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
Entertainment
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
Fakir Alamgir performs live on Rtv
Singer Fakir Alamgir is tonight’s guest on “Basudha Tomar Jonno Amar E Gaan,” a live music programme on Rtv. The show will be aired at 11:30pm tonight. Alamgir has worked with ‘Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra’ during the Liberation War. Post-independence he emerged as a popular gano sangeet singer. Some of his famed songs are
Chandana Majumdar on “Raat Biraatey”
Folk singer Chandana Majumdar is the guest of tonight’s episode late-night street show “Raat Biraatey”. The programme will be aired on Banglavision at 11:15pm. Majumdar is a popular contemporary folk singer. She attained popularity through her debut album from Bengal Foundation “Bhober Ghatey”, which featured Lalon songs. Her skilful singing of Bijoy Sarkar numbers is ... Read more
Hercules Salman Pedals ‘Being Human!’
Galloping ‘Veer’ is gonna have the ride of his life. On a Hercules bicycle, if you please! Mumbai will host India’s largest cycling event together with ‘Being Human’, Salman Khan’s NGO which aims to elevate facilities in education and healthcare. The Mumbai chapter of the ‘BSA Hercules India Cyclothon’ (Feb 21,2010) is being touted as ... Read more
Vivek Oberoi’s new girl
Vivek Oberoi seems to have had a ball shooting for Kookie Gulati’s ‘Prince’. His closeness to co-star Neeru Bajwa was rather talked about but it now looks like he’s also quite intimate with Aruna Shields, the lead actress of Prince. The duo got intimate after they filmed for a kissing scene in Prince. According to ... Read more
Exhibition and seminar on Dhaka’s heritage
A four-day programme organised by Asiatic Society of Bangladesh began with an art exhibition featuring paintings, photographs and artefacts at the art gallery of Asiatic Society in the city from Tuesday to celebrate the 400 years of the capital Dhaka, reports NewAgebd. As part of the celebration programmes, a three-day international seminar on the history, ... Read more
A convention of bauls in Sirajganj
A ‘Baul Samabesh’ (convention of bauls) was held at Mirpur slum in Sirajganj town on Monday night. The event was held to celebrate the beginning of spring, reports The Daily Star. Kangal — an organisation for local cultural activists and artistes — arranged the programme. Haidar Ali, a renowned baul singer of the area, presided ... Read more
Ekushey specials on ATN Bangla
ATN Bangla will air special programmes on the International Mother Language Day (February 21). At 12:15 pm that day, “Barnomala”, a programme for children, will be aired. Kajali Ahmed has directed the programme. Tele-film “Paap” will be aired at 3:15pm. Written and directed by Ferdaus Hasan, the tele-film features Abul Hayat, Sumaiya Shimu and Apurbo ... Read more
Gautam Ghosh on Lalon, and his latest project on the bard
That the 19th century mystic bard Lalon Fakir continues to inspire filmmakers of India and Bangladesh is once again evident as Indian helmer Gautam Ghosh’s latest project is near completion, quoted The Daily Star. A few years ago, leading Bangladeshi director Tanvir Mokammel did a feature film on Lalon with Raisul Islam Asad in title role. ... Read more