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Published October 5, 2013

BIPASHA HAYAT The evolving artist

Adnan Ahmed

We all know Bipasha Hayat as an actress and have fallen in love with her various characters over the years but now we explore a lesser known side of her. She shares with Adnan Ahmed about her role as a mother, her flourishing career as a script writer, her passionate approach towards painting as a professional artist and her newest sanctuary 'Nokkhottro Bari '. Currently wants to be known for… I have been acting throughout my life and also did script ...

Majid Majidi The rising sultan of Iran

Majid Majidi, one of the distinguished names of new Iranian cinema. His debut as a director and screenwriter was with Baduk (1991), a feature film that was presented at the Directors' Fortnight of Cannes Film Festival 1992, which also won him several national awards. He won the Grand Prix of the Americas of the Montreal World Film Festival three times in five years. The first was with Bacheha-ye aseman (Children Of Heaven) in 1997; the second was with Rang-e-Khoda (The ...

Those Bengalis in West Pakistan

Our very own Shabnam spent long years in what used to be West Pakistan, making a huge impact on filmgoers in the province. Her Urdu, when she first decided to settle away from her Bengali ambience here in Bangladesh, was initially limited in terms of vocabulary and fluency. Of course, she had earlier made waves through her roles in Chanda and Talash, two Urdu movies produced in East Pakistan. But ...

Gazi Rakayet Never Giving Up

I believe if the audiences watch first 10 minutes of this film, they won't be able to leave the hall. Gazi Rakayet, the multi-talented actor, director, screen-writer and playwright, who graced the small screen and our ...

RAFATUL BARI LABIB Treading to the fore with a positive attitude

Rafatul Bari Labib, popularly known as 'Labib', the drummer of the award winning bands Shunno and Bohemian, who has recently graduated from the Media and Communication Deptartment of Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), shares his experience ...

JAYA takes over India

Jaya Ahsan has signed up to star in two new films in India. After her success with the Kolkata film, Aborto, earlier this year, we can't wait to see how she takes India by storm this time. She is very careful about not depriving our local audience though. Her debut mainstream Bengali film Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini is about to be released this Eid, confirms the villain of the film, ...

LIVING WITH THE STARS

One day, I discovered an innocent-faced cover girl on Ananda Bichitra, a cine-magazine that has stopped publication ages ago, with the caption 'Ei Lobonger Naam Bipasha Hayat'. Soon, I learned that she is the daughter ...

Super Model: Kate Moss Faces Domestic Problem

Kate Moss's London home has been damaged due to flooding. Her luxury mansion located in the north of the city had its basement completely flooded. It is reported that there has been thousands of dollars ...

UDHAO

Director & Writer: Amit Ashraf Cast: Shahed Ali, Shakeel Monir Ahmed & Nawshaba Ahmed Length: 90 minutes (approximately) Strength: Technically sound cinematography, editing, background music and cliff-hanging twists Weakness: Incomprehensive scripts & dialogues Star Showbiz Rating: 2.5 out of 5 PLOT: ...

THE BLING RING

Plot: A gang of high-schoolers becomes popular as The Bling Ring for stealing more than $3million in clothes, shoes, cash and jewellery from the homes of A-list celebs. Review: If it wasn't a true story, it ...

Anna Faris Shares Photo Of Son Jack

Anna Faris shared an adorable picture of her son Jack, 12 months old, via Twitter doing what all babies tend to do -- stuffing his face!"So awesome my child can feed himself -- now I ...

SHUDDH DESI ROMANCE

Plot: This is a romantic comedy about three characters Raghu (a tourist guide in Jaipur), Gayatri (emancipated soul living life on her own terms) and Tara (who presents a performance that seems to reinvent female ...

Nusrat Sarmin

Born: 5th July, 1988 Height: 5'3.5 Currently: Student at Dhaka University theatre department Goal: Become an actor in any platform (theatre, film and TV) Credentials: Acting - Two executioners, Men without shadows, Shong Vong Chong, No one writes to ...