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Film: Legendary actress Shabana

Shabana

Md Abdul Mannan

A young girl entered Dhallywood in the sixties. The said girl is no other than Shabana, who earned tremendous popularity within a very short period.

Shabana first appeared in 1967 in the film 'Chakori' directed by Ehtesham as main co-actress with another renowned actress Reshma. In the film, Nadim played the role of main actor.

Till then, Shabana was known as Ratna, her family name. The talent and commercial director Ehtesham gave her the name 'Shabana', thinking that it would establish her commercially. Shabana proved the director's idea true and soon occupied a special place in the Dhaka film Industry by her superb acting. She reached the hearts of millions of cine-goers and remained their idol till she bade good-bye to the film world. It is true that no second actress could proudly stride like Shabana for such a long time in Dhallywood. She proved that she was second to none. She acted in as many as 400 films and almost all of them hit the box-offices. She acted with Razzak, Subash Dutta, Rahman, Syed Hasan Imam, Uzzal, Alamgir, ATM Shamsuzzaman, Khasru, Sohel Rana and Jashim.

Shabana-Alamgir pair was cast in over 100 films, every film earning a good profit. This pair was considered as the most successful one after Razzak-Kabari. In truth very few among the cine-goers missed the film acted by Shabana. They used to call her 'beauty queen.' The Shabana-Alamgir pair created a special image in the rural areas. Her mentionable films are 'Abuj Mon,’ 'Dui Paisar Alta,’ 'Madhu Milon,’ 'Madhumita,’ 'Nupur,’ 'Anubhob,’ 'Satya Mithya,’ 'Chanpa Danger Bou,’ 'Putra Badhu,’ 'Shohag,’ 'Laxmir Sangsar,’ 'Chhutir Ghanta,’ 'Monihar,’ 'Anurager Chhowa,’ 'Badhu Biday,’ 'Nasib,’ 'Usila, Moroner Pore,’ 'Judge Barrister,’ 'Shashon,’ 'Banglar Badhu,’ 'Bhabhir Sangshar,’ 'Shamir Adesh,’ 'Don,’ and 'Nanad Bhabi.’ She successfully ornamented different characters viz. lover, wife, bhabi, servant, mother, bandit etc. Every role she reflected successfully. During her long career, Shabana never fell back, rather, remained ahead of all by dint of acting capacity, sincerity, punctuality and professional faithfulness. She received a number of awards including National Film Award and Special Award. Now she has been living in the USA with her family members. Shabana is no more in the film world but still alive in the hearts of the millions. Now our film industry has been suffering from actress like her though many new faces are found nowadays.

Bollywood: Tracing her steps t.

Nandita Das

Nandita Das, whose directorial debut Firaaq is already creating a buzz in the industry, says that film direction for her is a way of venting her all her 'accumulated angst and desire'.

"I don't even remember when the seeds of this film were sown. I guess it had to do with a day when I woke up one to find that the newspapers were filled up with stories of violence," says Nandita.

The debut director now goes off on a complete tangent…well at least for the Bollywood filmi crowd. Decipher it if you can, we couldn't. "It also had to do with conversations about identity and the notion of the 'other' that would soon turn into arguments, polarising people instantly," she says. Nandita goes on, "It probably even went back to growing up in a liberal secular environment and gradually finding oneself in the midst of prejudices, thrusted identities and the many 'isms' that make one feel alone and alienated. The sadness, the anger, the helplessness kept growing and a compelling desire to share all those stories with a larger group of people started taking roots. I needed this catharsis. I didn't start out looking for a story that I could direct, instead the stories found met"

But now that Nandita has taken up directing, will acting take a backseat? "I have always enjoyed doing different things and I hope to continue that. I don't see any reason why one has to make choices between this and that when one can potentially do this and that together. I have never really planned my life, even though I believe that every choice you make leads you to the next crossroad," she says.

Well, this basically means she wants to continue doing both of them. "If there are stories that compel me to direct, I will. But, as of now, I am just working towards taking Firaaq to as many audiences I can. I am also reading a few scripts that have come my way.

I hope to get back to acting soon and also my Human Rights work, which has been neglected in the last few months," Nandita ends.

Hollywood: Madonna and A-Rod in sex-tape scandal

Madonna

Zee News

As if reports about an affair with baseball star Alex Rodriguez were not enough, Madonna now has to deal with a cameraman who claims that he has in his possession a sex tape of the pop icon and A-Rod. The cameraman is willing to sell the tape to the highest bidder, with the selling price starting at a whopping 1 million pounds. The footage, he claims, was shot with a hidden camera in an apartment Madge and Rodriguez used for clandestine trysts in the afternoon. But legal experts say that the plan could backfire for the man himself, for he could end up facing prosecution for voyeurism and burglary. One expert said: "If footage was obtained in this way it would be an outrageous invasion of privacy."

"But more than that he would not have had his friend's consent to install the camera and must have entered the apartment without approval to hide it. That is burglary. "He would be prima facie guilty of voyeurism. Instead of making a million he'd be going to jail for a few years.

Festival: 2 young Bangladeshi filmmakers participate Iranian film festival

Entertainment Desk

Two Bangladeshi young filmmakers recently attended the 22nd Hamedan International Film Festival in Iran.

In the film festival, reputed and well-known filmmakers were invited to judge short films while child jury members were called to evaluate full-length adult films. Hamedan is an old part of the city in Iran.

From Bangladesh Arjo Sreshtho and Shiropa Purna, prize-winning young directors, attended the festival to represent the country.

There were 25 children from 13 countries, apart from 10 adults. While the prizes were given at Hamedan, the selections were done in Tehran.

This was disclosed at a press conference at Bengal Café in the city recently.

In the conference, Arjo said, "It was a great opportunity for me to see that part of the Middle East. I found the cities beautiful and the people hospitable and cheerful. I had gone there to judge films with other children and adults from different parts of the world, like Italy, Germany and Spain."

"I made friends with the other young jurists and spoke to the adults, from where I gained a lot of experiences," she said.

They had to judge more than 15 films from Indonesia, Iran, Italy and Germany.

After the discussion a documentary film, made by Arjo, on their visit to Iran was screened at the conference.

TV Watch: Mayur Bahon on Channel 1

Entertainment Desk

TV serial 'Mayur Bahon' will air on Channel 1 at 8:15 pm today. The cast includes Shampa Reza, Azad Abul Kalam, Tomalika, Intekhab Dinar, Sumaiya Shimu, Shams Sumon, Mir Sabbir, Rahmat Ali, Tushar Khan, Lutfar Rahman George, Khairul Alam Sabuj, Afroza Banu and Golam Farida Chhanda.

The plot of the story revolves around the inhabitants of the village Basantapur. The village is like any other, and the people there are quite simple yet unique. At the centre of the story, was a club, which organised a play for the villagers.

Young and old alike, work to produce a successful play, which reflect the simple dreams of the villagers. The story is marked with several incidents such as the people of Basantapur in search of a female artiste for their play.

Written by Pantha Shahriar, the serial was directed by Rulin Rahman. The serial is aired every Monday and Tuesday on Channel 1.

Manna’s last movie in sensor

Entertainment Desk

Boroloker Jamai, last movie of late hero Manna, is now in sensor board. Manna died after three days of completion of works of the movie.

PA Kajol is the director of the movie under the banner of Omi Chalachitra. The film is based on social drama and action.

Besides Manna, Nipun, Misha Sawdagor, Miju Ahmed, Sujata, Kazi Hayat and Boby performed in different roles in the movie. The film is waiting for release. It is now in sensor board.

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