Culture Desk Mosharraf Karim has sung a song for a coming Eid drama. The drama serial with seven episodes will be aired for seven days starting from the Eid day on Baishakhi TV. The drama is titled High Pressure. It…
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Bengal stage legend Sova Sen passes away
Entertainment Desk Sova Sen, a legendary figure of the Bengali stage, died here on Sunday following old age complications, her family said. Sen, 93, the widow of thespian Utpal Dutt, left behind her daughter. During a long career on the…
Tanvir Mokammel’s new partition film
Entertainment Desk Marking the 70th anniversary of the partition of the subcontinent into India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, the Godrej India Culture Lab presented a pop-up museum titled Remembering Partition: Museum of Memories — of the eponymous theme was held at…
Zahir Raihan film festival this month
Entertainment Desk A two-day film festival is going to be held in remembrance of legendary filmmaker Zahir Raihan on August 18 and 19. Titled as Zahir Raihan Festival, the two-day event with the slogan ‘Protirodhe Camera Prostut’ will be held…
No bar to screen Farooki’s ‘Doob
Entertainment Desk Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s much-talked-about film ‘Doob’ (No Bed of Roses), an India-Bangladesh co-production, has received No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Bangladesh Film Censor Board (BFCB). Iftekhar Uddin Nowshad, one of the members of the board, said, “Now…
Shuvoo-Mahi to promote Dhaka Attack internationally
Entertainment Desk The first police action thriller from the country Dhaka Attack is set to get released on October 6. The worldwide promotion of the film started on August 5, two months prior to the release date. As part of…
Inauguration of world class film archive soon
A world class film archive equipped with modern technologies will be inaugurated soon in the city’s Agargaon area, official sources said. “The building for the archive, which has been constructed with all kinds of modern facilities and technologies at cost…
Lopa Hossain-Sirajum Munir release album
Culture Desk Singer Lopa Hossain and lyricist Sirajum Munir has launched a new album celebrating their first marriage anniversary. The album contains five songs, reports Bangla Tribune. This is Lopa’s third solo album. One of the songs is a duet…
Jeremy Clarkson off work for ‘some time’
Jeremy Clarkson will have to take a break from work for “quite some time” after contracting pneumonia, the TV presenter has said in a statement. The Grand Tour presenter was admitted to hospital on Friday after falling ill while on…
Amrita Singh warns daughter Sara
Just like all the other star kids in B-town, Sara Ali Khan is yet another paparazzi favorite. The to-be-actress has been in news for several reasons, be it her fashion statements or her random outings and now her debut film,…
Pori Moni to act in Chinese movie
Entertainment Desk Popular film actress Pori Moni will act in a Chinese movie named ‘Chasing Murder.’ The film will be made by Huxiahui and Denipang, confirmed the actress. Pori said, “The movie will be based on an incident which took…
New committee for securing domestic artistes
Culture Desk Following demands from all related with film fraternity a new committee has been formed to address the issues regarding joint film productions. The new committee will formulate policies for making future joint-productions to preserve the rights of domestic…
Model Risila Binte Wazer ‘commits suicide’
Fashion model Risila Binte Wazer has been found dead at her home in Badda on Monday. Gulshan police is speculating that she committed suicide. Gulshan police station sub-inspector Nur Alam Masum Siddique and Officer-in-Charge Abu Bakar Siddique both filed the…
Pandit Swarnamoy launches album in port city
A cultural evening featuring renditions of Pandit Swarnamoy Chakraborty was held in the port city on Saturday. On the occasion of launching his first vocal classical CD, Classical Music Students Forum Chittagong organised the programme at AK Khan Auditorium of…
Sadi Mohammad, Subir Nandi team up for Tagore album
Culture Desk Eminent singers Sadi Mohammad and Subir Nandi have jointly undertaken a project to produce a Tagore album for the coming Eid. Sadi Mohammad will do the musical arrangements while Subir Nandi, who has prominently sung Nazrul songs till…
