Cinema has a language of its own: Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Buddhadeb Dasgupta is one of the brightest names in Bengali cinema today. Winner of multiple national and international awards for films like “Bagh Bahadur”, “Tahader Kotha”, “Charachar”, “Uttara” and “Kalpurush”, he is also a highly-regarded poet. The director spoke to The Daily Star during a recent visit to Dhaka.
11 June 2021, 07:26 AM
DSCC mayor defies dogged dog lovers
Despite repeated calls by animal rights groups to not relocate stray dogs of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh’s instructions to relocate canines have been carried out over the last two days.
16 September 2020, 18:00 PM
DSCC mayor defies dogged dog lovers
Despite repeated calls by animal rights groups to not relocate stray dogs of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh’s instructions to relocate canines have been carried out over the last two days.
16 September 2020, 08:17 AM
This city is theirs too
If one can even remember a time before the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the most familiar scenes on the streets of Dhaka were people gathered around tea stalls – snacking, smoking and chatting with friends, colleagues or even total strangers. And almost inevitably around every such gathering would be a friendly canine face or two, waiting eagerly for a kind soul to throw a piece of cookie or cake.
28 August 2020, 18:00 PM
‘Why did I even get tested, if no one would check?’
Ever since the Malaysian authorities imposed a stringent lockdown in the country in March, Asif Rahman had been counting down the days in his small Kuala Lumpur apartment till when he could reunite with his family in Bogura.
18 June 2020, 18:00 PM
Dreams incomplete
From a young age, he believed in helping people in whatever way he could. Whether it was staging protests for the causes he believed in, saving lives of people trapped in building collapses, or rescuing stray animals in distress, he believed in acting upon his beliefs.
25 April 2019, 18:00 PM
Launched while in 'test phase'?
While the launch of a circular bus service -- that promises convenient short-distance commutes around Dhanmondi and nearby areas -- has generated excitement among many citizens of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), they might have to hold their horses for just a little longer.
28 March 2019, 18:00 PM
Justice Habibur Rahman: A life of subdued greatness
His would not be an ordinary life. The year was 1952, and the movement demanding Bangla as a state language of erstwhile East
10 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Matir Projar Deshe
Matir Projar Deshe (English title: Kingdom of Clay Subjects), the debut feature by Bijon Imtiaz, has been on the radar of the serious Bangladeshi cinephile for a couple of years now, as news popped up sporadically of the film going to one film festival or another. After winning Best Film at Chicago South Asian Film Festival (ahead of heavyweights like Hansal Mehta's Aligarh and double-winner at Cannes
29 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Hollywood film to revolve around Bangladeshi Rais Bhuiyan
An upcoming big screen project centred on the aftermath of the infamous 9/11 attacks in the USA is set to follow Raisuddin Bhuiyan, a US immigrant and Bangladesh Air Force veteran who narrowly survived a killing spree that took the lives of two other immigrants.
24 March 2018, 18:00 PM
“Kaler Putul” releasing March 30
Aka Reza Ghalib's feature debut “Kaler Putul” has received its censor certificate, and is all but confirmed to release on the last weekend of March.
17 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Matir Projar Deshe releasing March 23
“Matir Projar Deshe” (English title “Kingdom of Clay Subjects”) is finally set for release in Bangladesh on March 23, after its successful
14 March 2018, 18:00 PM
An upsurge of youthful effervescence
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman's raised index finger at the Racecourse Maidan (now Suhrawardy Udyan) on a scorching Sunday
8 March 2018, 18:00 PM
THE SHAPE OF WATER sweeps over 90th Oscars
Guillermo Del Toro's fantasy romance “The Shape of Water”, about a mute cleaning woman falling in love with a sea creature, backed up its 13 nominations at the 90th Academy Awards, taking back four Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director.
5 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Taking Bangladesh's architectural heritage to the World
Not many people may know this, but bungalows, found today all over the world and a ubiquitous symbol of a tasteful, luxurious life,
3 March 2018, 18:00 PM
“Swapnajaal” gets uncut censor clearance
Giasuddin Selim's long-running big screen project, “Swapnajaal”, is finally ready for release. The film has received an uncut censor clearance certificate, and is likely to release in the first week of April.
1 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Farooki reveals first look of Saturday Afternoon
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's unveiled the first glimpse into his secretive project “Shonibar Bikel” (English title “Saturday Afternoon”) on Wednesday, in the form of an image given 'exclusively' to international film trade magazine Variety.
22 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Gems of Nazrul release 'Mrityu Nai' marking Ekushey February
Gems of Nazrul, an initiative to portray National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam's musical genius in new light and popularise his spirited songs, has released its seventh music video - “Mrityu Nai”, marking Language Martyrs’ Day and International Mother Language Day.
22 February 2018, 06:56 AM
The Immortality of Spirit
Gems of Nazrul, an initiative to portray National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam's musical genius in new light and popularise his spirited songs,
20 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Cinema, from the inside out
One of my favourite childhood memories about cinema is of sitting on one of the large floor mats placed on an open field in a tiny
15 February 2018, 18:00 PM
The Song of Scorpions: An Indian tale seasoned to Western taste
How far will you go for love? How much will you put at stake, especially if you're a camel trader in the deserts of Rajasthan head over
8 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Curtains on 47th edition of IFFR
Armando Iannucci's political satire “The Death of Stalin” (a film banned in five countries including Russia) brought this year's
5 February 2018, 18:00 PM
“The Widowed Witch” wins top prize at 47th IFFR
The 47th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam awarded Chinese director Cai Chengjie's “The Widowed Witch” its top
3 February 2018, 18:00 PM
Rollicking in Rotterdam
The 47th edition of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) continues at the Dutch city of South Holland, with a bevy of films
27 January 2018, 18:00 PM
An underwhelming experience
A museum is meant to be a gateway—a magical door into another world at a different time and place. For those (like this writer) who are not avid readers and are more visual learners, there are not many places better than museums to learn, experience and marvel at the wonders of the world.
18 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Why this year's BCMF was more significant than you realise
The Bengal Classical Music Festival just completed is sixth edition on the dawn of December 31, and as has been the case in the
4 January 2018, 18:00 PM
“Classical music should be accessible to every child”
The cello, a bowed string instrument of the violin family, has been one of the major components of Western classical music, be it in
4 January 2018, 18:00 PM
Saud delivers a character-rich, wholesome film
Bangladeshi cinema is changing, and that change has become really apparent in the last couple of years. Call it coincidence, call it a
3 January 2018, 18:00 PM