Sunday, May 19, 2024

Movie Review: Guerrilla

Narrating a cruel yet tragically inspiring history The nationwide release of the movie “Guerrilla” coincided with the Bengali New Year and this was done rightfully so. “Guerrilla” narrates the tale of Bilkis (played by Joya Ahsan), a freedom fighter, who actively participates in the Liberation War while searching for her lost husband. Based on Syed ... Read more

Actor Shakib Khan sued

Actor Shakib Khan sued A Dhaka court yesterday summoned film actor Shakib Khan Rana asking him to appear before it by May 19, hours after filing of a case for misappropriating Tk 40 lakh. Metropolitan Magistrate SKM Tofail Hassan passed the order after Monowar Ehtesham alias Shish Monowar, a film producer filed the case against ... Read more

Farooki Joining Hands with Star Cineplex

Filmmaker’s next project “Television” to have multiple producers Filmmaker Mostafa Sarwar Farooki will soon be joining hands with Star Cineplex to produce his next film “Television”. Star Cineplex and Farooki’s own production house Chhobial will jointly produce it. Two international producers [from Germany and France] are set join the project as co-producers. Farooki is going ... Read more

Guerrilla

Behind the Scene Guerrilla Directed by Nasiruddin Yousuff, “Guerrilla”, the much awaited feature film based on the Liberation War, was released at 13 movie theatres across the country on Pahela Baishakh (April 14). Actor Ferdous, who plays the role of a journalist, Hasan Ahmed, says, “We’d not be living in an independent country if there ... Read more

Jennifer Lopez named People’s most beautiful woman

Jennifer Lopez’s career is red-hot these days. She’s burning up the charts and she’s bringing her signature J. Lo charm as one of the judges on “American Idol.” To top it all off, Lopez landed the coveted cover of People magazine’s “Most Beautiful” issue this week, garnering the magazine’s “Most Beautiful Woman” title. “I kind ... Read more

Catherine Zeta Jones treated for bipolar disorder

Catherine Zeta Jones has revealed she has been treated for bipolar disorder. Catherine Zeta Jones has received treatment for bipolar disorder after dealing with the stress of her husband’s battle with throat cancer. Zeta Jones, 41, made a decision to check into a “mental health facility” for a brief stay, said her publicist. Michael Douglas, ... Read more

Yet another laurel for Popy

Sadika Parvin Popy has won National Film Award 2009 in the best actress category for her performance in the film Gangajatra. This is for the third time that the celebrated actress of Bangladesh mainstream movie industry has won the national award. The National Film Award 2009 was announced recently through a gazette notification issued by

Stellar cast for Woody Allen’s new film

Woody Allen’s latest project is a gathering for Oscar winners and nominees. Not too long ago Penelope Cruz, who won an Oscar in 2008 for her performance in Allen-directed Vicky Cristina Barcelona, revealed that she is set to reunite with the director again in her next project. Later it was reported that Oscar nominee Alec ... Read more

Scarlett Johansson Not Pregnant

Just like Nicole Richie, Scarlett Johansson is setting the record straight about recent rumblings that she has a baby on board. “Scarlett is not pregnant,” the actress’ rep said in a statement. The rumors began after Johansson was spotted looking a tad full in the belly area, while out for a run with Owen Wilson ... Read more

Michael Shannon To Play Villain In Superman

Actor Michael Shannon has been roped in to play villaneous general Zod in Zack Snyder’s reboot of superhero franchise Superman: Man of Steel. The Oscar-nominated actor will face off against newcomer Henry Cavill’s Superman in the movie. Shannon is best known for his performance in Leonardo DiCaprio-Kate Winslet starrer Revolutionary Road, the Hollywood Reporter said

Scarlett Johansson campaigns for women’s health

Scarlett Johansson is spearheading a campaign to save women’s healthcare centres in the U.S. from budget cuts. The Hollywood actress is angry with plans to axe more than £188 million in government funding for organisations which provide services such as birth control, cervical cancer screenings and HIV testing. She has now filmed a public service

Halle Berry regrets marriages

The 44-year-old actress – who was previously wed to US baseball player David Justice and singer Eric Benet and has a three-year-old daughter Nahla from a past relationship with model Gabriel Aubry – thinks she has made a lot of “wrong choices” in her personal life and believes she would have been much happier if ... Read more