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Shironamhin to celebrate silver jubilee with year-long festivities
Shironamhin, a triumphant band in the Bangladeshi music industry, is going to celebrate its silver jubilee this year with multiple activities and concerts across the country and also in Mumbai, India.
The band, known for their enormously popular albums like “Jahaji,” “Bondho Janala” and more, stepped into its silver jubilee in April, last year. The celebrations, however, were put on hold given the global coronavirus outbreak situation.
This year, Shironamhin has planned a year-long event schedule in collaboration with marketing communication agency Brandmyth Experiential, formerly known as Brandmyth Communication.
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As part of the planned celebrations, Shironamhin will collaborate with the Mumbai-based Symphony Orchestra team which has previously collaborated with world famous music bands including Metallica, Scorpions and more.
Actor Sohel Rana shifted to ICU
Veteran film actor Sohel Rana was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Evercare Hospital in the capital on Wednesday with Covid-related complications.
Sohel Rana was hospitalised with Covid-19 few days ago , said Sohanur Rahman Sohan, president of the Film Directors Association.
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“Sohel Rana’s physical condition has deteriorated, please pray for him," he added.
Sohail Rana acted in different films with the superstar image from the mid-seventies to the eighties. He won National Film Award three times.
He won the National Film Award in 2019 in the Lifetime Achievement category.
Actress Heme to feature in her first web film ‘The Holy Gun’
Actress Jannatul Sumaiya Heme is going act in a web film for the first time.
Although not on the big screen, she is excited about her first web film ‘The Holy Gun’.
Himi's New Year will start with the web film which will tell different stories of some women.
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“The web film will be released in an OTT platform in the country. Details will be officially announced next month. There will be a few other female characters besides me,” Heme told UNB.
“Film means something big and this is the first film of my career,” she said.
“I will try to stand in front of camera with proper preparation. I hope I can do it with new spirit in the New Year,” she added.
2022 is a special year for Heme as she will complete her graduation this year.
Heme said, “The pressure will decrease a lot after my graduation. I want to give myself more time in the New Year alongside works. And there is a plan to travel with my family.”
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“I don't want to go too fast in my career. I still have time to learn. I want to do something that will enhance the scope of learning.”
Actress Jannatul Sumaiya Heme is currently busy with works in dramas, advertisements and web contents.
Tisha-Farooki expecting first child
National Award-winning actress Nusrat Imrose Tisha and renowned film-maker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki are expecting their first child.
Farooki revealed the news by posting a photo on his verified Facebook account showing Tisha in a yellow dress holding her cute baby bump.
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Writing a few lines of beautiful poetry with the post, Farooki shared "it is really an indescribable feeling, as we discover ourselves as parents,".
"People have been asking me why Tisha has not been appearing in any production, the reason is that Tisha and I have been waiting for our first child, he added."
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The filmmaker sought prayers and well wishes for both the mother and the child.
Farooki and Tisha tied the knot on July 16, 2010.
'Dallas Buyers Club' director Jean-Marc Vallée dead at 58
Director and producer Jean-Marc Vallée, who won an Emmy for directing the hit HBO series “Big Little Lies” and whose 2013 drama “Dallas Buyers Club” earned multiple Oscar nominations, has died. He was 58.
Vallée died suddenly in his cabin outside Quebec City, Canada, over the weekend, his representative Bumble Ward said Sunday.
Vallée was acclaimed for his naturalistic approach to filmmaking, directing stars including Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Amy Adams and Jake Gyllenhaal over the past decade.
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He directed Emily Blunt in 2009's “The Young Victoria” and became a sought-after name in Hollywood after “Dallas Buyers Club,” featuring Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto, earned six Academy Awards nominations, including best picture.
“With a gentle hand and heart Jean-Marc was a true receiver — he didn’t romanticize life so much as he saw life romantic — from the struggle to the pain to the wink and the whisper, love stories were everywhere in his eye,” tweeted McConaughey, one of several stars paying tribute to Vallée on Monday.
