Over the years, an increasing number of celebrities from music, film and television have released their books at the Ekushey Book Fair. Enthusiastic fans eagerly seek out books authored by their favourite celebrities, inscribed with a personalised signature, all while hoping to catch a glimpse of the stars themselves.

Aranyo Anawer's directorial film, "Maa", will have its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival today. Prior to the premiere, the director, Aranya Anawer, and producer, Pulak Kanti, were seen in the streets of Cannes wearing panjabi and lungi.

The movie will be screened under the festival’s ‘marché du film’ (film market), at the Palais de Festivals of Cannes’s theatre, for which the director of “Maa” is currently in attendance.