Promising TV actress and model Ashna Habib Vabna hasrecently become a victim of social curse ‘eve teasing’. On the way of hercollege, the son of their house owner most often disturbed Vabna. As a result, her parents appointed an old man as herbodyguard who always accompany her like shadow. But Vabna couldn’t tolerate hispresence all ... Read more
Television & Film
Ilias Kanchan to host Eid magazine ‘Kichukshon’
Popular film hero Ilias Kanchan will host an Eid magazine of Diganta Television titled ‘Kichukshon’ like previous years. Actor Abdul Aziz will assist him as co-anchor of this show, which will go on air on Eid day at 11:20pm. The programme will include jokes, short-plays, parody songs and some individual performances. Actors Dr Enamul Haque,
Emon, Kushum to be seen together this Eid
Actor Emon and actress Kushum Shikdar will be featured together in the Eid special TV play, Ki Shundor Sporsho. Directed by Arun Chowdhury, the play is based on the song Pure Love by singer Arash. The shooting of the play starts tomorrow in Gazipur. The plot of the play revolves around a newly married couple ... Read more
Zahid in Arman Bhai Birat Tensione
Arman Bhai Birat Tenshione, a sequel to Arman Bhai, is being made for TV channel Banglavision. Till date, Banglavision has telecast Arman Bhai Koiya Parchhe, Arman Bhai Faishya Gyachhe, Arman Bhaier Godi Shait and Arman Bhai Birat Tensione—the sequels to Arman Bhai which has been written and directed by Sagor Jahan. In this telefilm, the ... Read more
Anisur Rahman Milon to act in 20 Eid plays
The talented young actor Anisur Rahman Milon is passing busy days acting in TV plays and telefilms for the upcoming Eid. He is acting in 20 plays and tele-films in the Eid special programmes to be aired in different channels. ‘I can not exactly say the names of all the productions I am going to ... Read more
Mita Noor turns director
As a successful TV actress, though she has possessed a goodposition in drama for 22 years, Mita Noor was never seen directing any play inher career. For the first time, she is going to appear herself as a directorsince she has recently completed the shooting of a play titled ‘Choungali,’which was written by Khondokar Hafiz ... Read more
Hillol: Moving from theatre to TV
When growing up, Adnan Hillol had no intentions of taking up acting as a profession. He wanted to be a pilot. Following a close friend’s suggestion, he joined the theatre troupe, Desh Natok. His first TV play “Biprotip” was aired on Ekushey Television; breakthrough performance was in the serial “Sporsher Bairey”. Since then the actor ... Read more
Sohana Saba to turn director
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
“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