Syed Waqeel Ahad entertained the audience presenting as array of baul fusions from his album titled Waqeel-er Gaan on Friday at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan. He fused western instruments while presenting baul songs composed by leading bards like Fakir Lalon Shah and Shah Abdul Karim in his signature style.
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LRB to perform in Korea
Popular music band Little River Band or commonly known as LRB will be performing in Seoul, Korea for the first time tomorrow. The band will leave Dhaka for Seoul today to perform at the concert organised by a local organisssssssation of expatriate Bangladeshis. Regarding the visit, Ayub Bachchu, the chief and vocal of the band, ... Read more
Elita, Mahadi to launch their next duo album
Elita and Mahadi have started working on the sequel of their first album. The duo’s first album titled Ontohin was released in 2009. The sequel will be called Ontohin-2. The songs for the upcoming album have been penned by Asif Iqbal and composed by Adit. The album will feature romantic numbers. Mahadi and Elita said ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Tribute paid to music legends
Two distinguished Bengali music legends Sachin Dev Burman and Kobiyal Bijoy Sarkar were paid tribute by a group of local singers who presented famous numbers by the maestros at Music and Dance Centre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Tuesday. It was the concluding day of a three-day programme Bishishto Jander Sarone, which began on ... Read more
Bangla Theatre stages Cher Cycle
Bangla Theatre staged Cher Cycle on the second day of eight-day Northern Studio Theatre Festival at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday. Written by Mamunur Rashid and directed by Faiz Zahir, the play is based on the biography of famous Latin American rebel hero Dr. Che Guevara and his journey as ... Read more
Prometheus’s message of love for elderly people
Popular rock band of the country Prometheus has launched a social awareness programme to raise awareness among the youth, especially school and college students regarding old home practice. ‘It’s becoming a growing tendency across the world, including our country, to put our elders, our aged parents to old homes,’ vocal of the band Biplob told ... Read more
Topu to release his third solo album
There is a good reason for Topu’s fans to be excited as the singer is planning to release his third solo album during the upcoming Eid-Ul-Fitr festival. The album titled Aar Tomake will feature 10 new songs, all composed by Topu himself. He has written the lyrics of nine songs for the album.
Indians to show more, represent less
L’Oreal Paris is all set to colour the Cannes red carpet fiery red with Bollywood divas. What do Bollywood queen Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, ‘world’s sexiest’ Freida Pinto and Kapoor family protégé Sonam Kapoor have in common? They share the brand and have all walked the famous carpet in the past at Cannes, reports The Hindustan ... Read more
Ferdausi Rahman shares her experience of over 6 decades
Ferdausi Rahman is one of the very few names in Bangla music who has been enchanting millions of hearts throughout her illustrious career of over six decades. Her immense passion made her ride along almost all the genres ranging from classical to traditional music. She was the leading female playback singer in 1960s, the golden ... Read more
Habib talks about playback compositions
Musician Habib Wahid has already firmly established himself in the music industry through his melodious compositions and his signature remixes. Recently he has been bestowed with the greatest honour for any musician in the country, the National Award-2011. Habib has won the best award as the music director for the film Projapati. ‘It’s always great ... Read more
Abaji moves Dhaka audience
A mind-blowing concert presented by the world renowned French-Lebanese musician Abaji was held at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka on Friday. The legendary musician played compositions on different types of traditional instruments of Middle Eastern, European, East Asian and Indian origin.
Lily remains busy with Tagore anniv
Renowned Tagore singer Lily Islam had a very busy day on Wednesday, which happened to be Rabindranath Tagore’s 152th birth anniversary. The artiste sang at different places on the occasion including the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and on a number of television channels. Lily Islam is currently working
Shootout At Wadala makers apologise for movie dialogue
A day after the producer of Hindi film ‘Shootout at Wadala’, Ekta Kapoor’s Balaji Motion Pictures, apologised to Bhartiya Valmiki Dharm Samaaj for a dialogue that the outfit had taken serious objection to, it was the turn of director Sanjay Gupta to render a written apology. (a copy of which is with Hindustan Times) from ... Read more
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, ... Read more
Justin Bieber tackled by fan during Dubai stage show
A member of the audience at Justin Bieber’s stage show in Dubai tackled the singer from behind while he was performing at a grand piano, reports BBC online. Bieber managed to free himself and ran to the side of the stage while security guards grabbed the intruder, who managed to knock the piano over and ... Read more
Habib, Ferdous Wahid enthrall audience at IGCC
Popular singer/composer Habib performed along with his father Ferdous Waheed in a concert at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan on Saturday. The father-son duo was accompanied by Mithun Chakraborty on drums and Emon Chowdhury on guitar at the programme. The tiny Gulshan auditorium of IGCC was jam-packed with audience. While some stood at ... Read more
13 Jatra troupes receive registration
It once seemed that jatra, a very old and traditional form of entertainment of the country, is at the verge of becoming extinct due to both people’s and government’s negligence in the new era of high-tech forms of entertainment. But to the joy of jatra lovers, ministry of cultural affairs has taken a commendable initiative ... Read more
Tagore songs move audience
Artistes of Gitomalika presented some evergreen Tagore songs on Friday at the Chhayanaut Auditorium in Dhanmondi. The selection of some unique songs having wonderful l yrics and tune made the show to be remembered. The event began with a chorus presentation of popular Tagore song Pran-er manush achh-e pran-e. The houseful audience
Fakir Alamgir presents people’s songs
Popular singer Fakir Alamgir presented people’s songs on Friday at the India Gandhi Cultural Centre in Gulshan two after the May Day. In his stentorian voice modulation, Alamgir presented about 20 songs including Daam diye kinechhi bangla and his signature song O sokhina gechhos Kina bhuilla amare at the show. But, the most interesting part ... Read more