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Bongo will launch three new romantic dramas on RTV on February 13, 14 and 15. The first one – "Ajob Prem" – will be released on February 13. It is about a strange love affair between a man and a mysterious woman. The story revolves around their crazy relationship and the humorous events that happen with their parents. "Ajob Prem" stars Zaher Alvi and Tasnia Mihi Ahsan. Nayan has directed the story and written it with Arefin Alam. The second drama, "Laaf," will be broadcast on February 14. Afran Nisho plays the protagonist of the story. He saves a girl after several roller-coaster events. The girl also saves his life. Read: Akash Jure Megh on Bongo: Another Bangla adaptation of a Turkish hit TV series The girl's role is played by Mehazabien Chowdhury. Mizanur Rahman Aryan has directed the story written by Rashat Rahman Zico. The last drama, "Year Mate," centres around the love story of Zayed Sir. The sweet sin of love and departure between friends of the same age as a couple is the background of the drama. This story stars Jovan and Safa Kabir. Directed by Mahmudur Rahman Himi, the drama is written by Aboyob Siddiquie Medi and Iqram Hossain. It will be available on February 15.  

When it comes to a Zombie apocalypse, the long-running show “Walking Dead” already set the bar high. But recently Koreans have taken things up a notch by consistently producing some nitty-gritty zombie horror shows. Whether it’s the “Train to Busan” or “Kingdom” on Netflix, Kdrama has a way with zombie storytelling that is equal parts gory and exciting. To make matters more blood splattering and bone-shattering, there is a new zombie apocalypse series on Netflix titled “All Of Us Are Dead”. And moving on from a Train and middle age Korea, we now have zombies running around in a high school. There has been a considerable buzz with the series since its release on January 28th, 2022. So, is the show any good or just another generic zombie gorefest? And more importantly, is it worth watching? Let’s find out. Read Netflix Web Series Decoupled Review Plot Synopsis Before Kpop and BTS became a thing, the world witnessed the first Korean Wave some two decades ago. It started with the romantic drama called “Winter Sonata” which took the then world by storm. But it also largely contrasts to what Korean drama has evolved to over the years, a perfect example being the likes of “Squid Game”, “The Silent Sea” and “All of Us Are Dead”. Each of these shows follows an entirely different route yet somehow excels in their craft with masterful tact. Coming back to the series here, the pilot episode opens in Hyosan High, a suburban school nestled in the mountains. Everything looks straight out of a teenage rom-com set in a high school in the first part of the episode. However, things quickly start to unravel as one girl is bitten by a feisty mouse in the school’s science lab. Read Free Online Movies: Best Netflix Alternatives for Streaming Movies in 2021 What follows is a chain reaction of a mutated virus spreading from one person to the other. And by the time the pilot ends, the entire school is infected. What’s amazing here is how quickly the director changes the pace and hooks the viewer to the plotline. Much of the pilot can be drawn parallel to the current world as it faces the pandemic. The battle to survive a deadly virus as it spreads like a wildfire seems eerily real given the current scenario. What catches up here is the emotional juggernaut and social issues that become prominent from the get-go, another parallel to this world as it dreads the pandemic. Read Bulbbul Netflix Review: Feminist Tale of Revenge and Honor

Popular Bangladeshi actress Sarika Sabrin has tied the knot with a textile engineer. Sarika took to social media platform Twitter on Wednesday to share the news of her marriage with B Ahmed Rahi on February 2.  The wedding ceremony was held in the presence of the members of the two families, she said, seeking blessings from all for her new life.

Popular Turkish series "Love makes you cry" is coming to OTT  platform Bongo as "Akash Jure Megh." "Sometimes Love comes by the road of fire." Read:Top five Bengali web series in 2021 The video streaming platform Bongo brings the popular Turkish series "Love Makes You Cry" to Bangla to show such a story to the viewers. Based on a heart-touching love story, the series is being released  under the title 'Akash Jure Megh." From Tuesday (February 1), viewers on Bongo can watch this epic love story, said a press release on Sunday. The famous duo Hafsanur Sancaktutan and Deniz Can Aktas have played the roles of Ada and Yusuf in the noted drama series. Read:Netflix Web Series Decoupled Review The story of the series is based on the life struggle and love story of a 19-year-old girl named Ada Meryem Varli, who lost her mother from her very childhood & lived in a secluded village. In the cruel irony of fate, her greedy uncle forced her to get married. That's the time when another orphan, Yusuf, comes to her rescue, how they fled from the village and moved to Istanbul. Did their love succeed? If you want to know more, don't forget to watch "Akash Jure Megh" on Tuesday, February 1 in Bongo. Khaled Sajeeb, Senior Manager (Content & Publishing), Bongo, said, previously our viewers love to watch Turkish drama Jannat & Shohossro Ek Rajani. This time we bring 'Love Makes You Cry'. Bongo will come up with many more new contents to bring healthy and beautiful entertainment to everyone in Bangla."

