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Prangone Mor delighted audience through staging ‘Shyama Prem’ – a dance drama by Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore – at the National Theatre Main Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Monday, the fourth day of the week-long theatre festival titled ‘Dui Banglar Natya Mela 2015’ featuring troupes from Bangladesh and West Bengal of India. The play, which had written by Ananta ...

Tisha, Syed Babu and Niloy, three of the busiest actors on the small screen teamed up for a telefilm titled Ei Boishakhe, which is set to air on the first day of the Bangla New Year. Written by Naznin Hasan Chumki and directed by Shanta Rahman, the telefilm recently completed its last round of shooting. Talking about working in the ...

Bollywood star Kareena Kapoor has started filming her upcoming movie Udta Punjab, which is being directed by Ishqiya helmer Abhishek Chaubey.The 34-year-old actress is shooting here with Punjabi star Diljit Dosanjh.Diljit took to Twitter to post a series of pictures from the set.“I am thankful to God that he has blessed me with so much, which I don’t deserve (sic),” ...

Actress Esha Deol, who has taken on the role of a judge on MTV Roadies X2, says her father and Bollywood superstar Dharmendra is a ‘die-hard Punjabi,’ and so she chose to include a Sikh member in her team on the show. In the new season, every gang leader, including Esha, Karan Kundra, Vijender Singh and Rannvijay Singh, has five ...

On the occasion of last Valentine’s Day popular film actress and play director Parvin Sultana Diti has a made a telefilm titled Valentine Othoba Bhalobasha. But it was not telecasted in last Valentine’s Day. For this reason, Diti has changed title of the telefilm. Now its title is Bhalobasha Hoye Jai. Sharmin Chowdhury Ifshita has written story of  the telefilm. ...

“I think the toughest job on earth today would be the minister of transport for India and if I had a life again that is the job I would want, that or captaining the England cricket team,” Archer told the audience here on his 11th visit to India. “If I hadn’t been prime minister, I would have been the minister ...

“Defying the Laws of Gravity”, a photography exhibition of by seven Bangladeshi photographers opened on March 5 at one of London’s leading multicultural arts venues, Rick Mix. This exhibition is a part of celebration of the 44th anniversary of Bangladesh’s independence, says a press release. Chairman of global photo agency Majority World and Managing Director of Drik, Shahidul Alam introduced ...

Lucky Enam is powerful figure of Bangladeshi theatre. In a career spanning over four decades, she has enriched the stage with their artistic talents and expertise. The actor-director spoke with this correspondent on International Women’s Day. Excerpts: What is your take on International Women’s Day? Lucky Enam: Women have been struggling for ages to establish their equal rights in the society. ...

Arno Kamolika is an expatriate Bangladeshi classical dancer (based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) who has taken Bharatnatyam as her forte. An alumnus of BUET (Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology), she further studied History of Art and Architecture at University of British Columbia and worked there as a Research Assistant. In a recent interview with The Daily Star, Arno ...

Many of the today’s well-established heroines in the country’s film industry made their debut on the silver screen through the films produced by popular filmmaker Sohanur Rahman Sohan. Aiming at creating opportunity for the newcomers in the Dhaka film industry, Sohan introduced another newbie heroine named Maria Chowdhury recently, who will play lead heroine in his new film titled ‘Abala ...