Wednesday, November 20, 2024

It’s challenging to make people laugh

Mir Sabbir tells New Age Popular actor Mir Sabbir will be seen in two Eid special drama serials to be aired today on two channels. The fourth episode of the comedy series Jamai Ador will be aired on Banglavision at 11:10pm while the fourth episode of another comedy series directed by him titled day Barishaila ... Read more

Eid on small screen

Different local TV channels have chalked out a weeklong array of special programmes to celebrate Eid festivity with the viewers. The list includes teleplays, drama series and single episodes, films, musical shows, talk shows, magazine programmes and others. Selected programmes of the first three days of some of the private channels are given below:

Bangladesh National Museum completes 100 years

Eventful Innings Bangladesh National Museum completes 100 years  Jahangir Hussain Today (August 7) is the centennial anniversary of Bangladesh National Museum. Bangladesh National Museum, one of the most important and largest museums in Asia, is dedicated to the collection, preservation, display and study of history, heritage, culture and natural history. On  August 7, 1913 Lord ... Read more

Mehazabien Chowdhury acts in 20 Eid teleplays

Model turned actor Mehazabien Chowdhury has worked in 20 teleplays and tele-films to be aired on different channels during the Eid festival. She is one of those top actors who have worked in most numbers of Eid plays. She, however, claims that acting in so many plays will not hamper the quality of works as ... Read more

Eid entertainment for children

It is a sad that most of the TV channels that air five to seven days’ special eid programmes did not chalk out adequate children specific Eid programmes in the previous years. The scenario is, however, changing for better in recent years. From the schedule of Eid special programmes, it is evident that almost all ... Read more

Sundori Patri Chai to go on air on Eid day

TV Watch Sundori Patri Chai to go on air on Eid day  Single episode TV play “Sundori Patri Chai” will be aired on Mytv on Eid day at 8:10pm. The play is written and directed by Salek Uddin, and produced by Probe Visuals. The story zeroes in on a well-to-do family in Dhaka looking for ... Read more

Of magic and musical illusion

Chirkutt’s “Jadur Shahor” in Music Bazar On International Friendship Day (August 4), four members of epic fusion band Chirkutt — Sumi, Pintu, Rokon and Emon — were seen in front of Geetanjali, at Bashundhara City in the capital. They were busy signing autographs on their recently released album covers for excited friends and fans encircling ... Read more

70 audio, video albums released

Eid Albums 70 audio, video albums released Around 70 audio and video albums are scheduled to be released from different production houses during Eid-ul-Fitr. Already some albums have hit the market. This Eid, G-series is going to release the maximum number of albums that is 40 from all different genres-classic to rock, Tagore to modern. ... Read more

Sakib, Jalil fight to grab Eid market

Sakib Khan and Ananta Jalil will fight to grab the Eid film market as they did in the past years. Both the actors have played lead roles in big-budget films releasing this Eid. The Film Producers and Distributors Association has given clearance to four films including Badiul Alam Khokan’s My Name is Khan, PA Kajol’s ... Read more

Nipun’s action packed Eid

Nipun is a National Film Award winner several times over. Apart from her roles in films, she is a familiar face on advertisement. Of late she has starred in TV plays as well. In a recent conversation with The Daily Star, Nipun talked about her Eid plans. Where will you spend Eid day? Nipun: Over ... Read more

Whose Tagore?

Lubna Marium Being a lifelong Tagore aficionado, I was mildly shocked when Chhayanaut, the Bangladeshi bastion of Tagorean music, decided against allowing us the use of their auditorium, because our dance practice seemed to their authorities, to militate against Tagorean aesthetics.  It set me thinking.  Should there be only one interpretation of Tagore’s works? As ... Read more

Plays of Memory and Muktadhara

Dr Saleque Khan Today is the 72nd anniversary of the death of Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) a Nobel Laureate poet, philosopher, novelist, playwright, musician and painter. He is perhaps the only litterateur in the world whose songs have become the national anthems of two neighboring countries- India and Bangladesh.  Tagore was also a social reformer and ... Read more

Indian serials are no threat

Zahid Hasan tells New Age The popularity of Eid teleplays and tele-films indicate that viewers want to watch quality productions. Popular actor Zahid Hasan believes that if the standards of Eid teleplays are maintained throughout the year, people will not need to bother much about foreign programmes aired on satellite channels. ‘I don’t believe that ... Read more

Fahmida Nabi releases new album

Popular singer Fahmida Nabi has released her 12th solo album titled Ichhey Hoi targeting the Eid market. The singer hopes that the album, the teamwork of a group of talented musicians, will hit the market. Zulfiqar Russel has penned all the eight songs of the album, which have been composed by famous musician brothers Naquib ... Read more

Teleplays at the bottom line

Mahfuz Ahmed observes Popular actor and director Mahfuz Ahmed urges everybody to work together in order to improve the quality of the TV productions as he believes that the small screen industry has already hit the rock bottom. He also believes that the senior artistes should play the lead roles to revive the lost glory ... Read more

Popy performs in Eid tele-films

Dhallywood popular actor Popy will not be seen in any Eid films. But Popy’s die-hard fans need not to be heart-broken as the Dhallywood actress will be seen in three Eid tele-films to be aired on different channels this Eid. The actress said that she enjoyed working with the artistes and crews of the small ... Read more

I look for diverse characters

Fazlur Rahman Babu tells Noted TV actor Fazlul Rahman Babu says that he enjoys enacting challenging characters. The audience will see him in diverse roles in this year’s Eid plays, the actor said. ‘I’ve performed in seven Eid plays of which two dramas are directed by Salahuddin Lavlu titled Kabirajer Bou-er Ekjon Chhele Bandhu Chhilo ... Read more

Good dramas lost amongst melee of bad works

Tauqir Ahmed tells New Age Popular small screen actor Tauqir Ahmed says that he has enacted a few challenging characters such as a dacoit and a war child in this year’s Eid special teleplays and telefilms. Tauquir has also written two TV plays and directed two dramas, which will be aired during the weeklong Eid ... Read more