Fahmim Ferdous

Actors say they strive all their lives to do one role that will keep them alive even after they have left this earth, and all great actors manage to leave behind multiple such portrayals that move and inspire generations. Humayun Faridi, considered one of the greatest Bangladeshi actors of all time, left us too soon (at the age of 60), but not before making indelible imprints on the fabric of our theatre, TV and film. If he was alive, Faridi would be 64 yesterday.

At the Nabaratri Hall of ICCB in the capital on Sunday, it was a musical evening that had its ups and downs, but the most endearing...

Superhero films are all the rave these days, particularly with the battle between the DC and Marvel Cinematic Universe franchises piling up massive numbers in box offices all across the world.

Dr. Soumitra Shekhar, professor of Bangla at Dhaka University, is a close observer of Bangla literature, and a literary analyst and critic as well.

To anyone who has followed the rock music scene of Bangladesh over the last decade, Rafa is one of the most distinctively

Ravi Shankar, the classical maestro who paid a massive role in popularizing classical music of the East to the world, held a close connection to Bangladesh.

Rabindranath Tagore, during his visits abroad, he engaged in intriguing conversations with brilliant minds from across the world – starting from British sci-fi master HG Wells to French dramatist-art historian Romain Rolland to genius German physicist Albert Einstein – where he spoke about the correlation of art and science, international relations and religion, and multiculturalism.

Pop icon Jennifer Lopez has just put out her new single “Ain’t Your Mama”, an effort to empower women and breaking the gender stereotypes women are subjected to.

This year is already proving to be a good year for Bangla cinema, with a number of promising films lined up.

On a wintry day at Santiniketan in 1931, one Suprova Debi brought her 10-year old son to be graced by the blessing of Rabindranath Tagore.

Oliver Stone, the master of political drama is back after a hiatus, and with the help of Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is sending chills down the spines of viewers in the first trailer of “Snowden”.

First look of upcoming film “Bhuban Majhi” is released online, and although it’s just a teaser, the Parambrata-Aparna starrer already looks seriously promising.

An in-depth, engaging multimedia exhibition on our Liberation War, titled “1971: Emergence of a Nation”, is currently on at the National Art Gallery of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and curated by Amitabh Dewry, the exhibit opened on March 19. Abul

From a simple small town girl with dreams of becoming a singer, she became one of the biggest film stars of her era. And much like the action heroine roles that she made a name for herself with in the '90s, Parveen Sultana Diti was a fearless fighter for most of her life, until the battle with brain cancer got too big on her on March 20, just 11 days before her 51st birthday.

Anticipation has been building up for the past couple of weeks surrounding Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's latest project “Doob” (titled “No

Humayun Ahmed reached unmatched heights as a storyteller in his lifetime, not just with his books but his film adaptations as well. And while his films were taken to the big screen by other directors (starting with “Shongkhoneel Karagar”, “Nondityo Noroke” to this year's “Anil Bagchi'r Ekdin”), they have never been quite at the level of those Humayun directed himself.

Chirkutt has been in the country's music scene for nearly a decade and a half now, although their rise to fame has

Alejandro G Iñárritu picked up his second Best Director Oscar for “The Revenant” (making him only the third director with back to back wins) but his film “The Revenant” lost out to “Spotlight” in the Best Picture Race, and Leonardo DiCaprio ended a 23-year wait since his first nomination to pick up an Oscar, on his sixth nod, for his gritty, grimacing role of Hugh Glass in Iñárritu's revenge film.

The academy award is not essentially the ultimate hallmark of Hollywood greatness; pop singer Cher has an acting Oscar while Peter Lorre, Joseph Cotton, Marilyn Monroe, Richard Gere, Samuel L Jackson, Brian Cox, Winona Ryder, Harrison Ford, Keira Knightley, Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise do not have one. And until yesterday morning Bangladesh time, nor did Leonardo DiCaprio.

1952 was 64 years ago; today's youth is somewhere around the third generation of the Language Movement activists and martyrs. Still,