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Event: Cultural function of Western College held

Entertainment Report

The certificate giving ceremony of free Basic English course and cultural function of the Western College was held at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of the Public Library in the city on July 5.

Prof Bashirul Haque, Principal of Dhaka City College, was present as chief guest at the function, while Prof Dr Sirajul Haque, Member of the NSTC and former secretary of the Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board, was present as special guest on the occasion. Md Sirajul Islam, assistant Secretary (Administration), of the Secretary and Higher Secondary Education Board, Dhaka, Eng Md Hamidul Haque, Chairman of the college, Tanveer Haque, Director of the college, Akram Hossain Khan, teachers, students, among others, were present at the ceremony.

Movie: South Asian film co-production takes shape at SAFF

Press Trust of India

One of the major achievements of the four-day South Asian Film Festival (SAFF), which comes to an end here on Monday, is taking shape of an inter-country joint venture film production.

Sri Lanka's filmmaker Buddhi Kirtisena, Pakistan's Siraj-ul-Haque, Tanveer Husseini from Bangladesh, Abdul Latifi from Afghanistan have joined hands to make a film which will in all probability be a love story traversing five countries in the South Asian region.

"From India, the director will be either Pooja Bhatt or Sudhir Mishra," Manoj Srivastav, CEO of the Entertainment Society of Goa (ESG) said here on Monday. He said the story idea and concept is in a preliminary stage. "The story will follow the protagonist across the five countries. Each director will shoot in another country enabling him to catch a glimpse of it in his lenses from his perspective," he added.

According to Srivastav, the Indian director will shoot a 20-minute portion in Pakistan, Bangladesh filmmaker will film his part in India, Sri Lankan director will shoot in Bangladesh and Pakistani director may shoot in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan actress Khatera Yousufi will be one of the casts in the film. He said the Indian portion of the film would be shot in Goa. "ESG will provide all necessary help in terms of infrastructure to the project," he added. SAFF Goa has provided the filmmakers a platform to collaborate on newer ideas. "The process of executing the project is likely to take shape in two months time," he added.

When contacted, Pakistani filmmaker Siraj-ul-haque said the story idea was still in development stage. "We are yet to decide as to which country the protagonist will belong. It will be a love story which will track one person from the eyes of five different filmmakers belonging to five different countries," he added.

Afghani filmmaker Abdul Hameed Latifi told PTI that the script should be ready in two months time.

"We all have agreed to be in touch through email and discuss the story idea further. From India, in all probability, it will be Pooja Bhatt who will be on board. She is extremely interested in the concept and is based in Goa. Besides, the Indian portion will be shot in this state," he added.

Secretary General of South Asia Foundation Rahul Barua said the film would be produced under the banner of the foundation who will arrange for the funds. Latifi is extremely confident that the project will take shape and see the light of the day. "It is difficult but not impossible. A concrete idea should come up in about two months," he felt.

TV Watch: Char Bioscope on Channel 1 tonight

Entertainment Desk

Dhankora is an organised village. Four friends - Hira, Manik, Polash and Bidhu - brought up in this village. They do their all works together including study, singing, even chatting. After completing their college education they could not reach in the higher study. Though they have no higher education, but they have their own talents to do something. Some of them in expert with playing flute, while some other was expert in writing script of drama. For this reason, villagers known them as 'Char Bioscope.' They were familiar to the villagers by this name.

They were passing their days happily. But Chairman of the village and his associations became anger with them. They did not accept their bohemian lives. They believed that their bohemian lives could influence the young generation. But the four bioscopes believed that they would become best artists in the long run. As a result, they started psychological fight with the village's Chairman. But the Chairman did not like it. In the meantime, the four bioscopes won the hearts of the villagers by their performances. This is the story of 'Char Bioscope.'

Starring: Ataur Rahman, Amal Bose, Parvin Mahbuba, Shirin Alam, Saju Khadem, Pran Roy, Raunak Hasan, Shoeb, Farah Ruma, Mukti, Shuvo, Monira Yusuf Memy, Abdullah Rana, Ferdousi Ara Bonya, Rakhi Momtaz, Tanya Biswas, Geetashri Devi and Mizan.