Renowned actor and Awami League lawmaker Asaduzzaman Noor has once again tested positive for Covid-19. Noor was found positive for Covid after he underwent a test ahead of joining the winter session of the 11th Parliament on Sunday. Read: GM Quader contracts Covid-19 The 75 years old thespian then went back to home and he got admitted to a city hospital on Monday morning to avoid health complications, Sammilita Sangskritik Jote president Ghulam Quddus told media. He tested positive for Covid for the first time, back in December 2020. Asaduzzaman Noor,  a former Cultural Affairs Minister (from 2014-2019)  and multiple time elected MP from Nilphamari-2 of Awami League, is currently a member of the parliamentary standing committee on  the Ministry of Cultural Affairs. Read: DSCC Mayor Taposh contracts Covid-19 Best known for his television character 'Baker Bhai' from Humayun Ahmed's majestic drama serial Kothao Keu Nei, Noor won the Independence Award (2018), the highest civilian honour in Bangladesh for his contribution to country's arts and culture.

Actress Tasnuva Tisha has announced she will be tying the knot on February 2 with her fiance Syed Asker On Saturday, the actress got engaged with her long time partner at her house in Banasree in presence of both the families. Tasnuva said they will officially register their marriage at first in presence of family members and some close people. Later in the same month they are planning to arrange the wedding ceremony and invite all. Also read: Musician Tanvir Tareq to be seen in Afzal Hossain's film “Maniker Lal Kakra” Syed Asker is owner of an event management firm. Tasnuva and Asker knew each other from 2020. Eventually their friendship grew into love and they decided to tie the knot, said Tasnuva. “I was anxious about Asker’s family’s reaction at first regarding the marriage but they were very positive about everything,” said Tasnuva. Also read: Pori Moni-Raaz announces pregnancy In 2014, actress Tasnuva Tisha married Farzanul Haque. After four years they got separated. Tasnuva and Farzanul are parents of a son and a daughter.

Bob Saget, the actor-comedian known for his role as beloved single dad Danny Tanner on the sitcom “Full House” and as the wisecracking host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos,” has died, according to authorities in Florida. He was 65. Deputies in Orange County, Florida, were called Sunday about an “unresponsive man” in a hotel room at the Ritz-Carlton in Orlando and found Saget dead, according to a sheriff’s statement on Twitter. Detectives found “no signs of foul play or drug use in this case.” Saget was in Florida as part of his “I Don’t Do Negative Comedy Tour.” After warm audience receptions to his gigs Friday in Orlando and Saturday in the Ponte Vedra Beach resort area, he celebrated online. “I’m back in comedy like I was when I was 26. I guess I’m finding my new voice and loving every moment of it,” he posted Saturday on Instagram. Fellow comedians and friends praised Saget not only for his wit, but his kindness. “I am broken. I am gutted. I am in complete and utter shock. I will never ever have another friend like him,” wrote John Stamos, who co-starred with Saget on “Full House.” “I love you so much Bobby.” “I have no words. Bob was one of the best humans beings I’ve ever known in my life. I loved him so much,” said Candace Cameron Bure, who played Saget’s daughter on “Full House.” “In often a ruthless business he was historically not just hilarious but more importantly one of the kindest human beings I ever met in my career,” actor Richard Lewis wrote on Twitter. Read: UK plans holiday weekend to honor queen's 70 years on throne In a statement Sunday, Saget’s family members said they are “devastated to confirm that our beloved Bob passed away today.... Though we ask for privacy at this time, we invite you to join us in remembering the love and laughter that Bob brought to the world.” Saget the stand-up showed his flip side with what become a much-talked-about cameo in the 2005 documentary “The Aristocrats” — in which 100 comics riffed on the world’s dirtiest joke — that revealed his notoriously filthy sense of humor. It stayed undercover on network TV, both as the longtime host of “America’s Funniest Home Videos” and as the squeaky clean widower and father to three young girls on “Full House,” the ABC sitcom that also brought fame to Olsen twins Mary-Kate and Ashley when it debuted in 1987. The show’s popularity didn’t deter critics, some calling it cheesy and others deeming it unreal. Saget, as amiable and droll in an interview as he was on TV screens, took the brickbats in stride. ″‘Full House’ was a loving kind of show but obviously over the top. It had its heightened reality, a glossy Willy Wonka quality to it,” he told The Associated Pres in a 2001 interview. That year, Saget took another pass at playing a widowed dad with winsome kids on the short-lived sitcom “Raising Dad.” Read: Oscar winner and groundbreaking star Sidney Poitier dies He said he found himself repeatedly fielding questions about his habit of playing sitcom widowers, and had a ready response: ”(Kevin) Costner does three, four baseball movies and that’s OK. There’s my rationale.” He focused occasionally on directing over the years, including on HBO’s “The Mind of the Married Man,” and the Norm Macdonald film “Dirty Work.” He drew praise as producer-director of the 1996 TV film “For Hope,” loosely based on the battle of his late sister, Gay, with the tissue disease scleroderma, and appealed for increased federal support for research funds. He remembered his sister in a January 2020 post, noting that she died when she was 47 and would have been 73 that month. Saget had daughters Aubrey, Lara and Jennifer with first wife Sherri Kramer before divorcing in 1997. He married Kelly Rizzo in 2018.

