National Film Award 2011 Razzaq gets lifetime achievement award For his enormous contribution to the film industry, Abdur Razzaq widely known as Nayak Raj Razzaq (king of heroes) has been honoured with the lifetime achievement award. His name was announced along with the winners of other categories of the National Film Award 2011 through a ... Read more
Entertainment
The recognition will take me ahead: Joya Ahsan
National Film Award 2011 The recognition will take me ahead: Joya Ahsan Popular model turned actress Joya Ahsan has won the National Film Award-2011 for her lively performance in a challenging role in the war of independence based film Guerilla. It is her first national recognition as an actress. In an interview with New Age ... Read more
Children film festival begins across the country
The sixth edition of the International Children Film Festival organised by Bangladesh Children Film Society in association with UNICEF was inaugurated on Saturday simultaneously at 22 venues in six divisional towns in the country. With the slogan, ‘Future in Frame’, the festival features 200 films, created by children filmmakers from forty two counties will be ... Read more
Salman Khan, the philanthropist
Following the footsteps of other Bollywood stars into the business of food joint chains, actor Salman Khan is planning to open restaurants and hospitals but insists it is not all for business but for a noble cause. “We will start restaurants in metros first…We will open first in Mumbai and Pune and so on. Profits ... Read more
Nipa researches on folk dance
For the last few years, Shamim Ara Nipa has been conducting vast research on Bangladeshi folk dance forms. With her great passion for folk dance, the dance diva is trying to popularise the folk genres like jari, lathi, dhamail, bratachari and more. ‘Folk are the only dance forms which are uniquely ours. To represent our ... Read more
Role-play comes easy to Badhon
Badhon reached the top five in the 2006 Lux Channel i Superstar pageant, which built her confidence and paved the way for the realisation of many of her dreams. The platform provided by the competition also steered her towards her first major acting role — a spot in a Humayun Ahmed play. She made her ... Read more
Babu talks about Feedback
Eminent composer Foad Naser Babu is the bandleader and keyboardist of Feedback, a pioneering band in the country that got huge popularity during the 1980s. In its journey of over 35 years, the band has produced 10 albums including ‘Feedback’ , ‘Ullas’, ‘Mela’, ‘Joar’, ‘Bangabda 1400’, ‘Deho Ghari’, ‘Bauliana’, ‘Anondo’, ‘Ei Shatabdir Feedback’ and ‘02’. Though ... Read more
Samina talks about music industry revival
She created a buzz in her schooldays winning the First Prize for Patriotic Songs in the Reality Show—‘Notun Kuri’ in 1977. Under the proper guidance from her father, renowned singer Mahmudun Nabi, she developed as a quality playback contemporary singer. The melodious singer made a brilliant beginning her professional musical career in 1981 with the
Radio Mahananda celebrates 1st anniversary
Cultural and rights activists, journalists, teachers, students, entrepreneurs, along with government officials of Chapanawabganj celebrated the 1st anniversary of Radio Mahananda FM 98.8, a community radio, last Saturday. Proyash Manobik Unnayan Sangstha, a local NGO, launched the radio station last year. To mark the anniversary, the organisers arranged several programmes including rally, discussions
Moushumi Hamid: Becoming “Roshni”
Satkhira’s Moushumi Hamid was judged the first runner up in the 2010 Lux Channel i Superstar pageant. Since that early taste of success, she has become a familiar face as an actor too. In fact, her fame now also extends to Kolkata, West Bengal. Mega serial “Roshni”, where Moushumi plays the eponymous role, is being ... Read more
Haradhan Bandopadhyay passes away
Veteran Bengali film actor Haradhan Bandopadhyay passed away on January 5 at a hospital in Kolkata. The 87-year-old actor is survived by his wife and two sons. The actor worked with Satyajit Ray in films like “Shonar Kella” (Golden Fort), “Jai Baba Felunath” and “Mahanagar”, among others. He also worked with other
Julian Marley brings ‘good reggae’ to Dhaka
When Julian Marley was about to perform his seventh number of the night “On the Floor”, he stepped down from the stage and offered the audience to join him. This proved to be the key moment of the concert, as the audience who were glued to the seats until then suddenly broke free and started ... Read more
Cavalcade Of Prints
Kibria Print Fair, being held at Dhaka Art Center, covers major and emerging artists, including Wakilur Rahman, Shishir Bhattacharjee, Abul Barq Alvi, Laila Sharmeen, Nisar Hussain etc. The event marks 84th birth anniversary of artist Mohammad Kibria and 3rd anniversary of Dhaka Art Center. The participating institutions are: Printmaking Department, Faculty of Fine Arts
Film industry hopes for a better future
The concerned people of the country’s film industry hope for a better year to get rid of the ongoing slumped trade in the mainstream industry. Introduction of the digital film screening in the cinemas across the country that showed hope in the past year would create a boon in this year in terms of producing ... Read more
New Year dreams
Adda with up and coming singers Some emerging singers had their exposure through the talent hunts — “Close Up 1” and “Shera Konthho”, while others established themselves after years of training. Each of them has individual solo albums in the market, while stage shows are a part of their regular routine. Jhilik claimed the top ... Read more
Look Forward
Stars of 2012 Look Forward Top names of big and small screens in 2012 talk about ups, downs and what’s next Redoan Rony, Director The film industry right now needs a lot of improvement and development, but I believe it has started. It is not an overnight process, and the changes are coming gradually, but ... Read more
Comics, Cosplay, and Collectibles
First Dhaka Comicon wraps up Dhaka’s pop culture following is not big, but it is not new either. Starting from teenagers to veteran entrepreneurs, there are collectors and ardent followers of movies, comics and video games spread across the capital. Samdani Art Foundation made a wonderful initiative to bring all of them under one roof, ... Read more
The TV scene this year
The year is nearing its end, leaving a trail of eventful times in retrospective. The television media saw many ups and downs and here is a recap of 2012: Tying the knot: Popular model-actress Monalisa got married on 12.12.2012. Stars like actor Siddiq, actress Nisa, and model-actor Sayeed Babu also chose the same date to ... Read more
Bodhon celebrates silver jubilee in Chittagong
Bodhon Abritti Parishad, a renowned poetry society association of the port city recently celebrated its silver jubilee under the theme “Andhar bhenge alor bunon” (Escape from darkness to the world of light). Marking the special occasion, it organised a four-day festival which started at District Shilpakala Academy premises featuring discussions, performances of solo and group ... Read more
Chandrabindoo rocks Port City
Hundreds of music fans of Chittagong city thronged Foy’s Lake last Saturday evening; the occasion was a concert featuring popular Kolkata-based band Chandrabindoo. Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in association with Channel i and State Bank of India in Bangladesh organised the music event, titled “An evening of Rock music”. The band, which