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Music: Solo classical soiree at Bengal

Entertainment Report

A solo classical musical soiree by Samina De Urmi, an expatriate classical artiste, was held at Bengal Shilpalaya in the city on Monday.

The artiste presented 'Thumri,' 'Ghazal' and other songs at the function.

Veteran artiste Mahmudur Rahman Benu, who is based in London at present, introduced Samina to the audience before her performance.

Luva Nahid Chowdhury, Director General of Bengal Foundation, among others, were present on the occasion.

Samina De completed her graduation in English Literature from Dhaka University. She grew up in a culturally oriented family.

She received a scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and Education of India and trained in classical music under eminent music exponent Pandit Amarnath.

She also received her lessons in 'Thumri' from the legendary Indian artiste Shova Gurtu.

She has so far performed in Britain, Switzerland, Canada, USA and India. She is also a regular classical singer on All India Radio and 'Doordarshan.'

TV Watch: Nupur on ATN Bangla tonight

Entertainment Desk

The 12th episode of drama serial 'Nupur' to be aired on ATN Bangla at 8:40pm today.

Mannan Hira made the drama under based on novel of Dr Nihar Ranjan Gupta. The drama serial has jointly scripted and directed by Aruna Biswas and Mithu Biswas.

Aruna Biswas, Pijush Bondapaddhya, Shoeb, Mishti and Mousumi Biswas performed in lead roles in the serial.

Story of Nupur:

Amit and Monimala are husband and wife. Amit bought an old almirah from a jamindar house to maintain the request from his wife Monimala. When the almirah was brought in the house, some sounds of Nupur were found. But once a beautiful lady came from the almirah. The story continues with many mysterious events.

TV Serial: Lukochuri

Entertainment Desk

Drama serial 'Lukochuri' to be aired on Rtv at 11:00pm on August 14. Diponkar Dipon has scripted and directed the serial where Tarik Anam Khan, Tania Ahmed, Elora Gawhar and Tony Dais performed in lead roles.

Story of Lukochuri:

Dr Sadman Kabir is an eminent physician living with his wife Sushmita Kabir and only daughter Mouri. But he has so cool relationship with his daughter. Every night Mouri and Sushmita play hide and seek before going to bed. Once Mouri faced accident in the bathroom and lost her memory. The story continues with some ambiguous and mysterious events.

Celebrity News: Aupi in Brishtir Jonno

Entertainment Desk

NTV is going to air new drama serial 'Brishtir Jonno' from August 14 at 9:45pm. Pantha Shahriar has written the serial, while Amlan Biswas has directed it. Popular actress Aupi Karim will perform in the lead role in the serial.

Besides, Aupi Abul Hayat, Ferdousi Majumder, Tropa Majumder, Shahiduzzaman Selim, Shams Sumon, Shatabdi Wadud, Intekhab Dinar and Raunak Hasan will perform in different roles in the drama serial.

Story of Brishtir Jonno:

Brishti is a normal girl living in Dhaka city. She needs a job to survive her family. To get the job she has to face so many realities in the society. As female she has to face many problems. The story will continue with many events.

TV Show: Banglavision airs Samudrajol tonight

Entertainment Desk

Banglavision will air drama serial 'Samudrajol' at 8:25pm on Thursday.

Mohan Khan and Sohel Arman have jointly scripted and directed the serial.

Gazi Rakayet, Lutfar Rahman George, Shahed Sharif Khan, Shahriar Nazim Joy, Sohel Arman, Litu Anam, Arman Parvez Murad, Bonya Mirza, Saju Khadem, Chandni, Tanima Hamid, Sharmin Shila, Ria, Nisho, Sajal, Rashed Khan, Rahi, Tania and others performed in the serial.

Story of Samudrajol:

Russo and Odhora loved each other and got married. They went to Coxes Bazaar and lost their money. Russo then wanted to back Dhaka. Then he lost his memory in a road accident. In the meantime, Odhora was waiting for his return. The story went on with various climaxes.

Event: Falguni Nritya Academy presents Rupban nache komor dolaiya

Entertainment Report

Falguni Nritya Academy presented its 7th production 'Rupban nache komor dolaiya' at the WAPDA Auditorium in Motijheel in the city recently.

The dance performance started with the slogan for curbing corruption, terrorism and drugs and also creating awareness about AIDS.

Md Manjur Alam Alamgir chaired the function, while Abdul Kadir Khan, Chairman of Kopotaksha Co Ltd, was present as chief guest.

Ashraf Uddin Khan, educationist, among others, were present on the occasion.

Some 30-dance performance was held under the choreography of founder of the academy and dance director Emon Chowdhury Sumon.

Conversation of TV artiste Rashedul Awal Shaon and Iqbal Hasan Hridoy on 'Mama-bhaginar modhur alapan' enchanted the audience.

Besides Emon Chowdhury, film actress Ria, model Karina, dance artistes Shakil, Zinnah, Saidul, Sathi, Mohua and others performed dance in the show.

Paris Hilton sued over lack of publicity for film

Miami, Agency

Paris Hilton didn't do enough pledging for a 2006 sorority comedy, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Worldwide Entertainment Group Inc. filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Miami, alleging the 27-year-old model-actress-heiress owes $75,000 in damages for not fulfilling promotional obligations. Hilton entered into an agreement in 2004 for the production and distribution of the movie "National Lampoon's Pledge This!," according to the lawsuit. Hilton starred in the film and received credit as an executive producer.

The Miami-based concern said it paid Hilton and her company, Paris Hilton Entertainment Inc., $1 million for "Hilton's acting services" and for "reasonable promotion and publicity" for the movie, which was released in 2006 and featured Hilton as the president of an exclusive sorority.

Bollywood: Hollywood knows only Aishwarya: Bipasha

SantaBanta.Com

Bollywood's dusky beauty Bipasha Basu has carved a niche for herself in Hindi cinema and says she has no intentions of going to Hollywood because filmmakers there are familiar with only one Indian actor - Aishwarya Rai. "No filmmakers of Hollywood are willing to sign any Bollywood actor without a screen test apart from Aishwarya. They seem to know no Hindi film actors, not even Amitabh Bachchan, " Bipasha told.

"I got a chance to go there, but I found out that I will have start again from scratch like screen tests and other tantrums. They treat you like a newcomer. So I decided to stay in Mumbai and be the 'queen' here, " said the actress who was in town to promote "Bachna Ae Haseeno". Talking about the film with newcomer Ranbir Kapoor, Bipasha said she signed on because she hadn't done a romantic movie for quite some time. "I haven't done an out-an-out romantic film for a long time so when I heard the script of this film, I found it a little fresh. "I play Radhika, who comes all the way from Ranchi to Mumbai to become an actor. But she ends up being a member of (choreographer) Shiamak Davar's dance troupe." Bipasha doesn't seem to mind sharing screen space with two other actresses - Minissha Lamba and Deepika Padukone in the film..