Beautiful lyrics blended with charming composition of evergreen Tagore song Parbi na ki jog dite ai chhondey rey rendered in chorus not only pleased the ears but also the eyes of the spectators as a synchronized, vibrant group dance was presented at a programme on Thursday evening. This was the introductory recital Chhayanaut’s two-day festival ... Read more
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Sabina Yasmin’s first Tagore album launched
Distinguished singer of the country Sabina Yasmin’s first solo Tagore album has been released this Friday. The launch took place at the eighth Rabindra mela arranged by Private TV channel Channel i. Under the banner of Impress Audio Vision Ltd, the album titled Ami sandhyadiper shikha contains 10 timeless songs of Tagore
Swapno O Droher Jatiya Natyautsab begins
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has been beautifully decorated to celebrate a special moment: the inauguration of the eight-day National Theatre Festival 2013 on Thursday. Almost everyone who passed by the area was drawn to the programme by its zeal and fervour, colour and sound. The festival is featuring 64 plays in total, one from each district ... Read more
Leading artistes perform
Leading artistes and troupes presented timeless songs, poems and dance of Rabindranath Tagore on Wednesday evening at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. It was the second part of the day-long Tagore 152th birth anniversary celebrations programme organised by ministry of cultural affairs. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina
Karunamaya Goswamy, Papiya Sarwar honoured
Bangla Academy honoured researcher professor Karunamoy Goswamy and eminent singer Papiya Sarwar with ‘Rabindra Award 2013’ in a programme celebrating the 152nd birth anniversary of the Nobel laureate poet on Wednesday. Professor Zillur Rahman Siddique and Bangla Academy director general Shamsuzzaman Khan handed over certificates,
BRSSS holds three-day celebration
Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Shilpi Sangstha’s three-day programme began with an average arrangement on Wednesday at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of the Central Public Library due to nationwide general strike. The celebrations lacked its customary colour and fanfare compared to previous arrangements of the past 23 years
Shunte ki Pao screened in Munich
Bangladeshi director Kamar Ahmad Simon’s Shunte Ki Pao was screened at the prestigious Munich International Documentary Film Festival 2013 on Thursday. Screening of the documentary will be repeated on May 12 at the same festival. The festival, which began on Wednesday, will screen a total of 131 documentary films from across the world. Shunte
Tagore classics can make good films
Experts tell New Age Rabindranath Tagore wrote in a letter to Murari Bhaduri (theatre legend Sisir Kumar Bhaduri’s brother) in 1929 that cinema should ideally be a ‘flow of images’ that should not rely on the written word to communicate. This was even before India’s first talkie Alam Ara had been made. Perhaps it is ... Read more
Lily remains busy with Tagore anniv
Renowned Tagore singer Lily Islam had a very busy day on Wednesday, which happened to be Rabindranath Tagore’s 152th birth anniversary. The artiste sang at different places on the occasion including the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and on a number of television channels. Lily Islam is currently working
Bangladeshi Film Fest to be held in US
A week-long Bangladeshi film festival featuring five local films will be held in New York, US. The festival titled ‘Ruhana-Channel-i Film Festival USA-2013’ will feature Channel-i produced films including Humayun Ahmed’s Ghetu Putra Kamola, Nasir Uddin Yousuff’s Guerilla, Goutom Ghosh’s Moner Manush, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s Third Person Singular Number and
CELEBRATING BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF RABINDRANATH TAGORE
Today is the 152nd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, the man who molded the language, literature and music of the Bengal. He introduced new prose and verse forms and the use of colloquial language into Bengali literature, thereby freeing it from the rigidity of models based on classical Sanskrit. He is as great in music ... Read more
Rabindranath Tagore as a Rebel
Rabindrantath Tagore is essentially the foremost poet, writer of Bengali language and as such, we quite legitimately take pride in this extraordinarily talented man known to the entire world. A great part of our being is filled with Tagore’s spirit- hope and despair. He is the torch bearer in our journey through smooth path as ... Read more
Special TV programmes on Tagore
The television channels of the country have chalked out special programmes to celebrate the 152nd birth anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore. The list consists of plays and telefilms; shows featuring music, dance and recitation; talk shows; and magazine programmes. ATN Bangla will air a documentary titled Rabir Chithite Bangladesh at 11:15am. The channel will also air ... Read more
Tales of Commoners in Jahangir’s Drawings
Any impartial assessment of our country must bring into light the vital significance of its industrious destitute people and the rivers. Eminent artist Syed Jahangir has tried to give vent to this assessment in his ongoing 39th solo exhibition titled Ink Drawing, Drawing and Color held at Shilpangan Gallery in Dhanmondi. The exhibition includes 45 ... Read more
Prof Anisuzzaman receives lifetime achievement award
Professor emeritus Dr Anisuzzaman, who is also a renowned scholar and Tagore researcher, was conferred with the eighth Channel-i Rabindra Mela lifetime achievement award at a programme held on Monday at Channel-i office in Tejgaon, Dhaka. In past years, Tagore singers and researchers including Kalim Sharafi, Ajit Roy, Rezwana Choudhury Bannya,
Dhaka to be centre of Asian children theatre
Chairman of Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation Liaquat Ali Lucky has been appointed the president of Asian regional centre of the International Amateur Theatre Association for the next four years in a recent council held in Singapore. Earlier, he had served as the vice-president of the organisation for the past four years.
Justin Bieber tackled by fan during Dubai stage show
A member of the audience at Justin Bieber’s stage show in Dubai tackled the singer from behind while he was performing at a grand piano, reports BBC online. Bieber managed to free himself and ran to the side of the stage while security guards grabbed the intruder, who managed to knock the piano over and ... Read more
Habib, Ferdous Wahid enthrall audience at IGCC
Popular singer/composer Habib performed along with his father Ferdous Waheed in a concert at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan on Saturday. The father-son duo was accompanied by Mithun Chakraborty on drums and Emon Chowdhury on guitar at the programme. The tiny Gulshan auditorium of IGCC was jam-packed with audience. While some stood at ... Read more
Singer Agun busy acting
Popular singer and actor Agun is nowadays only concentrating on acting and not singing. He is now passing busy days in working for television plays. However, Agun gives utmost priority in working in films though he is really choosey about selection of films. ‘I am really meticulous about working in films. I believe films are permanent ... Read more
13 Jatra troupes receive registration
It once seemed that jatra, a very old and traditional form of entertainment of the country, is at the verge of becoming extinct due to both people’s and government’s negligence in the new era of high-tech forms of entertainment. But to the joy of jatra lovers, ministry of cultural affairs has taken a commendable initiative ... Read more