Entertainment Desk Afzal Hossain, an evergreen actor and director, who in his long span of acting career has worked with a number of 35 female artistes from different generations.This time, Channel I has made a seven episode TV-show titled ‘Afzal…
Category: Art & culture
Bangladesh’s first bike stunt reality show begins
Culture Desk According to a press release, the reality show, which is meant to thrill and give adrenaline rush to its viewers, will showcase Wheelie, Stoppie, Burn Out, Circle, Human Compass and many other stunts known to the motorcycle community…
Sunny Leone signs in Bangladeshi movie
Entertainment Desk Popular Indian actor Karenjit Kaur Vohra, who is commonly known by her stage name Sunny Leone, is all set to appear in an item song in a Bangladeshi film for the first time ever. The film will be…
Group art show ‘Colours’ begins at AF Dhaka
A group art exhibition titled ‘Colours’ has begun at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka on Friday. Eminent architect and poet Rabiul Hossain attended the opening ceremony as the chief guest while eminent artist Kanak Chapa Chakma also attended the…
India’s ‘patriotism pop’ songs celebrate settling in Kashmir
New Delhi (AP/UNB) — The music videos began appearing on social media within hours of the announcement by India’s Hindu-led nationalist government that it was stripping statehood from the disputed region of Kashmir that had been in place for decades.…
Alpha now streaming on YouTube
Culture Desk Veteran filmmaker and thespian Nasiruddin Yousuff Bachchu’s art house feature film Alpha has been released on YouTube earlier this week. This is the director’s third feature film. In the film, Alpha, aka Artist, is a painter who lives…
Group art exhibition ‘Colours’ to open at AF Dhaka on Friday
The inaugural ceremony of the group art exhibition titled ‘Colours’ will be held at its La Galerie of Alliance Francaise Dhaka on Friday, 23 August at 5.30 pm.
‘Meenalaap’ to be screened at Goethe Institute
Culture Desk Directed by an emerging film director Suborna Sanjutee, a short film titled ‘Meenalaap -Fish Monolouge’ will be screened on August 25 at Goethe Institut, Dhanmondi in the city. The short film will be screened as a part of…
Tisha,Yash Rohan’s ‘Mayaboti’ gets release date
Culture Desk Director Arun Chowdhury’s upcoming film, Mayaboti is set to be released nationwide on September 13. The film received an uncut censor certificate from the Bangladesh Film Censor Board in June. The story of the film revolves around Maya,…
Three Bangladeshi films to screen at Global Cinema Festival Siliguri
Culture Desk There will also be more representation from Bangladesh in other capacities. Arifin Shuvoo stars alongside Rituparna Sengupta in the Indian Bangla film Ahaa Re (2019), which is one of the opening films at this festival. International Fashion Designer…
Jyotika Jyoti to debut on Kolkata’s silver screen
Culture Desk Bangladeshi actor Jyotika Jyoti will soon debut on Kolkata’s silver screen with the film Rajlokhi O Srikanto. The film will be released in West Bengal on September 20. Rajlokhi O Srikanto’s poster was unveiled on Friday, which also…
‘Alpha’ gets TV premiere
Entertainment Desk Nasiruddin Yousuff directed ‘Alpha’ had its TV premiere on Channel-i yesterday.’Alpha’ is the third feature film directed by Nasiruddin Yousuff, who made his directorial debut with liberation war film Ekatturer Jishu in 1992.
