The poster of Mejbaur Rahman Sumon’s much-awaited film “Hawa” was released recently. The production revolves around the story of eight fishermen and a mysterious snake charmer, trapped in a fishing trawler without a set destination in the abyss.
Written by the director with screenplay by Sukron Sahed Dhiman and Jahin Farooq Amin, the film stars Chanchal Chowdhury
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Action-packed movie RRR re-imagines real-life revolt as an epic superhero battle
After delivering epics like Magadheera, Eega, Bahubali: The Beginning, Bahubali: The Conclusion among others, SS Rajamouli returns with another mega budget spectacle, RRR fronted by Jr. NTR and Ram Charan with Alia Bhatt and Ajay Devgn in pivotal roles. The film is set in the pre-Independence era, with core conflicts created by the demons in the British Empire. Set in 1920s Delhi, the film tells the fictional story of an unlikely friendship and
Movie Rehana Maryam Noor headed to Oscars this year
Director Abdullah Mohammad Saad’s second directorial effort “Rehana Maryam Noor” is set to be Bangladesh’s only submission to the 94th Academy Awards this year.
“Rehana Maryam Noor” created immense buzz as the first Bangladeshi film to be selected for the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes FIlm Festival. Now, it is set to be submitted at the 94th Academy
‘Rickshaw Girl’ wins top prize at Schlingel Int’l Film Festival
Acclaimed director Amitabh Reza Chowdhury’s ‘Rickshaw Girl’ has won the SLM Top Award at the 26th SCHLINGEL Int’l Film Festival in Germany.
This award is the highest honour awarded by the famous festival, which has been honouring outstanding films directed at children and teenagers since 1996.
The festival featured 77 feature films and 116 short films this year, with Rickshaw Girl being nominated in the
Diti’s last film gets censor certificate
The late popular actress Parveen Sultana Diti’s final film E Desh Tomar Amar got censor certificate on Thursday.
The film, directed by FI Manik, was submitted to Bangladesh Film Censor Board in June in the past year.
General secretary of Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association Zayed Khan, who also acted inthe film, confirmed the
Salman Shah’s 25th death anniv today
Today is the 25th anniversary of the death of Dhallywood actor Salman Shah, who won the hearts of millions of film lovers across the country with his acting in films Keyamat Theke Keyamat, Sujan Sakhi, Ananda Osru and others.
Bangladesh Film Artistes’ Association will observe the actor’s death anniversary organising a programme at Bangladesh Film Development Corporation in Dhaka.
‘Salman Shah was a member of the
Movie star Razzak returns home
Renowned Bangla film actor Abdur Razzak has returned to his residence ‘Laxmikunja’ wednesday after his physical condition recovered and came out of danger according to his physicians, Bangla daily Prothom Alo reports quoting his youngest son Samrat.
“The countrymen and our well wishers have been by our side at this time of crisis. With the grace of Almighty Allah,
Porimoni busy with films, modeling
It has been only a year or so since she stepped into the glittering world of cinema, but Porimoni has already made her presence felt. With 17 film projects in her kitty – either in production, or pre-production, or awaiting release – she is on a roll, moving from one set to another. The ‘Dhallywood’s pretty girl’ debuted as a film actress with Bhalobasha Simaheen, which was released only last February. She will be next seen romancing the
Mahi confident about Agnee 2
Mahiya Mahi is confident about the sequel of her hit film Agnee which is going to hit cinemas during this Eid-ul-Fitr.
Titled Agnee 2, the woman-centric action thriller, produced jointly by Jazz Multimedia and SK Movies (Kolkata), is the most anticipated film of the Eid season and has already garnered attention from the general filmgoers.
Directed by Iftekhar Chowdhury, it also
Sohanur Rahman to launch film institute
Commercial film director Sohanur Rahman Sohan is planning to launch an institute very soon which, he intends, will be a place for enthusiasts to learn acting, direction, cinematography and other film related skills
from efficient and noted professionals.
Mainly self-financed, the institute will be named
Universal Performing Arts Institute.
Shakib Khan limits to himself 5 films a year
Dhallywood heartthrob Shakib Khan announced that he
will not act in more than five films a year.
‘I’m interested to act only in quality films,’ the highest paid actor in the local film industry explained the reason for his decision.
‘I shouldn’t be signing more than five fims a year. I’m overstressed and I need to pay attention to myself
Will Smith plans comedy with son
Hollywood star Will Smith said Friday that he will probably shoot a comedy with his son Jaden when they team up for the third time in film-making, reports Hindustan Times. Smith, who arrived in Taiwan on Thursday on a promotional tour, said it was fantastic to work with the 15-year-old in their second movie together,
the sci-fi flick After Earth,
set to hit cinemas in June.
Django Unchained blood scenes ‘muted for China release’
Bloody scenes from Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained are to be toned down for its cinema release in China, according to the film’s distributors,
reports BBC online.
Sony Pictures told China’s Southern Metropolis Daily the director had agreed to the ‘slight adjustments’.
Zhang Miao said changes
3 Idiots to get Hollywood and China remakes
Bollywood hit comedy 3 Idiots, starring Aamir Khan, Madhavan and Sharman Joshi is reportedly all set for a Hollywood and China remake.
The film, which was released in December 2009, broke box office records in India and was screened at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
“We are in talks with three studios in Hollywood and one company in Italy for the remake of 3 Idiots”
Shabnam not to perform in ‘Khoda’r Por-e Maa’
Once popular film actress Shabnam has recently denied to play the title role of the movie “Khoda’r Por-e Maa” as she didn’t like its script. Scripted by Abdullah Jahir Babu and directed by renowned filmmaker Malek Afsari, the movie was scheduled to be produced by Taposhi Thakur.
The legendary actress, however, was primarily agreed to perform in the movie three months ago after
An actor par excellence
Time out with Humayun Faridee
Humayun Faridee is the embodiment of all that the word “actor” holds. He has proven his mettle on stage, television and the silver screen. Recently the star had a tête-à-tête with The Daily Star.
The Daily Star (TDS): Tell us about your recent works.
Faridee: Both acting and directing are keeping me busy these days. I’m directing the serial “Tokhon Boshonto”
Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara breaks even
Zoya Akhtar’s Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara has broken even, making Rs 28.60 crore in the opening weekend and Rs 31 crore through satellite and music rights for a total of over Rs 59 crore. The budget of the film, including prints and publicity was Rs 55 crore, reported Hindustan Times.
Despite the bomb blasts in Mumbai two days before its Friday release, people queued up to watch the
Harry Potter film ‘breaks box office records’ in US
The final Harry Potter movie has broken the record for the biggest first day box office sales in the US and Canada, according to studio estimates.
The film’s distributor, Warner Bros, reports that Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, made $92.1m (£57m) in North America on Friday.
The previous single-day record belonged to The Twilight Saga: New Moon, which made $72.7m (£45m)
Delhi Belly – Movie Review
Film: “Delhi Belly”
Director: Abhinay Deo
Starring: Imran Khan, Vir Das, Kunaal Roy Kapur, Vijay Raaz
It is a cliche as old as this nation – of the many Indias that breathe under one India, Indian cinema has hardly been representative of even a few of these. Yet, one would have expected, after globalization and the emergence of a new bold, urban India, that
Chandni (Silvi) in central role again
Promising film actress Chandni alias Silvi is going to perform in the central role again. She will perform in the movie ‘Naag Sundori’, which story was written by Motiur Rahman Badal. It was scripted by Badal also and he will give direction of it. In the movie, Chandni will act in role of ‘Naag Sundori’. But who will act against her is not finalised yet, according to the director of the movie. For the first time, Chandni is going to act in this