Bangladesh Film Archive and Bangladesh Film Archive alumni association have jointly arranged the first-ever poster exhibition of the country’s films to showcase the history and evolution of Bangla films. The three-day exhibition of posters of Bangladeshi films has been inaugurated at the Zainul Gallery 2 on Wednesday to celebrate the second national film
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Spirit of war of independence re-ignited
Bangladesh National Museum has organised a retrospective of a selected 100 artworks based on the spirit of the war of independence. The 21-day exhibition at the Nalini Kanta Bhattasali Gallery of the museum displays 100 artworks among which 47 paintings are by noted artists from its archive while the remaining 53 artworks have been gathered ... Read more
Babu believes TV plays monotonous
Popular actor Fazlul Rahman Babu says that the most of the teleplays aired these days disappoint him. Babu, who had obtained popularity through his acting in hundreds of teleplays in his three decades of acting career, observes that many of these teleplays are quite typical in terms of storyline, content and performance. ‘The thing is ... Read more
Ctg-based bands hope to revive glory
Band scene in Chittagong is reviving to get back its past glory. The recent activities of the bands such as Sustain, Revere, Swapno and Rush have brought fresh air, which is showing hope of a bright future. They are confident as they are producing quality original songs these days and also getting good responses from ... Read more
American artist paints Dhaka trifles
American artist Jon Den Hartigh gives the art aficionados a taste of pop art in his ongoing solo exhibition at the Bengal Art Lounge in Gulshan. As done in the pop art style, Hartigh deals with the things which are commonplace and trite for the city dwellers but caught the attention of the foreign artist, ... Read more
Lata blesses Asha in public show
Asha Bhosle was felicitated with the Pt Hridaynath Mangeshkar Lifetime Achievement Award by her elder sister Lata Mangeshkar in a concert on Sunday. The show was packed as Asha performed in Mumbai after 15 years, reports Times of India. Lata blessed Asha by
Bashanta welcomed
The city turned to a festive mood on Wednesday as thousands of youths in colourful attires and flowers in hands celebrated the first day of Bashanta (spring), the season of beauty and resurrection, which has been glorified in poems and songs as symbol of love and inspiration. Celebrating the day various cultural organisations presented romantic ... Read more
Valentine’s Day always special
Lucky Enam, Enamul Huq say Even after 40 years of the their marriage, celebrity couple Lucky Enam and Enamul Huq celebrate Valentine’s Day with special arrangement. Nature of celebrations is completely different from their early marriage days but charm is still the same. They celebrate the day with children and grand children these days. Family friends ... Read more
Love is in the air
The beauty love has been highlighted in the ongoing group painting exhibition titled Love is in the Air at the Athena Gallery in Badda. Thirteen couple artists of the country have depicted the beauty of love in the displayed 93 artworks done in various mediums including watercolour, oil, acrylic, wood, metal and mixed media in ... Read more
Razzaq gets lifetime achievement award
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
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