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Festival: Theatre festival begins at DU

Entertainment Report

The nine-day theatre festival organised by the Department of Theatre and Music of Dhaka University (DU) was inaugurated at the Natmondal Auditorium of DU campus yesterday.

National Professor Dr Kabir Chowdhury inaugurated the festival, as chief guest, while Dr Israfil Shaheen, Chairman of the Department of Theatre and Music of DU, among others, were present on the occasion.

Dr Israfil Shaheen said, "Students of the department will direct and perform the plays in the festival. A total of 14 local and foreign plays will be staged at the festival as a part of the practical training of the students. Besides the world classics, plays written by the students will also be staged. Theatre performances are directed by the students of final year of BA (Hons) of the department. This is a part of their academic curriculum. Set, light, costumes and music are designed by the students of third year."

The play Asheshkritya, scripted and directed by Shahman Moishan, staged yesterday at the Natmondal Auditorium of DU.

The other plays to be staged at the festival are - 'Chakkhudan,' directed by Suborna Huda, and 'Biparjoy,' directed by Rehmuma Hossain, on August 13, 'Sobol Meye,' directed by Sarmin Akter, and 'Srimotir Swamir Kachhey Srimaner Mithya Bhashon,' directed by Nusrat Jahan on August 14, 'The Zoo Story,' directed by Saifuddin Md Minhaz, and 'The Room,' directed by Rabbi Ibne Siddiqui, on August 15, 'Nagmandol,' directed by Nawshin Laila Munmun, and 'Offending the Audience,' directed by Farzana Nipa, on August 17, 'Bhaluk,' directed by Mahfuza Khan, and 'Protibad,' directed by Enamul Haque Tutul, on August 18, 'Irsha,' directed by Rajib Chandra Das, and 'Metamorphosis,' directed by Abdul Quaiyum Bhuiyan, on August 19 and 'Chhayahin Kaya,' directed by Belayet Hossain on August 20, said the organisers.

TV Serial: Comedy serial Ghor Jamai on ATN Bangla tonight

Entertainment Desk

The 6th episode of comedy serial 'Ghor Jamai' to be aired on ATN Bangla at 8:40pm today.

Chairman of ATN Bangla Dr Mahfuzur Rahman has written the serial, while Chanda Mahzabin has directed it.

Azizul Hakim, Romana, Lara Lotus, Nasima Khan, Fakhrul Hasan Bairagi, Shatabdi, Dr Inamul Haque, Shahidul Alam Sacchu, Dilara Zaman, Somu Chowdhury and others performed in the drama serial.

Story of Ghor Jamai:

The story of the drama serial based on various comedy events. Mastura, owner of a house, married Golam and took him to her home.

Their daughter also got married Abul. In the family, female members dominate with the male members. The story goes on various comedy events.

TV Watch: Gulshan Avenue on Banglavision

Entertainment Desk

The daily serial 'Gulshan Avenue' to be aired at 9:45pm on Banglavision on Wednesday.

Nima Rahman has written the script of the serial directed by Syed Awlad.

Sujata, Masud Ali Khan, Tariq Anam Khan, Diti, Mou, Apurbo, KS Firoz, Lina Ahmed, Rosy Siddiqui, Sakiba, Tanjika, Shahriar Shuvo and others are being performed in the serial in various roles.

Story of Gulshan Avenue:

Ali Reza Chowdhury has three sons - Shahadat, Sharafat and Shafkat. But only Shafkat is living with him. Yasmin is wife of Shafkat. They have six children. Shamim, Nasim and Wasim. Farzana is wife of Shamim. But he is searching someone. Wasim recently got married with Samia, daughter of a rich man. Farah of this family loves promising singer Kabir. But his parents want to force her to give divorce to Kabir. Once some Rehana came from London and demands Tk five crore from Shafkat. The story goes on with various climaxes and dramas.

TV Show: Siddika Kabir’s Recipe

Entertainment Desk

Popular cooking related programme 'Siddika Kabir's Recipe' to be aired on Ntv at 8:15pm today.

Prof Siddika Kabir and Sharmin Lucky have jointly moderated the programme.

In every episode, a guest has to be invited to perform in the show.

