based songs enthralled the audience in the regular musical event of Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts- titled Praner Khela on Sunday. Priyanka, who is enlisted TV and radio singer, rendered 15 songs at Bengal Gallery. She rendered seven songs written and composed by
Film screening begins
The formal film screening of the fourth International Film Festival began in nine theatres in Dhaka on Sunday. A total of 40 films on children in different format including feature film, short film, animation and documentary films were screened on the second day of International Children Film Festival. The houseful viewers of Dhaka enjoyed films ... Read more
Chobi Mela VI
Laurence Leblanc’s Out-of-focus, Dreamlike Images To confront the out-of-focus images of fleeting moments by the internationally acclaimed photographer Laurence Leblanc is an unsettling yet fascinating experience. Born and raised in Paris, Leblanc took courses in design and painting at a very young age. She also trained in engraving at the “Ecole des Arts décoratifs du ... Read more
Banglalink Music Fest in Chittagong
anglalink, in its latest bid to keep abreast with changing music trends and connect with the country’s youth, has launched a series of nationwide concerts — the second of which was held on January 21 in Chittagong. Banglalink Brand Ambassadors Habib, Warfaze, Aurthohin and two of the most popular Bangladeshi bands LRB and Miles performed ... Read more
Exhibition Of Tagore Reproductions At Chhayanaut
KG Subramanian speaks on Rabindranath’s Artwork As part of Chhayanaut’s yearlong programmes to commemorate the 150th birth anniversary [May 8, this year] of Rabindranath Tagore, an eight-day exhibition featuring reproductions of the Nobel laureate poet’s artworks is on at Chhayanaut Shangskriti Bhaban in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. Renowned Indian artist and art teacher KG Subramanian inaugurated the ... Read more
Tarin’s Surprise Gift for Fans
Tarin’s 25-year acting career is well and thriving; lately she has also made inroads into production. She has worked in numerous TV plays, and appeared in only two feature films, one of which is yet to be released. Directed by Sajal Khaled, her second movie, titled “Kajoler Dinratri” is an adaptation of celebrated novelist Muhammad ... Read more