Laltip released yesterday
February 18, 2012
Big budget Bangladeshi film “Laltip” was released yesterday. In the run up to the big day, a red carpet premiere show was held at Bashundhara City Star Cineplex on February 15, says a press release.
Managing director of Impress Tele-film Limited, Faridur Reza Sagar; director and head of news of Channel i Shykh Seraj; executive director (French section of the film) Enayet Ullah Read more
2011 In Movies
January 10, 2012
Last year passed with many ups and downs for the movie industry — with a significant drop in the number of releases. Dhaliwood, the mainstream Dhaka-based film industry, did see the arrival of several new faces, along with the release of Indian films, in 2011. But overall, Dhaliwood failed to emerge from its reliance on a single actor, while the veterans and rookies engaged in a healthy competition for Read more
Suchitra Sen Film Festival in Pabna
January 9, 2012
The 3rd Suchitra Sen Film Festival will kick off in Pabna on January 10. Suchitra Sen Smriti Shangrakkhan Parishad, Pabna is organising the weeklong film festival in the screen legend’s hometown. The organisation also demands that Sen’s ancestral home in Pabna be freed from unjustified occupation, and the legendary screen goddess’s memories be preserved.
At a press conference Read more
Brad Pitt: ‘Films should age like fine wine’
January 2, 2012
Brad Pitt has insisted that he chooses only quality projects in order to ensure the longevity of his career.
The Moneyball actor said that he believes filmmaking should be a process which produces movies that age like a “fine wine”.
“Filmmaking is about longevity. Is it a quality picture? A quality story? Is there something original about Read more
Film Review: Andho Nirangom
December 23, 2011
The Baul way of life under the microscope
Question: Who is a Baul? Answer: A Baul is an artiste who sings songs of Lalon as well as other traditional and devotional rural songs. A simple and, frankly, quite typical answer to a question that can possibly stir up a deep discussion. To use the aforementioned overly simplistic description to define Bauls to a group of foreigners would be unjust. To define Bauls, one must understand the Baul way of life and devotion, Read more
Tamanna returns to Dhaka today
December 20, 2011
To complete some portions of the shooting for her acted movie ‘Prem-er Jonyo Prithibi,’ once popular film actress Tamanna has returned to Dhaka on Tuesday morning from Sweden. She lastly came here in March of this year to perform in the movie. During that time she stayed here for one month. Now this time she will also stay in Dhaka for one month.
While taking to this correspondent Read more
3 Idiots to get Hollywood and China remakes
December 5, 2011
Bollywood hit comedy 3 Idiots, starring Aamir Khan, Madhavan and Sharman Joshi is reportedly all set for a Hollywood and China remake.
The film, which was released in December 2009, broke box office records in India and was screened at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
“We are in talks with three studios in Hollywood and one company in Italy for the remake of 3 Idiots” Read more
Queen of hearts
November 23, 2011
In conversation with Moushumi
Actress Moushumi won many hearts for her role in the film “Keyamat Theke Keyamat” in 1991. In her 20- year career, she has starred in many more films and tried her hand at direction too. Of late, she has acted in a film titled “Projapoti” Mosumi took some time off from her busy schedule to talk to The Daily Star (TDS) about myriad subjects.
Many actors who embarked Read more
Guerrilla wins best Asian film award
November 18, 2011
Bangladeshi feature film ‘Guerrilla’, which recreates the heroic deeds of freedom fighters of the 1971 Liberation War on an epic canvas, today won the best Asian film award at the 17th Kolkata Film Festival (KFF).
Altogether 12 films competed in the Asian Select section for the NETPAC award. This was for the first time a separate competitive section was introduced in KFF.
Directed by eminent theatre Read more
Shabnam not to perform in ‘Khoda’r Por-e Maa’
November 18, 2011
Once popular film actress Shabnam has recently denied to play the title role of the movie “Khoda’r Por-e Maa” as she didn’t like its script. Scripted by Abdullah Jahir Babu and directed by renowned filmmaker Malek Afsari, the movie was scheduled to be produced by Taposhi Thakur.
The legendary actress, however, was primarily agreed to perform in the movie three months ago after Read more
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