Vallée often shot with natural light and hand-held cameras, giving actors freedom to improvise from the script and move around within a scene’s location. The crew roamed up and down the Pacific Coast Trail to shoot Witherspoon in 2014's “Wild."
“They can move anywhere they want,” the Canadian filmmaker said of his actors in a 2014 interview with The Associated Press. “It’s giving the importance to storytelling, emotion, characters. I try not to interfere too much. I don’t need to cut performances. Often, the cinematographer and I were like, ‘This location sucks. It’s not very nice. But, hey, that’s life.’”
He re-teamed with Witherspoon to direct the first season of “Big Little Lies” in 2017, and directed Adams in 2018′s “Sharp Objects,” also for HBO. Vallée won DGA awards for both.
“I will always remember you as the sun goes down," Witherspoon wrote on Instagram along with a series of photos of the director. "Chasing the light. On a mountain in Oregon. On a beach in Monterey. Making sure we all caught a little magic in this lifetime. I love you, Jean Marc. Until we meet again.”
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Her “Big Little Lies” co-star Laura Dern on Instagram called Vallée a “beloved friend” who was “one of our great and purest artists and dreamers.”
Leto said on Twitter that he was “a filmmaking force and a true artist who changed my life.”
And Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted that “Jean-Marc Vallée’s passion for filmmaking and storytelling was unmatched — so too was his talent. Through his work and with his art, he left a mark in Quebec, across Canada, and around the world.”
10th Sanjeeb Utshab held at TSC
An album of songs and poems written by noted singer, composer and political activist Sanjeeb Chowdhury titled “Ami Tomake Boley Debo” has been unveiled to mark his birthday which is celebrated as Sanjeeb Utsav.
Sanjeeb Utshab Utjapon Porishad arranged a cultural show to mark the day on Saturday at TSC’s Sanjeev Square.
The album named after late singer’s one of the popular numbers was created by Joy Shahriar and published by his publishing house, Aajob.
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Joy Shahriar, also one of the organisers of this event said, it’s been 14 years ‘Sanjeeb daa’ is not with us. We organise this festival in his memory. Our aim is to pass on his philosophy and songs to those who have not met him.”
Shubhayatra, Joy Shahriar, Subconscious, Bay of Bengal, were among the performers at this event.
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Sanjeeb Chowdhury, a student of the Department of Mass Communication and Journalism at Dhaka University, died in 2007 at the age of 42 years.
Some of his popular songs are - Ami Tomake Boley Debo, Rangila, Samudra Sontan, Jochna Bihar, Bioscope, Chader Jonno Gaan.
Star Cineplex to open its maiden theatre in Chattogram next year
Quenching the thirst of movie buffs in Chattogram, the country's largest multiplex chain -- Star Cineplex -- will open its maiden theatre in the port city at Bali Arcade Shopping Complex in the Chawkbazar area.
A memorandum of understanding (MoU) to this effect was signed at the Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel on Thursday evening. The agreement was signed by Mahboob Rahman Ruhel, chairman of Show Motion Limited, and Aftab Alam, chairman, The Casablanca Limited.
At a press meet, it was informed that the multiplex is planned to be launched in the middle of next year (2022). This spacious multiplex will have three halls with seating arrangements for 400 moviegoers.
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The halls will be constructed following world-class cinema hall standards, including an aesthetic environment, state-of-the-art visuals on the giant screen, and high-quality Dolby sound systems, the organisers informed.
'We have already announced plans to build many cinema halls across the country. The work of implementing that plan has been continuously going on. This initiative will continue to expand the country's film industry, and it will enthral the movie lovers in Chittagong who expect a world-class multiplex like Star Cineplex,” Mahboob Rahman Ruhel, chairman of Star Cineplex, told reporters.
Explaining the venture, Ruhel added, “I myself am from Chittagong, and many have asked me to open this branch as this is a long-standing demand of the movie lovers in Chittagong. I wanted to fulfil this demand a long ago but due to the pandemic and some other reasons, we could not open it earlier. So this marks a jovial occasion for me, personally.”
