'Show Time' for Ferdous Ara
After the short interval, Ferdous went on to sing popular Indian tracks of the yesteryears. The crowd couldn't help asking for more when they listened to Ferdous's 'E shudhu gaaner din', 'Akasher oy miti miti tarar shathe', 'Nishi raat banka chaad', 'Ki je shopno dekhaila', 'O kajol bhromora' amongst many others. At this time, the stage came to life with a dance number performed by Shibli and Neepa to the popular Nazrul song 'Anjali laho more shongeete'.
Ferdous Ara was accompanied by a group of versatile and eminent instrumentalists, namely Sunil Das (violin), Gazi Abdul Hakim (flute), Milan Bhattacharya (tabla), Dipan Sarkar (guitar) and Sanjeev Sarkar (keyboard).
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Shahadat Hossain Riad, Ctg
A 10 day long solo photo exhibition of Anwar Hossain ended on December 18, at the auditorium of Alliance Francaise at the port city.
Journalist and director of Chittagong Sattyajit Chharcha Kendra (CSCK) Anwar Hossain Pintu formally inaugurated the exhibition titled "Diaries of twin nationalities". Eminent photographer and bird expert Enam Al Haque was present at the inaugural function as special guest and director of Chittagong Alliance Francaise Emmanuel Bottiau was the guest of honour. A total of 35 pairs of photograph were put on display at the exhibition.
Through his photographs, Anwar Hossain tried to uncover the reality of the hard life of France and Bangladesh and also to look at the similarities of both the countries. He also focused on the folk culture of the two countries highlighting the significance and disparity.
Cultural heritage, local products, coins, marriage culture, presentation of generation, sculptors, religious monuments, mother embracing kids were framed by the lens of his camera to show the difference between the two countries. Anwar says, "My photographs are nothing but the presentation of the two faces of the moon."
Dhaka Little Theatre celebrates 25 years
Cultural Correspondent
In 1978, a few young theatre activists began a theatre group exclusively for the younger generation, calling it the Dhaka Little Theatre. Since then, they have crossed 25 years, filled with a vast number of successful stage work to their name. The group recently celebrated their 25th year at the Drik Gallery where all the old- members also got a chance to re-unite with the new ones.
The program began with a silent remembrance of Late Najma Jasmine Chowdhury and Late Faria Lara, active members of the theatre group. This was followed by a few words on the achievements made by the group by Sirajul Islam Chowdhury and Fayez Ahmed. Later on, there were little productions, singing and recitation to entertain the members and the visitors. Right before lunch was served, several video shots were shown on the VCR, going back to 1990 to the theatre's 12th anniversary.
While speaking to one of the organisers who had actually started this group 25 years ago, Morshed said, that this group was his dream, which he is still trying to develop further for the children of this country. Very soon they plan to bring out yet another production early next year, so new applicants are very much welcome.