Time: Each Wednesday on 8:15pm on Channel 1.

Event : Borsha Boron Kabita Utsab in Gazipur

Entertainment Desk

To celebrate rainy season Gazipur district branch of Jatiya Kabita Parishad organised 'Borsha Boron Kabita Utsab at the Reporters Club premises in Gazipur on July 5.

Poet Wahid Akanda chaired the function, while poet MA Farid presented poetry on rainy season.

Lyricist MR Manju, President of Jatiya Geeti Kobi Parishad, was present as chief guest, while poet Adv Hedayet Ullah Sarker, poet Babu Ashoke Kumar Das, Rahman Mazid, Arzu Azhar, Rakat Ullah, M Ahad Bhawali, Adv Ataur Rahman Akash, Rubina Momtaz, Mir Abdul Hai Mahmud, Sheikh Md Asad Ullah, among others, recited poetries on the occasion.

Event: Cultural function to raise funds for Samudra Gupta

Entertainment Report

To raise funds for the ailing poet Samudra Gupta a cultural function was held at Shawkat Osman Auditorium of the Public Library in the city recently.

Music and poetry recitation was included in the programme jointly organised by Scholars Publishers and Sangbrita.

Poet Nirmalendu Goon and Asaduzzaman Noor spoke at the programme Asaduzzaman Noor said, "Samudra is a poet and is now fighting for life at a hospital in Bangalore. We do not want to loose him at this age."

"It is encouraging to see a lot of people who stand by the poet buying tickets. I hope, more funds raising programmes for Samudra will be organised," he said. Nirmalendu Goon said, "We are optimistic that Samudra will be back among us again…after a successful operation he now feels better." He handed a cheque of Tk 70,000, collected from ticket selling, to Swapna Samudra. Jatiya Kabita Parishad earlier came up with a generous move to spend its savings for the ailing poet, alongside working for raising funds for his treatment. The Parishad also urged all to come forward to help save the life of the poet. Artistes Dilara Khan Rupa and Mahidul Islam performed at the function. Samudra Gupta, a prominent figure in contemporary Bengali poetry, also a founding member and former general secretary of Jatiya Kabita Parishad, was admitted to BIRDEM Hospital on May 5 and he was shifted to Square Hospital on May 17. He has been suffering from cancer. The dilemma of the poet came to light when poet Nirmalendu Goon wrote an article in a Bengali daily with an appeal for standing beside the family of Samudra Gupta.

Born in Sirajganj in 1946, Samudra is author to a number of poetry collections.

He was awarded a number of literary prizes for his contribution to Bengali poetry. Students of the Institute of Fine Arts of Dhaka University also held exhibitions of paintings, photos and films to raise funds for the poet.

Bollywood: Thoda skin thoda name change: Amisha

Entertainment Desk

Amisha Patel got the title of 'Sexy Avatar' after seducing Saif Ali Khan in Thoda Pyaar Thoda Magic. The movie under Yash Raj banner proved quite helpful for Amisha. The song 'lazy lamhe' shows Amisha in her best in the entire career (we are talking about some serious skin show only).

When asked whether she is joining the queue of Soha Ali Khan, who posed for a magazine or Kareena Kapoor who managed a skin show in bikini in Tashan, the diva says, "It was the demand of the character, I am not joining any queue".

She is happy and proud to be in the film, which is portraying her new sexy and glamorous avatar.

Well, leaving the flaunted words apart, she's not sure if she really is looking hot in the movie. "You will have to watch the movie to figure out that I certainly have worn such clothes for the first time, " giggles Amisha.

Amisha has always been giving the media personnel a reason to peep into her personal life. After breaking off with Vikram Bhatt, she has already found her new guy, 'Kanav Puri', who's a Delhi based businessman.

We even heard that Amisha has dropped her surname in her movie Thoda Pyaar Thoda magic. Hopefully, just 'Amisha' will bring her luck and bag her some roles in which she gets to act rather than revealing her skin.