The Goethe Institut will organise a screening of three documentaries at the programme titled ‘Movie Night: Werner Herzog’ at its auditorium in Dhanmondi on September 2. The screening will start from 5:30pm. Three documentaries, made by noted German film maker Werner Herzog will be screened on the day. The documentaries will uphold the issues relating ... Read more
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Lights dim over film industry
The cinema industry seems to best resemble its oldest cinema hall, the Picture House, later known as Shabistan, which was established in Armanitola of Old Dhaka in 1913. The place where the cinema hall had once stood with pride and dignity for over 90 years is now a quiet area with eight to nine residential ... Read more
Salman Khan interested in buying IPL team
Mumbai: Bollywood action hero Salman Khan is the latest cine star to join the Indian Premier League (IPL) gravy train and has expressed interest in buying a team. Salman met IPL chairman and commissioner Lalit Modi here Tuesday and was briefed about the nitty-grittes of buying an IPL franchise. The fourth season of the IPL ... Read more
I don’t like John Abraham and Katrina can kick him out: Salman Khan
Salman Khan, the generous actor always speaks his heart and which is probably why he always lands up in a controversy. After taking a potshot at Shah Rukh Khan, Salman now, targets John Abraham saying he doesn’t like him. When Salman was asked about the reports of John and Katrina proximity, the actor told MidDay, ... Read more
Bangladeshi whizkid on the block
Mega-search engine launched to find local contents First-ever Bangladeshi meta-search engine SearchW3.net, created by a 13-year-old kid, has been launched to help Internet users find local contents and applications easily on the Web. Shehzad Noor Taus, a student of class seven at Seabreeze International School, created and programmed the meta-search
Katrina Kaif Personally Goes To Shahrukh Khan
Bollywood is buzzed with Katrina Kaif’s close encounter with Salman Khan’s rival Shahrukh Khan. Shahrukh Khan and Katrina Kaif flew all the way from London to Mumbai together with Shahrukh sharing his story of ugly detention in the US airport to Katrina. Katrina Kaif happened to travel with Shahrukh Khan in the same flight. Their ... Read more
Kangalini Sufia: The voice of the deprived
Kangalini Sufia, a well-known folk singer, has a social mission as well — conveying the hard reality of the downtrodden and underprivileged women through her songs. Her common themes are inequality, oppression and exploitation that women face everyday. The artiste (now 50) was born at Ramdia village of greater Faridpur (currently in the Rajbari district). ... Read more
Dutt irked by Ajay’s decision to release their film on Diwali
There is a strong buzz going around in the industry circles that Ajay Devgan, who wants to release All The Best, is planning to shell out Rs 50 lakhs if he wants his film to hit the theatres on October 16, the same day as Aladin, Blue and Main aur Mrs Khanna. Even a few ... Read more
Sensation Within at Bengal Gallery
Fifth solo painting exhibition titled ‘Sensation Within’ by KMA Quayyum was inaugurated at the compound of Bengal Gallery at Dhanmondi in the evening on July 24. The exhibition will remain open from 12:00pm to 8:00pm and continue till August 4. Sixty five recent and previous paintings mostly in vivid colours and subtle tonal effects are ... Read more
Shahrukh Khan turns into a fatherly figure
SRK is the father of a big boy in ‘My Name Is Khan’ Be assured to see Shahrukh Khan like never before in director Karan Johar’s much anticipated film My Name Is Khan. Shahrukh, 43, and father of two kids, plays his age and essays the character of a teenage boy’s father. According to media ... Read more
Monica’s intimate journey
Solo painting exhibition at Alliance Francaise, Dhaka Monica Jahan Bose is an artist who is not quite familiar in the Dhaka art circuit. Her first exhibition in Bangladesh, titled “Drowning: Is there time for Love?” is now on at Alliance Francaise, Dhaka. The artist has lived in many countries and has acquired diverse experiences throughout ... Read more
Katrina will not marry Salman!
“On the personal front, Katrina will not marry Salman and if she does, then it will not last long. They both are completely different people. Salman is a Number 9 (27th Dec.1965) ruled by Mars (No.9), No.8 (Saturn – Capricorn) and No.6 (Venus). They share Number 9 in common but nothing else. Nos.7 and 9 ... Read more
No Akshay, I only want my family: Katrina
New Delhi, July 16: Katrina Kaif is spending her birthday with her family in London away from media glare and of course, Salman Khan. She turns a year older today but is getting wiser by each passing day. Having made her intentions of keeping her birthday a strictly family affair quite clear to one and ... Read more
All for mainstream Bengali movies
Up close with Purnima The doe-eyed quintessential Bengali beauty Purnima is perhaps the reigning dream girl in Bangladeshi cinema. She has been a part of the film industry for over a decade now, and has won the hearts of millions throughout the country. Purnima entered the film industry when she was a student of Class ... Read more
Group art exhibition at Zainul Gallery
An eight-day group art exhibition by seven young artists titled ‘Speculative’ is drawing attention of the viewers at Zainul Gallery of the faculty of fine arts of Dhaka University. The exhibition, which was inaugurated on July 7 by Abul Barok Albi, professor of the Print Making department of the faculty, will remain open to all ... Read more
“Rakto Karobi” to be staged in Cairo
Nagarik Natya Sampraday’s much acclaimed production “Rakto Karobi” will be staged in the Egyptian capital Cairo this October, says a press release. The Tagore play, directed by veteran theatre personality Ataur Rahman (general secretary of Nagarik Natya Sampraday), is the government selection to participate in the International Experimental Theatre Festival to be
Abdullah Al Mamun drama festival begins July 10
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and the theatre group called Theatre are jointly going to arrange an eight-day theatre festival in commemoration of the playwright Abdullah Al Mamun on his anniversary of birth at the National Theatre Hall of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Segun Bagicha. The Abdullah Al Mamun birth festival will commence on July 10 ... Read more
The all-encompassing spectrum of tunes
Syed Abdul Hadi It was an early October day and I was passing by a busy London super market area, when a mellow tone of a flute struck my ears. I could not but stood mesmerised, till the hypnotic melody came to an end. I can’t express the feeling in language as it can only ... Read more
Jackson memorial will stream at Facebook-MySpace
SAN FRANCISCO – Facebook and MySpace said Monday that members of the rival social-networking services will be able to get online video views of the memorial for Michael Jackson. Facebook users will be able to watch streaming video of the Tuesday memorial courtesy of an alliance with CNN Live, and MySpace members will get a ... Read more
Priyanka Chopra suffers from OCD, needs to learn to chill!
Mumbai: Bollywood diva Priyanka Chopra may be admired by many for her fitness, but the actress has confessed that she suffers from an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). After hosting a party for British actor Gerard Butler.Priyanka apparently realised that she gets really panicky at the thought of a mess up. At the party she hosted ... Read more