Child Eid Entertainment On Tv Yet another average season ends Though TV channels air special teleplays and other types of exclusive entertaining programmes in the Eid festivals targeting the adults, these channels broadcast run-of-the-mill programmes for children. Following the trend, different TV channels chalked out stereotypical entertainment options for the children in this Eid. As ... Read more
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I want to continue acting till death
Shahiduzzaman Selim tells New Age Popular actor-director Shahiduzzaman Selim will perform in three teleplays today as part of the Eid celebrations programmes chalked out by Boishakhai TV, SATV and Desh TV. Selim plays the lead in Dipankar Dipon’s teleplay Tamannar Janya which will be aired at 8:40 pm on Boishakhi TV. He performs together with ... Read more
Chirkut presents hit numbers today
Popular band Chirkut will perform live at the phono-live concert Close Up 1 Call-er Gaan on Desh TV at 9:45pm today an Eid-Ul-Azha special musical programme. Besides presenting its popular numbers, the band will perform in response to the viewers’ request. Earlier, the band appeared in the similar programme aired on GTV on Thursday. ‘To give ... Read more
The mystic leader still inspires devotees
Five-Day Lalon Fest In Kushtia The mystic leader still inspires devotees The five-day-long Lalon Smaran Utsab 2013 (Lalon memorial festival) which is the largest annual festival by the bauls (traditional singers) commenced on October 16. The festival is taking place at the shrine complex of the most influential spiritual Baul Fakir Lalon Shah at Chheuriya in ... Read more
Zahid Hasan on his acting and directing plans
The noted actor Zahid Hasan will be seen in Eid special drama serial titled False Item. The forth episode of the five-episode drama series will be aired today at 6:15pm on Boishakhi TV. Written by Zakir Hossain Ujjal and directed by Shamim Zaman, the drama series depicts the life of some swindlers who consider themselves ... Read more
Mosharraf Karim-Shimla in short film’s story
Love is the existence of human mind. Besides it, life is nothing else. May be love itself has variations. But human being has to survive with it. On the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha, NTV will air special seven episodes with the theme of love and its existence. With seven Bangladeshi and foreign love stories these seven episodes ... Read more
Sajal’s 9 play on Eid day
First day of Eid-ul-Azha popular TV actor Sajal’s nine plays will go on air in different satellite channels. Among nine plays, three were directed by Ferdous Hasan Rana. These are: “Promila Cricket Coaching,” “Prem Othoba Juddho” and “Saurabh.” These will be aired on RTV, SA TV and NTV respectively. Sumaiya Shimu has performed in first ... Read more
Producers expect success of 4 Eid films
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
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