Tuesday, July 15, 2025

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

Leading dancers present contemporary dance

Ten leading choreographers of the country presented colourful dance recitals synchorinised with music composed by the 10 best musicians on Monday at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. The show was the first day programme of the three-day cultural festival organsied by Bangladesh Shilapakala Academy displaying its project to create international standard performing

Soaked Dream: German hope in Firoz Mahmud’s eyes

Internationally acclaimed experimental artist Firoz Mahmud is exhibiting his latest venture titled Soaked Dream at the Goethe-Institut in Dhanmondi. The photography based multimedia project addresses the social hopes through personal encounters and stories of life in the German capital Berlin where poetry met pragmatism.

Big B, Farhan Akhtar to star Vinod Chopra’s next film

Bollywood’s superstar Amitabh Bachchan and Farhan Akhtar will soon be spotted in producer Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s upcoming film. Directed by Bejoy Nambiar, the movie is yet to receive a title from its makers, reports India Today. The film will reportedly be a tightly-packed drama one, and one that has managed to bring the two actors ... Read more

Milon-Rumana’s ‘Ajuhat’

To marry Bangladeshi groom, Rumana came to Dhaka from USA. Earlier she met many males but didn’t like them. Milon is a distant relative of her. Milon loves Anny. To keep his father’s request, Milon has to meet Rumana. Before going to meet Rumana, Milon made a plan along with his girlfriend Anny and friend ... Read more

A Titanic arrival

Legendary film opens in 3D at Star Cineplex To celebrate its 10th anniversary and marking Eid-ul-Adha, Star Cineplex, the country’s first multiplex cinema hall, is releasing the re-rendered in 3D version of “Titanic”, one of the most iconic films in global cinema of all time. The James Cameron film — a fictionalised account of the ... Read more