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 ... Read more
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Classical musicians struggle to survive
Classical musicians are straining to keep their heads above water because of insufficient working opportunities, with the shows on stage, television and radio mostly dominated by the practitioners of more popular and contemporary genres of music. Winter is the season when they get most of their calls for performance, while the rest of the year ... Read more
GP Music launched
Grameenphone launched a new digital music platform named ‘GP Music’ on Tuesday at hotel Westin with an objective to revolutionise Bangladeshi music industry. GP Music will host thousands of Bangla songs – a rich collection of both classic hits and exclusive new releases aiming to help music lovers and musicians to bring back the glory ... Read more
Tahsan-Tisha in Story of Thousand Days
Popular singer-actor Tahsan will be seen alongside television star Tisha in special tele-film “Story of Thousand Days”. Written and directed by Mabrur Rashid Banna, the tele-film casts Tisha and Tahsan as best friends who are secretly in love with one another. Despite being very close, they never acknowledge their mutual affections. Meanwhile they decide to ... Read more
Miles launches 9th album in digital format
Miles released its latest album in digital format at a launching ceremony at the Westin Hotel on Tuesday. The album, Protichhobi, is the ninth album of the rock band and the first released digitally. It will be available on Grameenphone’s new digital music platform and fans will be able to listen to the songs using ... Read more
Kobori making serial with Riaz and Ahona
Film star Riaz and television actress Ahona have paired up for drama serial “Abar Ashibo Phirey” under the direction of noted actress Sarah Begum Kobori. Aside from acting and directing the serial, Kobori is playing a key role in the serial which also casts Nayokraj Razzak. The plot encircles businessman Kamran and Toufique who share ... Read more
All work for Farah before Eid
Popular television actress Farah Ruma is neck deep in work ahead of Eid. Recently she completed shooting for tele-film “Chandrabindu” alongside Riaz. Directed by Gautam Koiree, the tele-film casts Riaz and Ruma together for the first time. “During the shooting, I never felt I was working with Riaz for the first time. As an actor ... Read more
Shahed- Prova in Commission
Popular small screen actors Shahed Sharif Khan and Prova will share screen space as a couple in single episode television play “Commission”. Written by Ahsan Habib and directed by Khairul Papon, the plot is about a choreographer who deceives his students by taking commissions. One day he realises that he should not take commissions from ... Read more
Abul Hayat in never-seen-before avatar
Veteran actor Abul Hayat takes on a never-seen-before avatar for single-episode television play “Portrait”. Scripted by Urmi Mostafa and directed by Golam Sohrab Dodul, the play casts Abul Hayat as an artist alongside his daughter Bipasha Hayat who will be seen as a corporate employee. The character played Abul Hayat paints all night long which ... Read more
Iresh-Siddique- Babor in “Proshno”
Iresh Zaker, Siddique and Babor have paired up for Iftekhar Ahmed Fahmi’s Eid telefilm “Proshno”. Written and directed by Iftekhar Ahmed Fahmi, the story surrounds Iresh Zaker and two robber kingpins. As Iresh arrives in Dhaka from abroad, Babor abducts him and robs him of all his belongings. About working in the telefilm Iresh said, ... Read more
Mahfuz-Moutushi in “Like & Comments”
Popular actor-director Mahfuz Ahmed pairs up with actress Moutushi Biswas for the first time in single episode television play “Like & Comments”. Written and directed by Masud Sezan, the play is currently being shot in different locations in the capital. The plot zeroes in on a virtual relationship that develops on Facebook. Mahzuf said, “This ... Read more
Aparna on a roll
National Film Award winning actress Aparna will be seen in special single episode television play “Master Planner”. Written by Syed Zia and directed by Habib Shakil, shooting for the play wrapped up recently at different locations in the capital’s Uttara. The story of the play revolves around Aparna and packs many twists and turns. Aparna ... Read more
Joya & Ferdous in Annondomela
BTV’s Annondomela is almost a tradition when it comes to specials aired during Eid. The show is being planned and presented by Abed Khan. This Eid’s Annondomela will feature a special segment featuring the glamorous Joya Ahsan and handsome Ferdous. The feature will be a music video which will reflect our long film industry heritage ... Read more
Rihanna’s shocking new music video
Singer Rihanna has released a shocking music video of one of her latest songs, ‘B***h better have my money’, where she is seen naked and dripping with blood. The 27-year-old singer is seen kidnapping and tormenting a woman in the music video. The morbidity continues with the introduction of Mads Mikkelsen, the leading actor of ... Read more
One Woman Many Roles: Aupee Karim
She maintains that her first priority has always been teaching and architecture. But she is a dancer too. And she has danced between many roles: from being a teacher to an architect and from a dancer to an actor. Just like the wide array of roles she has played as an actor, in her real ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Salman, Akshay Kumar and both Bachchans feature on Forbes rich-list
The Forbes annual Celebrity 100 rankings of the world’s highest-paid celebrities has been announced and Bollywood superstars Amitabh Bachchan, his son Abhishek, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar have made the cut along with cricketer MS Dhoni, reports Hindustan Times. Both Bachchan and Salman share the 71st rank with earnings of $33.5 million each, while Akshay ... Read more
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. ... Read more
Samar Das, Dhir Ali Miah remembered
Young singers presented popular songs composed by two great musicians- Samar Das (1929-2001) and Dhir Ali Miah (1925-1984) as part of the programme series titled Bishishto Jonder Sarone [remembering the great musicians]. A large audience attended the programme on Wednesday at Music and Dance Centre.
Nancy releases one song album
Popular singer Nancy is going to release a one song album titled Maa with a music video featuring the artiste herself. Asif Iqbal has penned the lyrics for the song Maa, which has been composed and directed by Adit. Nancy is dedicating the album to her mother who has passed away recently. ‘This is not ... Read more