Then Siddika Kabir presents her cooking. Sara Zaker and Abdullah Rana have directed the programme.

Recitation: Swanan’s recitation evening held

Entertainment Report

Swanan, a recitation group, organised a recitation evening at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shil-pakala Academy in the city recently.

The recitation group presented poems on monsoon.

Naima Siddika, Farhadur Rahman, Ananya Laboni, Shyamali Sultana, Aditi Sadiya Rahman, Abdullah Al Mamun, Kamal Chowdhury, among others, took part in the recitation.

Artistes recited poems of Rabindranath Tagore, Joy Goshwami, Nirmalendu Goon, Vidyapati, Buddhadev Basu, Shamsur Rahman, Mahadeb Saha, Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah and Dhirendranath Chakrabarti.

They started the recitation by reciting Tagore's 'Barsha Mongal' in chorus and later they recited individually.

Hollywood: Angelina steps into Tom Cruise’s shoes

Los Angeles, Agency

The espionage thriller Edwin A Salt, originally intended as a vehicle for Mission: Impossible hero Tom Cruise, is being rewritten for Angelina Jolie now that Cruise is no longer attached, variety reports.

Jolie has not yet signed on to the picture, but she is reportedly close to a deal and changes are already underway in hopes that all will go according to plan. The Bone Collector helper Philip Noyce will still direct, but the film, about a CIA agent who's accused of spying for the Russians, will get a new title.

Cruise and several other actors had been eyeing the project, but after Cruise fell through it was Jolie's interest that got Columbia Pictures seriously thinking about a rewrite.

And then, what with her previous success as a gun-toting bad-ass in Mr & Mrs Smith ($186 million at the box office) and her latest success with kicking ass in Wanted ($132.6 million), the studio must have figured, Why not?

Jolie's next big-screen appearance will be in Clint Eastwood's Changeling, in theatres October 24, but this now-untitled thriller would conceivably mark the mother of six's return to moviemaking following the birth of her twins last month.

Bollywood: Shooting 'Bachna Ae Haseeno’ was an adventure: Minissha Lamba

A ride on the highest roller coaster, zooming on bikes and venturing into the sea - Bollywood actress Minissha Lamba has done it all with co-star Ranbir Kapoor while shooting for "Bachna Ae Haseeno".

"We did a whole lot of things while shooting for the film including riding on the highest roller-coaster in the world. We also rode on huskies and bikes. In fact, one day Ranbir and I were asked to step into the seawater for a scene. We were dreading it, but our director insisted and so we had to do that as well," Minissha said here.

The actress was in the capital along with director Siddharth Anand and co-stars Ranbir, Deepika Padukone and Bipasha Basu to promote "Bachna Ae Haseeno", which releases Friday. The film traces the love life of a man from the time he is 18 years old to when he is 30, and Minissha plays Ranbir's first love interest.

Talking about her role Minissha said: "Mahi is a 17-year-old girl from Amritsar who believes in a fairytale ending of a story. She has very simple expectations from life. She wants to fall in love and get married. I feel there is a little bit of Mahi in all of us." Ever since the film's promos have come, Minissha is seen as a trendsetter of sorts thanks to her unconventional, trendy and youthful look in the film. "I'm the only one who is Indianised in the film. My role is set in the year 1996 and I play a Punjabi girl. But we didn't want the look to be typically Punjabi. We wanted it to keep it funky and slightly modern.

"My character Mahi has worn patiala salwars with spaghetti tops and kurtis with capris. In fact, the patiala salwars with tops has become a rage among college students in Mumbai. I don't know about Delhi though," Minissha quipped. A Punjabi by origin, this is not the first time she has played a Punjabi girl.

"I played a Punjabi girl in Sanjay Gupta's 'Dus Kahaniyaan'. But in 'Bachna Ae Haseeno', my role is 180 degrees from that of Mini in 'Dus Kahaniyaan'."

"Mahi is a city-born and hip Punjabi girl. Her family is rich and she goes on a trip around the world unlike Mini who came from a strict rural background," she said.

Minissha, who wanted to become a journalist before entering Bollywood with "Yahaan", played a scribe in Samar Khan's "Shaurya". "Now I want to play a war correspondent," she said.

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