Wonder Woman’ returning for 2019 movie sequel
“Wonder Woman” is coming back for more. Hollywood movie studio Warner Bros. on Tuesday announced a December 2019 date for the return of the female superhero, played by Gal Gadot, who smashed box office records in June. Israeli actress Gadot…
Films coming out this Eid
“I’ll be able to release the film only if Misha breaks the ice with the owners union before Eid. Otherwise, it is impossible to release the film” With one and a half months remaining till the next Eid, hall owners,…
Mim pairs up with Shakib again
Entertainment Desk Popular Lux famed actor Bidya Sinha Saha Mim has been casted against Shakib Khan once again. This time this lustrous actress will be seen with the King Khan in two new films. Though Shakib already signed up the…
Om Shanti Om” sequel may well be in the pipeline
Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan recently dropped hints that his first film with Deepika Padukone, “Om Shanti Om”, might be set for sequel. In a Twitter chat, the film’s director posted a picture of a jacket and suggests that they…
Make quality films upholding history and culture: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called on the filmmakers to produce quality films by upholding the country’s history, culture and tradition and assured that her government will do whatever is necessary to it. “We want those who make movies in…
Rishi Kapoor call Ranbir’s Jagga Jasoos director ‘Irresponsible’
Actor Ranbir Kapoor’s father Rishi Kapoor launched a blistering attack on Anurag Basu, director of his son’s new film Jagga Jasoos, calling him ‘irresponsible’ in an interview with mid-day. Over the years in the making, endlessly delayed, repeatedly shelved –…
BIMSTEC film fest kicks off
Entertainment Desk The first ever BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Scrotal Technical and Economic Cooperation) film festival kicked off yesterday in Dhaka. The five-day film festival was organized by the Rainbow Film Society in association with the BIMSTEC at…
Guitarist Zeheen commits suicide in city
Dhaka, July 22– Zeheen Ahmed, son of noted musician Manam Ahmed of rock band Miles, committed suicide by hanging himself at his Dhanmondi residence in the city on Saturday afternoon. He was 26.
Folk Heritage Museum’ to open at Bangla Academy soon
The newly set up ‘Folk Heritage Museum’ at Bangla Academy here would be inaugurated soon as all relevant activities to open the museum have already been completed. The museum has been set up on the second floor of the Burdwan…
Solo painting show of alamgir opens at AF Dhaka on Saturday
A solo art exhibition of artist Md. Alomgir Hossain titled “Another Axis” will open Alliance Française, on Saturday in its La Galerie. The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition will be held on Saturday, 22 July at 5.30 pm.
Ranbir, Mahira apparently good friends
According to a report published in the Mumbai Mirror, Ranbir Kapoor and Pakistani actress Mahira Khan are apparently good friends. According to the report, Ranbir and Mahira met during one of their trips abroad and got along like a house…
Kaabil might me remade in Hollywood
According to a report published in a leading daily, Hrithik Roshan has been approached by Fox for a possible remake of his hit actioner Kaabil, where he played a blind man who uses his wits to take revenge on those…
Seven artistes get Shilpakala Academy Award
Bangladesh Shipakala Academy (BSA) announced the names of seven artistes to be honoured with ‘Shilpakala Padak-2016’ on July 20.The names are selected for the contribution to the development of Drama, Music, Dance, Folklore, photography, instrumental music and fine arts.
Shahid, Alia win best actors, Neerja best film
India’s biggest Bollywood stars led a triumphant celebration of dance, music and fashion at the International Indian Film Academy awards Saturday, cheered by thousands of ecstatic fans just outside New York. The five-hour show at an American football stadium in…
Purnima, Chanchal to host the National Film Awards
Entertainment Desk National Film Award, the most prominent film award ceremony of the country is all set to take place at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on July 24. With the presence of prominent figures of the national film awards…