Leading bands of the country enthralled audience at a concert titled ‘Bijayer Galpa Bali Desh TV Concert’ held at the Sultana Kamal Mahila Krira Complex playground at Dhanmondi in the city on Saturday. A total of five prominent bands Nagar Baul, Feedback, Souls, Aurthohin and Warfaze and popular singer
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Desh TV turns one
Desh TV is celebrating its first anniversary today. On the occasion and to also mark Independence Day, the channel will telecast special programmes throughout the day. At 10:30 am a special musical programme “Muktijuddher Gaan” will be aired. Rathindranath Roy, Shahin Samad and Dalia Nawshin will perform on the show. “Jawharmala Shundori” a programme featuring pala ... Read more
Pinto’s rep denies Bond role
A spokesperson for FREIDA PINTO has denied reports the actress has signed up to be DANIEL CRAIG’s next Bond girl. Tabloid reports last week (ends21Mar10) fuelled speculation that the Slumdog Millionaire star has been chosen to appear in the next 007 movie, which will be directed by Sam Mendes and set in Afghanistan. A source ... Read more
Mosharraf Karim just wants a break
“I am tired of working everyday. Every working individual gets at least a day off every week; I get none.” This is how Mosharraf Karim, one of the busiest actors of small screen, described his work schedule. He said that he is very fond of spending time with friends and family. But due to the ... Read more
Desh Natak’s new play “Prakrito Purangana”
Theatre troupe Desh Natok premiered its latest production “Prakrito Purangana” on March 22 at the Experimental Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Written by Khandakar Hafiz Redu, the play is directed by Shamsul Alam Bakul. “Prakrito Purangana” is a play against the discrimination of women in our society. Rupai, the protagonist of the play, is unmarried though ... Read more
Freida Pinto The Next Bond Girl?
Freida Pinto has signed up to be Daniel Craig’s next Bond girl, according to a U.K. report. The actress rose to international stardom in 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire alongside her offscreen lover Dev Patel. Now Pinto is set to appear in the upcoming 007 movie, which is to be directed by Sam Mendes and will be ... Read more
Aishwarya Rai, the 50 kg Taj Mahal!
Bollywood actress Aishwarya Rai made a rare appearance at an audio launch here and took many by surprise when she broke into fluent Tamil. It wasn’t just any audio launch but that of Tamil film “Rettaichuzhi” produced by Shankar, who is directing her opposite superstar Rajnikanth in “Endhiran: The Robot”. Draped in a white sari, ... Read more
Prachyanat’s theatre fest begins
The four-day theatre festival titled ‘Mahala Magan: Uthan Nataker Mela 2010’, organised by theatre group Prachyanat, begins today at 6:30pm at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Today the theatre group will stage two short plays titled ‘Kathapakathan’ written and directed by Rinkan Shikdar, and
Madhupur Ethnic Mini Museum: A modest but notable endeavour
In Focus Madhupur Ethnic Mini Museum: A modest but notable endeavour History, traditions and heritage of the indigenous communities of the Madhupur Garh region are seemingly under threat. Initiatives to preserve and uphold these traditions and cultural elements have been few and far between. However, a mini museum has been set up at the Telki ... Read more
Humayun Ahmed’s “Leelabati” adapted for small screen
Humayun Ahmed’s popular novel “Leelabati” has been adapted into a TV serial. Directed by Arun Chowdhury, a 52-episode serial has been made [with the same title]. The serial will be aired on ATN Bangla soon. Apart from direction, Chowdhury has also dramatised the serial. The cast includes Shahiduzzaman Selim, Tamalika Karmakar, Arefin Shuvo, Srabasti Tinni,
Farida Zaman’s solo exhibition in Kolkata
Indian Council for Cultural Relations (Kolkata) and Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts have jointly organised a twelve daylong solo exhibition of Bangladeshi painter Farida Zaman. The exhibition, titled “Nature and Life”, is now being held at the Jamini Roy Gallery, Rabindranath Tagore Centre, ICCR, Kolkata. A noticeable feature of the artist’s works is the depiction ... Read more
MNIK conquers new territories for Bollywood!
It is old news that Karan Johar’s MY NAME IS KHAN is re-writing history and creating box-office records in the Overseas market, wherever it has opened. And we will not give the details about how MNIK has broken all the records held by previous SRK movies in US or state that MNIK has already set ... Read more
Kajol favourite Bollywood daughter-in-law, says poll
Acclaimed Bollywood actress Kajol who is married to actor Ajay Devgn for 11 years now, was voted the favourite bahu (daughter-in law) in a poll conducted by matrimonial site shaadi.com. As part of the upcoming International Women’s Day celebrations on Monday, shaadi.com conducted a poll in which 250,000 women participated. In the poll, 43.08 percent ... Read more
International Women’s Day
South Asian women’s theatre festival Leela, the first South Asian women’ s theatre festival, begins in Delhi on March 8, International Women’s Day, says a press release. The festival brings together theatre groups from Aghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and India. The festival organisers are the Indian Council for Cultural Relations ... Read more
Big B wins top Filmfare Award, rejects it for Aishwarya
Bollywood stars Amitabh Bachchan and Vidya Balan were cited as best actor and best actress respectively at the star-studded 55th Filmfare Awards ceremony here late Saturday. Bachchan won the award for his role in “Paa”, while Vidya Balan claimed the trophy for her role in the same movie. As Bachchan was not present in the ... Read more
The quirky side of Probha
Catching up The quirky side of Probha “From around 8 am in the morning to 12 pm, I usually have my [university] classes. After that I have shooting, where more often than not I stay till midnight. You could say it’s a lot of pressure, but then again I wouldn’t want to be someone who ... Read more
Momtaz IOM’s goodwill ambassador
Internationally renowned folk singer Momtaz Begum, MP, has signed up as the International Organisation for Migration’s (IOM) first migration goodwill ambassador. This was announced at a function at the National Press Club yesterday. As a Goodwill Ambassador initially for two years, Momtaz will dedicate herself to raising greater
Int’l theatre festival by Dhaka Padatik from March 19
To celebrate its three decades, Dhaka Padatik will arrange a weeklong international theatre festival from March 19. Featuring reputed local troupes alongside teams from India and Switzerland, the festival will be held at the National Theatre Hall, Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Information Minister Abul Kalam Azad is expected to inaugurate the programme. Delegates from the participating countries ... Read more
Karthik Calling Karthik Review
Movie Review: Karthik Calling Karthik; Star cast: Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone, Ram Kapoor and Vivan Bathena; Director: Vijay Lalwani; Stylish thriller with a tame end. Karthik (Farhan) is timid fellow forever bullied by his boss Kamath (Ram Kapoor) and his workmates. Even his landlord spares no opportunity in pestering him. Karthik is silently in love with ... Read more
Legs, Cleavage, Belly Button: Shilpa’s Show… Post Marriage!
A show of shapely legs? No hassle! Some cleavage? No issue, if done tastefully. That, incidentally, is Shilpa Shetty’s stance, post her deluxe wedding to Raj Kundra! “Marriage hasn’t changed a thing,” declares Shilpa. The saucy number in ‘Dostana’ went very well with Raj (“he was whistling!”) and with her father too (“he said if ... Read more