Three actresses compete to be Shakib’s next pair Following business success at the last Eid-ul- Fitr, the producers’ association decided to release less number of big budget commercial films in maximum numbers of cinemas across the country. Four out of eight films finally got clearance from the producers and exhibitors as well to be released ... Read more
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Producers prefer quantity
Eid Music Albums Producers prefer quantity A large number of audio and video albums are going to hit the market during the Eid-Ul-Azha and Durga Puja many of which are already in market for the music lovers. Around 70 audio and video albums will reach the market during the Puja and Eid festivals. But the ... Read more
Maliha becomes Khude Gaanraj
Maliha, a schoolgirl from Khulna, was named this year’s Khude Gaanraj at the grand finale held on Friday at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre. Sajib and Rahul respectively secured the first runner-up and second runner-up positions in the fourth season of the reality show of children’s singing competetion named Meridian-Channel-i Khude Gaanraj. Apart from the ... Read more
Kolkata plays host to Bollywood celebs this Durga Puja
It’s a glitzy affair this Durga puja in the city with Bollywood celebrities upping the glam quotient to mark the gala five day festivities, reports NDTV. Be it a promotional event or inaugurating a puja pandal, Kolkata is playing the host to director Mahesh Bhatt, critically-acclaimed actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui and the energetic Govinda. Bhatt, who ... Read more
Alamgir, Runa selected best couples
The celebrity couple singer Runa Laila and actor Alamgir will be the judges at a TV reality show in which they will select best couples. The show titled Ponds Super Couple will be aired in seven consecutive days beginning from the Eid day at 5:50pm on Channel 9 as part of the channel’s weeklong Eid ... Read more
Shibli, Nipa to perform on Eid
Noted dancer duo Samim Ara Nipa and Shibli Muhammad will present different genres of dance at a programme to be aired on the second day of the Eid programme at 10:20pm on Maasranga TV. The dance show titled Jalnupur will also feature 30 dancers of Nrityanchal, the dance school run by Nipa and Shibli. ‘We ... Read more
Creating castles in the sky
The friends and family members of the late artist Sohrab Rahman Khan have organised a three-day commemorative exhibition featuring Khan’s paintings at the Bengal Art Lounge in Gulshan. An amateur artist Sohrab Rahman Khan, who was a teacher of the economics department at the American International University, had never exhibited his artworks in his lifetime.
A unique evening of instrumental numbers
Without the electrifying sounds of electrical guitar or the imitated composition of keyboard, an unparalleled milieu was created using the pure tunes of acoustic musical instruments at a musical programme at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Thursday. The programme titled Jontro Sangeet-er Oikatan was the concluding event of the three-day cultural ... Read more
Pentagon celebrates 20th anniv today
Popular band Pentagon is going to celebrate its 20th founding anniversary at a programme today at the Café 33 at Baily Road in the capital. The band was formed on October 12 in 1993 by Mohammad Ali Sumon, Shouquat Ali Imon, Ranjan, Shelly and Babu. Since then the band has presented many popular songs and ... Read more
Remembering the happy days…
Jyoti shares Puja memories Popular TV actress, Jyotika Jyoti has successfully ventured into the world of films. Jyoti looks back at her childhood days when Puja spelt undiluted fun: “As a child, I used to celebrate Durga Puja at my mamabari (maternal uncle’s home) in Kishoreganj. We eagerly awaited Puja as it was a day ... Read more
Mehzabin in new TVC under Apon Ahsan’s direction
Apon Ahsan has already become popular among the viewers to make many popular television commercials. He started his career as a TVC (television commercial) maker by giving direction of TVC of ‘Olympic ball pen.’ Later he made TVCs of ‘RC Cola,’ ‘Aarong,’ ‘Meswak tooth-paste,’ products of Fresh Company, among others. This time Apon Ahsan is
Art show upholds humanism
The ongoing group art show at the Athena Gallery in Badda exhibits paintings glorifying humanism done by Bangladeshi and Pakistani artists. The exhibition titled Unity of Souls features artworks in different mediums like oil, acrylic, water and print depicting an array of themes in 74 artworks done by nine local and nine Pakistani artists. The ... Read more
Films on cinemas this week
A number of films are being screened in different cinemas around the town for the movie-lovers. Amit Ashraf’s debutant film Udhao can be good choice for its atypical storyline. Udhao features an off-track thriller story of a man named Babu who is a school-van puller. Babu’s passion is to find out the man, his father, ... Read more
Sholay 3D likely to be released next January
The 3D version of the 1975 Bollywood classic ‘Sholay’, which was slated to release on megastar Amitabh Bachchan’s 71st birthday Friday, is now likely to release in January 2014. The makers wanted a ‘four-week window’ for the film, reports India Today. ‘We have requested cinemas to give us a four-week window. So, we are currently ... Read more
“Uttam Suchitra” on ATN Bangla this Eid
This Eid, ATN Bangla will telecast single-episode special TV play “Uttam Suchitra”, starring Syed Hasan Imam, Aupi Karim and Apurbo. Chayanika Chowdhury has directed the play, written by Iraz Ahmed. The plot: Syed Hasan Imam is a huge fan of the Uttam-Suchitra duo; he watches their films all day. He doesn’t even rent his house ... Read more
Bidya Sinha Meem in new TVC
Popular TV actress, model and Lux superstar Bidya Sinha Saha Meem came into limelight to perform in her last television commercial, “Ranga Pori Mehedi” under the direction of Mizanur Rahman Arian. Under the same director’s direction Meem lastly performed in a telefilm titled “Trump Card” in last Eid-ul-Fitr. This time Meem has
Remembering the mystic artist
He led a saintly life in his last days at home in the suburbs of Narail, which is an abandoned musical hall of the local zamindar. The maverick man painted and threw away his paintings as his pleasure was in making works of art, not in possessing them. Nobody can say the exact number of ... Read more
200 singers perform at Shilpakala
It was a rare musical programme as over 200 upcoming singers from across the country performed in group at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday. The renowned and noted singers of the country also performed at the show, which was organised by the academy to launch 20 albums on different genres ... Read more
Jatra festival begins at BSA
A four-day jatra, which is a form of traditional theatre, festival began at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday evening. Organsied by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy as a part of Jatra Development Policy 2012, the festival is the forth edition of an attempt to register capable jatra troupes from across the country. ... Read more
Apurbo takes shelter at Tarin’s house
Apurbo escaped from a mental hospital. Though hospital authority followed him to catch in the rain, Apurbo took shelter at Tarin’s house after crossing boundary wall of her residence. During that time Tarin was alone at her residence. Apurbo requested her not to give him to the hospital authority. Apurbo claimed that he