Strict restrictions due to the Covid pandemic have been lifted recently. Though infection rate and the number of death per day due to the Indian variant is still alarming. The lifting of restrictions has paved the way to shooting for the first cyber-thriller of the country ‘Ontorjal’ which is the Bengali word for ‘Internet’. Prominent […]
After months of pandemic closure, with two action films Tenet and Mulan, all branches of Star Cineplex reopens today. Bangladesh’s government imposed a virtual lockdown in March. Transport services, shopping malls, industries, financial institutes, and many other sectors reopened gradually. But movie theaters were closed until 15th October. Despite the Covid-19 pandemic, people have been […]
Bangladeshi movie theaters have been going through a difficult time in the last few decades. Theaters have been shutting down one after another. Presently only seventy movie theaters are functioning in the country. Some analysts say, during the corona pandemic, the number of movie theaters may be even lower than fifty. Many people working for […]
Many Bangladeshi directors have started shooting for TV dramas and films, though present covid -19 outbreak is getting dangerous day by day and still there is no indication of coming under control. In this situation prominent Bangladeshi actress and model Bidya Sinha Saha Mim who is staying at home for last three months, has said […]
Present coronavirus pandemic has triggered worldwide crisis in hospital management. Experts say, we are in an uncharted territory where we don’t have previous experience to handle this type of pandemic. Hospitals are failing to accommodate patients. Supply of facemasks, sanitizers, PPEs, oxygen cans are very inadequate to handle this huge number of covid-19 patients. ICU […]
Life will never be like before the life of Covid-19 outbreak. Perhaps it’s another example that Bollywood film industry is changing shooting style to maintain social distancing. Intimate scene like hugging and kissing became common in modern Indian films. As this can spread coronavirus, these types of scenes will be avoided now. Web series, television […]
In a country where Hindu fundamentalists controls almost every sector, Hindu fundamentalist political parties are most popular; Shah Rukh Khan is one of the few exceptions. In spite of coming from oppressed Muslim minority, Shah Rukh managed to establish himself strongly in Bollywood arena. Today he is known as “Badshah of Bollywood” or “King of […]
Orchita Sporshia’s Abar Basanta is going to be released in Calcutta on February next year. Director of the film Mamun confirmed this news. He said, exact date and list of movie theaters will be declared later. This Bangladeshi film is being released under SAFTA treaty. In return India is sending another Bengali film Robibar (Sunday) […]
It’s not Mostofa Sarwar Farooki directed 2007 film, It’s Rubaiyat Hossain directed film released earlier this month. This 2009 film is currently being screened on 70 theaters in France, Denmark and Portugal. In terms of theatrical count, it’s highest after the highly appreciated film ‘Matir Moina (The Clay Bird)’ by noted director Tareque Masud. The […]
Popular actor K M Mosharraf Hossain widely known as Mosharraf Karim has rejected most prestigious film award in Bangladesh, Nation Film Award. He was selected by jury board for ‘best comic actor’ category for his role in the film ‘Komola Rocket’. But in a Facebook post Mosharraf Karim mentioned he can’t accept the award and […]
During the sixties and seventies movie theaters have played a major role in rural and urban entertainment. This trend more or less continued till early nineties. Then quality of local cinemas dropped, people got better alternatives for entertainment. So cinema halls started to struggle. In recent years, piracy has been another concern. Critics also blame […]
Today the 8th October was 21st death anniversary of action hero Abul Khayer Jashim Uddin who started his career in cinema with villain’s role. Is was in 1972. But soon started acting as action hero in Bangladeshi film. His first film was Debor, but Dost Dushmon was the film which actually introduced him to Bangladeshi […]
It seems recent Bollywood film Saaho is going to be another success story. This film has the potential to break many records in Bollywood history. Prabhas and Shraddha Kapoor have done the main roles in the film. Actress Jacqueline Fernandez is seen in the lone item song of the film where her performance in revealing […]
Prominent director Ananya Mamun who has nearly decade long experience or directing, has completed his latest film Abar Basanta. This film is on mostly ignored issue in modern urban society, it’s late life crisis. Parents virtually sacrifice their entire working age for their children. Children grow up with time and parents lose their ability to […]
Bangladesh Film Censor Board has recently cleared the way to release new film ‘Password’ on Eid Al Fitr by issuing clearance certificate. This new big budget film is produced from actor Shakib Khan’s own agency. Like most commercial sub-continental films, this new film also has some musical scene. Three of the songs of the film […]