Bangladesh’s first multiplex cinema hall Star Cineplex was launched on October 6, 2004, at Bashundhara City Shopping Mall in the capital. Currently, Star Cineplex is operating four branches in Dhaka at Bashundhara City in Panthapath, Shimanto Shambhar in Dhanmondi, Sony Square in Mirpur and SKS Tower, Mohakhali.
"We had a plan to launch more than a hundred single screens inside our multiplexes, as part of our countrywide expansion masterplan. Due to the pandemic havoc, we had to compromise that plan, now having only 14 screens inside our four multiplexes; however, my dream is to fulfill that target as soon as possible,” Ruhel had told UNB earlier.
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Outside Dhaka, two branches are under construction, at Bogura and Rajshahi.
15 bands keep fans on their feet at Dhaka Rock Fest 2.0
Dhaka Rock Fest 2.0, the country's largest rock music festival since the start of the Covid pandemic, was held Thursday at the International Convention City Bashundhara's Noboratri hall in the capital.
The concert, organised by Sky Tracker and sponsored by Banglalink, featured 15 Bangladeshi bands – Warfaze, Aurthohin, Cryptic fate, AvoidRafa, Indalo, Shubhayatra, Conclusion, Shrapnel Method, Brahmaputra, Thrash, The Tree, Subconscious, Aftermath, Arekta Rock Band, and Calypso.
With the concert, Aurthohin's band leader Saidus Sumon (Bassbaba Sumon) returned to Dhaka's concert scene after four years.
'Poetry recitation programmes need nationwide attention'
Poetry is one of the most significant parts of Bangladesh's arts and culture and recitation programmes need to be organised all over the country, Information and Broadcasting Minister Hasan Mahmud said Wednesday.
"Poetry and recitation played a pivotal role during all of our major historical protests against oppressions, especially during the 1952 Language Movement and 1971 Liberation War. To foster the art of recitation, organisations like the Bangladesh Abrittishilpi Sangshad (BAS) and the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) can organise nationwide poetry recitation events regularly."
The minister was addressing the recitation programme "Uchchakonthe Uchcharo Aj Manush Moheeyan," at the BSA's National Art Gallery Auditorium, as part of countrywide recitation events organised by the BAS.
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Eminent actor and recitation artiste Jayanto Chattopadhyay, also the convener of the BAS, and Rupa Chakraborty, member secretary of the organisation, delivered the welcome speeches.
Member of Parliament Suborna Mustafa, Shilpakala Academy Director General Liaquat Ali Lucky, Mancha Sarathi Ataur Rahman, theatre activist M Hamid and Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Chairman Shyam Sunder Sikder were also present.
Poems were performed by recitation artists from Narayanganj, Munshiganj, Tangail, Gazipur, Narsingdi, Kishoreganj, Madaripur, Shariatpur, Gopalganj, Faridpur, Rajbari, Manikganj, and Dhaka.
To spread the message of harmony across the country, the BAS recently organised recitation programmes in six divisions – Sylhet, Mymensingh, Rajshahi, Barisal, Khulna and Rangpur. The events featured discussions, recitations and dance recitals.
Bengal's Mimi appears for the first time in Bangladeshi music video
Indian film actress Mimi Chakraborty has collaborated with Bangladeshi actor Nirab Hossain for ‘Tui Ar Ami’, a music video.
This is the first time that the popular Bengali actress, also an Indian lawmaker, has appeared in any Bangladeshi project, the teaser of which was released Tuesday.
The song has been sung by popular singer Arfin Rumey and written by National Film Award-winning music director Kaushik Hossain Taposh.
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Describing the song, Rumey said, “I am overwhelmed with the whole song and its colourful representation. Taposh bhai had kept this song for himself to sing. However, after he learned that my mother liked the song very much, Taposh bhai gave me the opportunity to sing this song."
"It felt like a dream come true that I have been able to sing such a beautiful song with its wonderful composition," Rumey added.
According to TM Records, more than 50 songs have already been recorded, voiced by local artistes with world class instruments.
Popular celebrities from home and abroad will be seen in the music videos of these songs, which will be released at regular intervals.