Shooting floors of Bangladesh Film Development Corporation are now mostly used for making the small screen programmes, despite the fact that FDC is supposed to facilitate filmmaking as per its mandate. The booking list of the government agency clearly indicates that all the nine floors of FDC are used for making reality shows, phono-live concerts ... Read more
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Experimenting on Pat Chitra
Artist Nazir Hossain has been experimenting on the traditional pat chitra (scroll painting) to achieve a signature style that will represent unique Bangladeshi art to the global art market. Though the artist does not follow every element of the tradition in terms of mediums, nature of colours and even characters, his experimental works reflect the ... Read more
Nandimukh’s theatre fest ends in Chittagong
A three-day theatre festival organised by the Chittagong based troupe Nandimukh ended on Monday at the Chittagong Shilpakala Academy. The festival was the first installment of a year-long programme chalked out by the troupe titled Natya Troyee to celebrate its 24 years of theatre practice. On the concluding day, the theatre department of Fame School ... Read more
Sufia Kamal’s death anniversary today
Poet Sufia Kamal’s 14th anniversary of death will be observed today. One of the leading female poets of the country Sufia Kamal began writing as early as the late 1920s, when it was almost beyond imagination that a Bengali Muslim woman would write poems. When Muslim woman were not allowed to take part in the ... Read more
Real life freedom fighters act in Ekattur-er Guerilla
The real life freedom fighters have acted in Ekattur-er Guerilla a film based on a true story of the war of independence in 1971. The film illustrates some valiant guerillas, who fought and defeated the invading Pakistani army in alliance with their Bengali collaborators known as razakars who rampaged and killed thousands in the Gazipur ... Read more
Baul songs presented at Shilpakala
The members of Baul Bazar presented songs of leading bards at a programme held at the Music and Dance Centre of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday. With acoustics of traditional instruments dhol, ektara, dotara the singers in solos rendered songs composed by Fakir Lalon Shah, Hason Raja, Shah Abdul Karim, Pagol Chanchal, Kabi Jalal,
Farzana Chhoby in role of a photojournalist
Photojournalist Smrity went to a remote hilly area with a project of an NGO. Her progressive mindset and positive thinking make her confident always. To make successful of this project, Smrity lonely enters into the deep forest area. All on a sudden, she curiously and passionately bought a bracelet from a female bangle-seller. After wearing ... Read more
Bapparaz in Salman Haider’s movie ‘Deho’
Legendary film hero Razzak’s son, once popular hero Bapparaz is going to perform in lead role in Salman Haider directed movie ‘Deho.’ It was confirmed by Bapparaz himself and director Salman Haider yesterday. Director Salman Haider said, “Somehow I will make my dream movie ‘Deho.’ Though complexities created to make this movie earlier, but everything ... Read more
Rawnak-Jyoti-Pran Roy in ‘Mukuthin Nawab’
Title of the play is ‘Mukuthin Nawab.’ Its story was written by Md Mahfuzur Rahman. The play was directed by Taju Kamrul. In this play, for the first time three popular TV actors of present time Rawnak Hassan, Jyotika Jyoti and Pran Roy have performed together. While talking about this play Rawnak told this correspondent, ... Read more
Farhana Mili and her fans
It is very common scenario to take part in shooting performers have to face fans. It is very natural. But sometimes performers have to face excessive pains from their fans. This kind of situation happened in case of movie ‘Monpura’ famed popular actress Farhana Mili. Few days ago, Farhana Mili went to a distant village ... Read more
At last Bobita in new movie
Internationally renowned heroine Bobita is going to take part in shooting of a new movie after a break of few months. With the story written by Abdullah Zahir Babu and under the direction of Rakibul Alam Rakib Bobita will again return to acting in the big screen by movie “Prem Korbo Tomar Sathe.” While talking ... Read more
Allauddin Khan’s ragas presented
Leading classical singers of the country presented ragas created by Ustad Alauddin Khan at a commemorative programme organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at the Music and Dance Centre on Sunday. Ustad Allauddin Khan’s nephew Ustad Shahadat Hossain Khan and niece Reenat Fouzia shared facts about the late maestro’s talent with the audience at the programme, ... Read more
Group show satirises socio-political turmoil
Cartoons and caricatures satirising the country’s socio-political turmoil done by leading cartoonists are on display at an on-going exhibition at the Bengal Art Lounge, Gulshan 1 in the capital. Renowned cartoonists like Rafiqun Nabi and Shishir Bhattacharia have criticised the political situation of the country, whereas, Mehedi Haque and Zeeshan Khan’s artworks portrays the depictions
Television wins NETPACK Award in Kolkata
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s film Television won the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema award at the 19th Kolkata International Film Festival. Eminent Indian filmmaker Gautam Ghose handed over the award to the producer of the film Faridur Reza Sagar at the star-studded closing ceremony of the eight-day festival on Sunday at the Science City ... Read more
Abbasi renders his father’s popular songs
When the seasoned singer Mustafa Zaman Abbasi started a very popular traditional number Rongila nau-er majhi in his stentorian voice modulation, the urban audience could relate themselves to the roots. His velvety voice effortlessly flowing between highs and lows of the octave created perfect narrative of the Jasimuddin’s song that narrate the pictorial beauty of ... Read more
Rock music fair ends
The two-day rock music fair organised at the Drik Gallery in Dhanmondi got positive response from the rock music lovers for its atypical characteristics. Besides enjoying music performed by the underground bands, viewers enthusiastically participated in interactions with the rockers, lyricists, sound engineers and music video makers.
Andaleeb Preema portrays manipulation of news
Artist Nazia Andaleeb Preema revealed how news is manipulated and distorted through her live performance titled Newsagony at the Nalini Kanta Bhattacharia hall of Bangladesh National Museum on Saturday. Preema’s performance was a part of artist Wakilur Rahman’s visual art exhibition titled Khobor Khaddo organised to celebrate the 15 years of the Bangla daily Prothom ... Read more
Chanchal-Mim as pair in TV play ‘Model’
After making a TV play Ali Parvez started to make a movie titled ‘Priyotoma Ami Dari Tumi Koma’ to cast ramp model cum film actress Airin and superhero Niloy. Though making of that movie remain stalled due to unknown reason, director Ali Parvez informed this correspondent shooting of the movie would again start soon. Before ... Read more
I’m lucky as Manna Dey rendered my song
Sheikh Sadi Khan tells Noted composer Sheikh Sadi Khan considers himself lucky as the recently demised legendary singer Manna Dey rendered two songs composed by him, which had been used as playbacks in a local film released in the mid 1980s. Manna Dey lent his voice for the solo Balo na ma keno klanto lage ... Read more
Mir Mosharraf Hossain’s birth anniversary celebrated
Renowned writer Mir Mosharraf Hossain’s 166th anniversary of birth was celebrated in Kushtia through a two-day programme at the writer’s ancestral homestead at Lahini para which is about 4 km far from Kushtia town. The programme that ended on Thursday included a discussion, presentation of music and recitation, staging of a theatre, children’s art and ... Read more