Shilpa Shetty has managed to secure the services of some of her cricket team, The Rajasthan Royals, in a new movie. That’s one benefit of been an owner we suppose! Producer Bobby Bedi approached some of the team’s players, including Shane Warne, about appearing in a new film alongside Shilpa. A source revealed: “Bedi was ... Read more
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Bipasha Basu Out Of The Race
Bollywood star Bipasha Basu will not reprise her role from Race for the sequel but she has revealed she is not too upset about it. Bipasha said: “I heard even [directors] Abbas-Mustan are not doing Race 2. If the original directors are not doing the sequel, who am I? I haven’t been approached for Race ... Read more
An offering of music and dance to Tagore
Cultural programme by VCARE at Sheraton On the occasion of Rabindranath Tagore’s 148th birth anniversary, a cultural programme was held at the Ball Room, Hotel Sheraton on May 11. The programme, arranged by VCARE, featured recitation of Tagore’s writings, rendition of Rabindra Sangeet, and staging of the Tagore dance-drama “Shyama.” Manzur-Ur-Rahman, former senior vice-president of ... Read more
Fahmida Nabi charms the NRBs
Recently singer Fahmida Nabi visited the United States. The purpose of her visit was to attend a Dhallywood award giving ceremony, which featured nearly 60 Bangladeshi artistes and cultural personalities. Arranged by the Bangladeshi expatriates in the US, the programme was held on May 2 in Columbus, Ohio. Fahmida also attended a programme in Jackson ... Read more
Serenading Tagore across the land
Chhayanat Celebrates To commemorate the 148th birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, Chhayanat arranged a cultural programme at its main auditorium on May 8. The programme featured a rendition of Tagore songs and recitation from the poet laureate’s writings. The programme commenced with a group rendition of “Bajao tumi kobi.” Tamanna Tithi recited excerpts from Tagore’s ... Read more
Tagore’s birth anniv celebrated at Silpakala Academy
To celebrate Rabindranath Tagore’s 148th birth anniversary, the ministry for cultural affairs organised a cultural programme at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Silpakala Academy on Friday. The entire programme was comprised of solo and group musical performances, dances and recitations based on Tagore’s works. Noted singers of Tagore music, recitation and dance artistes from ... Read more
A mother’s mission impossible accomplished
Mothers are always special. Some stand out from others and make us realise that mothers are made in heaven. And a few of them turn out to be mother of all mothers. Shefali Iqbal is among the rare few. It was about 30 minutes away from midnight in Bangkok. Shefali in her early fifties was ... Read more
Channel i’s Rabindra Mela
Kalim Sharafi to receive lifetime achievement award Channel i is holding a “Rabindra Mela” at its Tejgaon office to celebrate the 148th birth anniversary of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore on May 8. The announcement was made at a press conference at the channel’s Siddeswari office yesterday. Faridur Reza Sagar, managing director, Impress Telefilm Ltd ... Read more
Subir Nandi performance on Rtv
“Bashudha Tomar Jonno Amar E Gaan,” a weekly musical programme on Rtv, will feature Subir Nandi, on tonight’s episode. Nandi, renowned for his ‘Adhunik’ and film songs, will present his popular numbers including “Amar e duti chokh,” “Din jaye kotha thake,” “Ami brishtir kachh thekey kandtey shikhechhi” and more. The artiste will also present songs ... Read more
Shadher Malati Genthechhi released
Luva Nahid Chowdhury is not only an architect but also a Tagore artiste. She has been working as Director General of Bengal Foundation. Her solo musical album comprising songs of Atul Prasad Sen and Dwijendra Lal Roy titled ‘Shadher Malati Genthechhi’ has been released under the banner of Laser Vision at a programme at the
Special TV Watch on Baishakh 25: Dance drama Chitrangada on ATN Bangla
To mark the Rabindranath Tagore’s birth anniversary Tagore’s one of the greatest creation dance drama ‘Chitrangada’ will be aired on ATN Bangla at 5:10pm on Friday, May 8. Nahid Rahman and Khaleda Ahmed jointly direct the show where Chandni and Sohag perform in the lead role. Story of the Chitrangada starts with
Geetanjali on RTV
To mark the birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tag-ore, special programme ‘Geetanjali’ will be aired on RTV at 10:00am on Baishakh 25 (May 8). This programme is based on screenplay of selected songs and poems from Rabindranath Tagore’s ‘Geetanjali.’ Farhana Sharmin Shuchi produces the programme where Yousuf Russell and
Camellia on Desh TV
Her name is Kamala. Saw her name on her exercise book. Ashutosh Sujon has made the drama on the basis of Rabindranath Tagore’s popular poem ‘Camellia.’ The drama will be aired on Desh TV’s ‘Chhobiyal Sandhya’ at 10:02pm on May 8, birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. Sadik Ahmed, Sarika Sabrin, Kabyo,
Amader ’71 Amader Rabindranath on NTV
To mark the birth anniversary of Biswakobi Rabindranath Tagore a special programme “Amader ’71 Amader Rabindranath” will be aired on NTV at 12:10pm on Friday, May 8. Swikriti Prasad Barua produces the programme where country’s leading Tagore artistes including Tapan Mahmud, Salma Akbar, Sajed Akbar, among
Exhibition of Bangladeshi painters in South Korea
The Bangladesh Embassy in South Korea and Korean Foundation are jointly organising an exhibition of eleven Bangladeshi painters at the Korea Foundation Cultural Centre. The exhibition will display around 100 paintings by eleven renowned Bangladeshi artists. The participating painters are Mohammad Kibria, Rafiquan Nabi, Mahmudul Haque, Kalidas Karmakar,
Trying to make sense out of nonsense
Installation by two up and coming artists at Drik Opening the door to the gallery on the second floor of Drik (in Dhanmondi), a gargantuan human form — made of 5,000 shoe soles — stretched across the whole floor baffles and awes one. Big labels with words “abstraction,” “power,” “policy,” “decency,” “ethics” etc make one ... Read more
Space & Decor at Kaya
A dual art exhibition titled ‘Space & Decor’ by Bishwajit Paul and Raton Sarker is being held at Gallery Kaya in Uttara. The exhibition was inaugurated on May 1 and will remain open from 11:00am to 8:00pm till May 12. Fifty-seven artworks including seven sculptures are being displayed at the gallery. Fifty artworks are made ... Read more
An European treat to Dhaka audience
A ten-day European film festival jointly organised by Alliance Française and Jahir Raihan Film Society begins today at the auditorium of Alliance Française in Dhanmondi. The organisers will screen twenty films from 20 countries of Europe at the festival. The countries include France, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Germany and Italy. Two films ... Read more
Review: ‘Ghosts of Girlfriends Past’
Matthew McConaughey’s latest romantic comedy hauls out all the clichés and dumb dialogue for a predictable end. Just in case you can’t get enough of the romantic comedy oeuvre of Matthew McConaughey, Mark Waters’s “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past” is here to remind you that, yes, some films of his are even worse than “Failure to ... Read more
Amitabh Not Happy With Patti
Amitabh Bachchan has apparently slammed the crew and unit of his lastest film, Teen Patti through his blog. The Bollywood star has been in London filming alongside Sir Ben Kingsley, but apparently wasn’t happy with the way the shooting was conducted. He was also reportedly shocked to see the unprepared unit in the last shooting ... Read more