Actress Betty White, whose saucy, up-for-anything charm made her a television mainstay for more than 60 years, has died. She was 99. People and the Washington Post reported White’s death. Her witty style gave life to a roster of quirky characters over more than a half-century. They included the oddball Rose Nylund in “The Golden Girls” and the outspoken caretaker on “Hot In Cleveland.” She also drew laughs with occasional salty one-liners in the 2009 comedy “The Proposal” and the horror spoof “Lake Placid.” By popular demand, she hosted “Saturday Night Live” in 2011. White once said her character Sue Ann Nivens in “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” could be “icky-sweet” but was “really a piranha type.” That role brought her two Emmys.

Web series have created much buzz among the viewers worldwide. In Bangladesh the popularity of the web series among the viewers increased during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. It has become more popular in 2021 with launching of a good number of web series. Here is a list of 5 contemporary Bengali web series that might thrill you. Ladies and Gentlemen “Ladies and Gentlemen” was the debut web series of famous director Mostofa Sarwar Farooki. 'Ladies and Gentlemen' premiered on July 9 on the OTT platform Zee5. Tasnia Farin stands out as the protagonist in this series while actor Afzal Hossain has appeared frontline after a long time. The other cast of the series are- Mamunur Rashid, Hasan Masood, Partha Barua, Maria Nur and so on. The series addresses some sensitive social issues including gender inequality, sexual harassment and complexities of men-women relationship and so on.

What happens to a couple who used to be in love, but later they don’t want to be together anymore? Well, in real life, the outcome is uncertain, while in the movies/ TVs, we predict a happy ending. Netflix’s new sitcom from India, Decoupled, seems to be trying to break the traditional outcome.  Released on December 17, 2021, Decoupled has become India’s No Netflix series in less than a week. This article will discuss the plot of Decoupled, review, actors, and director. Decoupled Plot In the face of an uncertain future, celebrity author Arya Iyer (R Madhavan) and finance manager Shruti Sharma Iyar (Surveen Chawla) decide to break their marriage. After several years together as a couple, they are now looking for separation on good terms with co-parenting responsibilities in regards to their school-going daughter Rohini. The decision is made easier when it comes time to finally announce this major change; both even planned to host a separation party in Goa. That’s how the series proceeds with humor and comedy. But what happens at the end? Well, you will need to watch the full 8 episodes. Read ‘Spider-Man’ surpasses $1B globally in second weekend  Decoupled Review The series’ writer-creator Manu Joseph and director Hardik Mehta don't bother with going into the background of how Arya ended up in love with Shruti, but they do introduce us to them as an unhappy couple. The series begins with a narrative, and each of the eight episodes has a title. Each title represents the gist of the whole episode. Even though Arya is a guy who speaks his mind and gets into trouble every single time, Shruti prefers him to be more careful with what he says. On rare occasions when she does hear him speak candidly in public places like restaurants or on trains- which happens more often than one would think -her embarrassment knows no bounds! Read Naseeruddin Shah to star in Bangladesh film ‘Project Omi’