Film and small screen actress Sohana is venturing into direction. She is making her debut as a director with “Hashi Phashi Rohoshyo O Romola”, which will be aired during the upcoming Eid-ul Fitr. Saba’s husband and film director Murad Parvez is the writer of the play. “I had long cherished the dream of directing a ... Read more
Television & Film
“Kushum Kushum Prem” on Channel i
The world premiere of “Kushum Kushum Prem” will be telecast on Channel i this Eid. Produced by Impress Tele-film Limited, the film has been written and directed by Mushfiqur Rahman Gulzar. Moushumi, Ferdous, and Riaz will star in the film. The plot centres on the life of a hapless girl named Kushum. The cast also ... Read more
Sabbir to make Ghorshawar 2011
Actor-turned-director Mir Sabbir is making a single episode TV play, Ghorshawar 2011 on this Eid. The TV play revolves around a young man who decides to buy a car after he gets fed up with sitting long hours in the bus in traffic jam. However, the TV play takes a turn when he returns home ... Read more
Shashi Becoming a household name
Model-actress Shashi is busy shooting a heap of TV plays. She is also a familiar face on the silver screen. During a recent chat with The Daily Star, the talented actress gave a glimpse into her world: “I’m currently shooting for the film ‘Shoa Chan Pakhi”, co-starring Anisur Rahman. After a short break the shooting ... Read more
3 drama serials on RTV’s Eid menu
RTV will telecast three six-episode drama serials on the occasion of Eid-ul Fitr. The serials are Katha Dilaam To, City Bus and Shurutei Golmaal. The drama serials will be aired from Eid day till the sixth day of the festival. The serial Katha Dilaam To has been written by Brindaban Das and directed by Salauddin ... Read more
Aly Zaker on his current endeavours
Renowned actor Aly Zaker will perform in three interesting roles of aged persons in three special TV plays to be aired in different private channels during the Eid special programmes. In Habib Masud’s drama Taar Shishu Bandhura, Zaker has played the role of a character of an aged man who passes his loneliness playing with ... Read more
Slumdog Millionaire on Channel i this Eid
As part of its Eid special programme, Channel i will air the 2008 Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire on the second day of Eid at 11:10am. The film has been dubbed into Bangla for the special airing. Slumdog Millionaire has been directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed by Loveleen Tandan. It is ... Read more
Mahfuz Ahmed A full calendar
Actor Mahfuz Ahmed has scripted several TV plays. This Eid his fans will get the opportunity to view two, one-hour plays and a tele-film written by him. However, acting remains a long standing passion. “I have just completed shooting for a one-hour TV play ‘ Ekjon Chhayabithi’, in which I play the protagonist,” said Ahmed. ... Read more
Spicy Bites
Shahiduzzaman Selim Shahiduzzaman Selim is the embodiment of a gifted actor. His fans are also familiar with his talents behind the camera, since he turned director. But in ‘Spicy Bites’, cultural personalities face questions on issues from all angles, i.e. ‘what would he/she do if he/she becomes the mayor of the city for a day?’ ... Read more
Abul Hayat on his currentendeavours and more
Renowned actor, director and playwright Abul Hayat is very busy in acting for TV plays these days for which he cannot even mange much time for performing in the theatre and radio plays. Currently he is passing a tight schedule of acting in four plays ‘Bhalobashar Recipe’, ‘Sanibar Raat Dashta Challish Minutes’, ‘Proof Reader’ and ... Read more
‘Long March’ from tonight
New drama serial ‘Long March’ will be aired on popular TV Channel Banglavision from tonight. Masud Sezan directed the serial while the director himself also wrote its story. The cast of the serial included popular actors Mosharaf Karim, Nushrat Imroze Tisha, Aa Kha Ma Hasan, Chadni, Dr Ezaz, Runa Khan, Dr Enamul Haque, Shahnaz Khushi, ... Read more
Humayun Ahmed’s 3 plays in Eid on Channel i
On the occasion of upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr, Channel i will air three plays written by the country’s noted litterateur and playwright Humayun Ahmed. Among the plays, the writer himself directed two titled ‘Nishikabya’ and ‘Rail Gari Jhom Jhom’ while his wife Meher Afroze Shaon directed the third one titled “Khalequzzaman Chowdhury’r Bishwo Record”. The cast of ... Read more
Eid-special directed by Suborna
Only a year back Suborna directed a special TV play for Eid, “Shunya”. Now she is directing a one-hour TV play “Badol Din-er Prothom Kodom Phool” with Bodrul Anam Soud as the playwright. “Shooting is on in full swing at a village in Gazipur. Traupa Majumdar, Sohana Saba, Nisho and Naresh Bhuiyan are donning the ... Read more
Raha wants to work with Nobel
Promising TV actress cum model Sumaiya Azgar Raha is nowdreaming to work with super model Nobel. She said, “I have a dream hidden in my mind that, I wantto work with model Nobel bhaiya. For me it will be a dream comes true. Stillit’s just a wish and I want to make it true. In ... Read more
Friendship Day’s special play ‘Kemon Achho Bondhu ?’
On the occasion of Friendship Day Banglavision will air special play ‘Kemon Achho Bondhu?’ It will be aired tonight at 9:05pm. The play, which story was written by Emdadul Haque Milon and directed by Nahid Ahmed Biplob. The cast includes Mir Sabbir, Arman Parvez Murad, Sharmin Joha Shoshi, Arfan, Rehana Rahman, Masud Rana Mithu, Zahidun ... Read more
‘Mohamaya’ on Banglavision
On the occasion of 60th death anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore, popular TV channel Banglavision will air a special play titled ‘Mohamaya’ tonight at 9:05pm. Adapted from Tagore’s short-story ‘Mohamaya’, the play was directed by Kawnine Sourabh. In this play, Moutusi Biswas will be appeared, as Mohamaya while Anisur Rahman Milon and
Documentary “Shorezamin Sriniketan” on Channel i
What to watch Documentary “Shorezamin Sriniketan” on Channel i Villages are the source that sustains the Bengali life. Rabindranath Tagore took an interest in bringing about changes in the farmers’ lives. When overseeing his family estates (located in Bangladesh’s Shilaidah, Shahjadpur and Patisar), Tagore closely observed the lives of farmers, traced their grievances, and studied ... Read more
Lara Lotus in two plays of Mamunur Rashid
Popular TV actress Lara Lotus has recently performed in twosingle plays titled ‘Uchit Kotha’ and ‘Awaz’, which were directed by renownedplay director and actor Mamunur Rashid. The plays will be aired respectively on BTV and RTV on the occasion of upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. In ‘Uchit Kotha’, Lara will be appeared as an educated andintroverted girl of ... Read more
Sharmin Lucky @DS Café
Her initiation into the cultural arena happened with recitation. Her elocutionary skills soon fetched her gigs doing voice-overs for TV commercials. Then “Siddiqua Kabir’s Recipe” happened and she became a celebrity overnight. Currently one of the most familiar and popular faces and voices on the small screen, Sharmin Lucky was at DS Café last week ... Read more
Race to become a millionaire on TV
There’s an old Bengali proverb: “Lekhapora korey jey gari-ghora chorey shey”. Roughly translated, it means that a person who studies would get to ride cars and horses i.e. they’d be rich. Few will sense the literal meaning of this proverb more than the nervous contestants on the hot seat of the world famous reality TV ... Read more