It is said that a person without aim is like a boat without radar. A film titled Aim in Life deals with the dilemma of a young man in the modern era, trying to determine his purpose of life. The Bangla film, which has been directed by National Award winner filmmaker Fakhrul Arefin Khan, portrays ... Read more
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2nd issue of Six Seasons Review launched
The second issue of Six Seasons Review, an English language literary periodical published by Bengal Foundation, was launched at a programme at Bengal Art Lounge on Friday. The event featured readings from poets and writers whose works have been published in the issue. Among this issue’s writers and poets, Seema Amin and Samia Ahmed recited ... Read more
A carnival of music at Alliance Française de Dhaka
Fête De La Musique 2014 A carnival of music at Alliance Française de Dhaka The students of École de Musique, Alliance Française de Dhaka created a pleasing ambience on Friday at its La Galerie with songs and instrumental numbers. Alliance Française de Dhaka, supported by the Embassy of France in Bangladesh, celebrated Fête de la Musique ... Read more
Nagarik premieres Naamgotrohin
Late Pakistani writer Sadat Hasan Manto is not a familiar name to the Dhaka audience, nor are his scathing stories widely known to the locals here. Noted theatre troupe Nagarik Natya Sampraday, for its recent production, selected three of Manto’s short stories to acquaint local audience with works of the writer. Kolkata-based thespian Usha Ganguly ... Read more
Eksho Bosta Chal visits Netrakona, Kishoreganj
Eksho Bosta Chal, a joint theatre production by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and the embassy of Japan in Dhaka, was staged yesterday at Netrakona District Shilpakala Academy. The play will see another staging at Kishoreganj District Shilpakala Academy today.The play is an adaptation of a famous Japanese play by Yuzo Yamamoto and has been translated in Bangla ... Read more
Transformers 4 release in Bangladesh today
The fourth installation of popular science fiction action film Transformers, which is titled Transformers: Age of Extinction will hit the screen of the country today at Star Cineplex of Basundhara City. The release of the film in USA is also scheduled today. The film was premiered for invited guests yesterday evening. Star Cineplex has previously arranged to ... Read more
Death anniversary of Bande Ali Miah goes unnoticed
The death anniversary of one of the major poets of the 19th century Bangla literature, Bande Ali Miah, who hails from the present Pabna district of the country, goes almost unnoticed. Today is the 35th death anniversary of Poet Bande Ali Miah. Born on January 17 in 1906 in the village Narayanpur of Pabna district, ... Read more
Tarkata: barbed wire around the heart
The gang culture has suddenly become the hot topic in Bangladeshi films, featuring young stylish men working as the dependable cohort of social Godfathers. Of course, the young men are always good at heart, never disrespecting women, always finding time to play with children and hardly touching alcohol. They may well be saints working for the ... Read more
Jatra pala upholds humanity above religious fundamentalism
Jatra pala titled Devi Sultana, demonbstrating the need of harmonic co-existence of all religions, was staged at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday evening. Jatra troupe Joyjatra staged the pala. Devi Sultana, which has been written by Bhoirob Nath Gangopadhyay and directed by Habib Sarwar, reveals the story
Theatre festival on Ataur Rahman concludes
A seven-day theatre festival featuring plays directed by thespian Ataur Rahman ended though a collage presentation of the plays in which Rahman acted. The festival ended at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday. The academy and Manchasarathi Ataur Rahman Karma Udjapon Parisad jointly organised the festival in celebrating
Kamal Ahmed launches seventh solo
Noted Tagore singer Kamal Ahmed has recently launched his seventh solo album titled Bedhechhi Amar Pran featuring 10 beautiful Tagore songs. The album consists of popular Tagore songs like Asa Jour Pother Dhare, Dariye Achho Tumi Amar, Sei Bhalo Sei Bhalo and of course the title song of the album. The album was launched from ... Read more
Ranbir wants to play Sanjay Dutt
There have been speculations about a biopic on Sanjay Dutt, and that Ranbir Kapoor might be the actor to star in it. However, speaking to the media about it for the first time, Ranbir says he and director Rajkumar Hirani are indeed discussing it. Talking about his proximity to Sanjay, he also recounts how the ... Read more
In search of Gopal Bhar
Among the court jesters of the eighteenth century India, Gopal Bhar’s name and fame surpasses all other. Gopal Bhar was a court jester of Raja Krishnachandra (1719-1783) of Nadia, and the time saw the emergence of court jester as a profession. But there is however an abiding contention as to the existence of an original, ... Read more
Abaji and bauls enchant audience
Fête De La Musique Abaji and bauls enchant audience Internationally renowned French-Lebanese singer, song writer and multi-instrumentalist Abaji, along with some Bangladeshi traditional baul musicians have enchanted the audience at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka on Saturday evening. This year’s Fête de la Musique, which is globally observed as the World Music Day, was ... Read more
Shah Rukh Khan plans world tour for Happy New Year
Bollywood mega star Shah Rukh Khan, also known as marketing guru, has something unique and out-of-the box to offer with every film release. His marketing skills have been applauded by one and all. While most actors go on city tours to promote their films, SRK will hop across continents to promote his upcoming film Happy ... Read more
World Music Day celebrated
‘Without music, life would be a mistake’ – a saying like this, readers might guess, is expected to come from a musician. But it is a little surprising that the line comes from one of the most cynic philosophers of all time, Friedrich Nietzsche. Be it Nietzsche or Bob Dylan or any one else, the ... Read more
Tanvir Mokammel’s films to be screened in Kolkata
Renowned filmmaker of the country Tanvir Mokammel’s popularity has spilled over the country’s border quite a long time ago. Mokammel is a known name, as a distinguished filmmaker, in the filmdom neighbouring Kolkata, as his films and documentaries have been screened several times in different film festivals there. Mokammel’s five films have recently been invited and ... Read more
Waqeel sings on sound pollution
Singer Waqeel Ahad has already gained popularity in the music arena of the country through his fusion works where he mixes eastern lyrics with western music. To further his range of works, Waqeel has attempted to create music against social and environment issues. Waqeel Ahad has recently written, composed and sang a song on sound pollution. ... Read more
Chhayanaut recalls Sufia Kamal
Iconic figure of feminism and nationalist movements in Bangladesh, late noted poet Sufia Kamal was remembered on her 103rd birth anniversary at a cultural programme at the auditorium of Chhayanaut on Friday. The event featured presentation of songs and dance that resonated with the theme of monsoon. The programme began with vocal presentation of raga ... Read more
Folklore Summer School at Bangla Academy
Late novelist Akhteruzzaman Elias, in his acclaimed essay ‘Sangskritir Bhanga Setu’ (Broken Bridge of Culture), elucidated what happens when we forget our roots, when the link between tradition and modernism gets infringed. Modernism, to be of any benefit and fruitfulness, must connect itself to what has gone before, to what sustains the life-line of common people. ... Read more