YouTube Music Video Review: Tumi Robe Nirobe -Debolina Nandi
by M Zahidul Haque I have been listening to a young female singer with a melodious voice on YouTube and some other social media for the last one year. The name of the singer is Debolina Nandi. On August 14…
Novelist Rizia Rahman passes away
Dhaka, Aug 16 (UNB) – Noted novelist RiziaRahman died at a hospital in the city on Friday. She was 79. Rizia breathed her last at Apollo Hospital in the morning, said an official release. Born on December 28, 1939 in…
Kona finally reveals her secret marriage
Culture Desk Popular singer Dilshad Nahar Kona revealed yesterday that she had tied the knot with the person she loved, on April 21 of this year. Her husband, Golam Md Iftekhar, is a businessman, and has been in a relationship…
French ‘Spiderman’ scales Hong Kong skyscraper urging peace
A French climber known as “Spiderman” has scaled a Hong Kong skyscraper and put up a banner urging peace in the city rocked by political unrest. Alain Robert unfurled a banner showing a handshake and the flags of Hong Kong…
Made in Bangladesh set to premiere at TIFF
Culture Desk Bangladeshi filmmaker Rubaiyat Hossain’s film, Made in Bangladesh is set to see its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIIF), under the Contemporary World Cinema category. Contemporary World Cinema category of TIFF features narrative films generally…
Jaya Ahsan to pair with Prosenjit
Entertainment Desk Acclaimed director Atanu Ghosh, has signed Bangladesh’s Jaya Ahsan in his next venture, who’s ‘Mayurakshi’ was adjudged as the best Bengali Feature Film in 65 Indian National Film Awards. Jaya will be seen pairing up with Prosenjit Chatterjee…
Eid special dramas,dance programmes of Deepto TV
Deepto TV will air dramas, dance programs and telefilms on the first day of Eid-ul-Azha Telefilm: Teddy Mostofa Date: August 12 Time: 6pm Stars: Shaon, Shehtaz, Shahiduzzaman Selim, Sohel Khan, Munira Akhter Mithu, Saif, Hasan and many others Premise: The…
Hanif Sanket’s Eid special drama ‘Oggo-Biggo-Somachar’
Entertainment Desk Popular television host Hanif Sanket makes two tele-dramas every year on Eid. Keeping up with this trend, on the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, Hanif Sanket is all set to entertain the viewers with a television drama that, promises to be…
Asaduzzaman Noor to return to acting in Eid
Cutural Correspondent Famed TV screen actor Asaduzzaman Noor has not appeared before drama fans for two years. Even before that he rarely performed. Now he will reappear as a leading character of a telefilm titled ‘Jolchhobi’, directed by Hasan Rezaul.…
Eid’s Drama Foyzu Munshir Narkel Gach
Foyzu Munshi shows Bengali films on DVD behind a tea shop where he has set up his mini movie hall. The youngsters of the village hangout there. During one afternoon show, when the hero Jasim was bursting the head of…
Kabori, Sohel Rana back together in film after four decades
Culture Desk Senior actor Sohel Rana made his debut as an actor with Masud Rana in 1974. He acted opposite National Award winning actress Kabori Sarwar in the film. Now after more than four decades the two are joining for…
Ed Sheeran breaks U2’s tour record
Ed Sheeran has thanked his fans after breaking a tour record set by U2. The singer-songwriter’s Divide tour will be officially the biggest, most attended and highest grossing of all time when he plays in Germany later. He wrote on…
Janhvi wraps up Agra schedule of RoohiAfza
Janhvi Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao have collaborated for the first time ever on a project. Titled RoohiAfza the film is currently in the shooting stage and the team was in Agra recently to shoot for the film. Janhvi Kapoor was…
Katy Perry co. ordered to pay $2.78 million for copying song
Dhaka, Aug 2 (UNB) – Katy Perry, her collaborators and her record label must pay more than $2.78 million because the pop star’s 2013 hit “Dark Horse” copied a 2009 Christian rap song, a federal jury decided Thursday. It was…
Monoranjan Ghoshal receives doctorate degree
Culture Desk Renowned artiste of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra during the Liberation War, Monoranjan Ghoshal has got the prestigious Ph.D. degree for contributing in the development of mutual harmony among different religious groups. Monoranjan Ghoshal is also a noted journalist,…
Richi willing to make films
Culture Desk Popular TV actress Richi Solaiman completed two decades of her career. She is currently residing in USA. Though she has not been in the country she is willing to produce some movies for the domestic film industry. She…
In a globalized world, music fragments take unexpected roads
New York, Jul 31 (AP/UNB) — At my son’s fourth birthday party, a classmate presented him with a toy recycling truck. Atop it was a button that, when pushed, uncorked a familiar tune with the words: “To the dump, to…
Week-long folk art exhibition begins at EMK
Entertainment Desk The EMK Center will be hosting two events on its premises in Dhanmondi of the capital. In celebration of the International Tiger Day 2019 (created in 2010 at St. Petersburg Tiger Summit). As a part of the celebration,…