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Festival: TRAB telefilm festival in Oct

Speakers at the press conference at the National
Press Club: NN Photo

Staff Reporter

The first Television Reporters Association of Bangladesh (TRAB) will be held from October 19 to 23 at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of the Public Library in the city.

A total of 20 films will be screened during the five-day long festival. This was disclosed at a press conference organised by TRAB at the National Press Club on Tuesday. Surid Jahangir, Falguni Hamid, Kazi Hayat, Kayes Chowdhury and Matin Rahman, among others, were present at the conference.

Surid said the TRAB will screen four plays everyday and will give awards in some categories on the closing session of the festival to promote and give encouragement to the directors and artistes.

A board will be formed to select the films for the festival. Members of the board will be Falguni Hamid, M Hamid, Kayes Chowdhury, Kazi Hayat, Anupam Hayat, Akhtaruzzaman, Motin Rahman, Shibli Sadik, Chinmoy Mutsuddi, Kaikobad Milon, Abdur Rahman, Mohammad Awlad Hossain, Mujtaba Saud and Rezanur Rahman, said the organisers.

TV Show: Drama serial Brishtir jonno tonight

Ferdousi Majumder, Shahiduzzaman Selim and Tropa
Majumder in Brishtir jonno

Entertainment Desk

Ntv will air new drama serial 'Brishtir jonno' at 9:45pm today.

Pantha Shahriar has scripted the 26-episode drama serial, while Amlan Biswas has directed it.

Aupi Karim, Abul Hayat, Ferdousi Majumder, Tropa Majumder, Shahiduzzaman Selim, Shams Sumon, Shatabdi Wadud, Intekhab Dinar, Raunak Hasan, among others, performed in the serial.

Story of Brishtir jonno:

Brishti is an ordinary girl in the city.

Only a job can give her relief from many problems. The story of the serial based on true images of the society.

TV Watch: Banglavision airs Samudrajol tonight

Shahriar Nazim Joy and Bonya Mirza in
Samudrajol

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.

Celebrity News: Afzal opens Alvira’s beauty care

Entertainment Report

Popular film actor and television personality Afzal Hossain recently inaugurated the second branch of 'Alvira,' a ladies and gents beauty parlour in Dhanmondi in the city.

Murad Iqbal Chowdhury, Managing Director of Alvira, other officials of the parlour, among others, were present on the occasion. Alvira's beauty care will provide various beauty and skin care related facilities including skin treatment, facial, fashion colour, body message pedicure, hair cut and style hair treatment and bridal.

Hollywood: Nicollette Sheridan, Michael Bolton end engagement

AP, Los Angeles

Nicollette Sheridan and Michael Bolton have ended their engagement. The split was amicable, said Nicole Perna, a publicist for the pair. The 44-year-old actress and 55-year-old singer have been engaged since March 2006. They first started dating in 1992 and spent five years together, Perna said, then rekindled their romance in 2005.

Sheridan plays Edie Britt on ABC's 'Desperate Housewives.' Bolton won Grammy awards in 1989 and 1991 for male pop vocal performance. The couple's split was first reported by People.com.

Bollywood: Tanushree has no confidence in director Shona

Tanushree Dutta

IANS, Mumbai

Former Miss India Tanushree Dutta is upset with Shona Urvashi, the director of her forthcoming film 'Saas Bahu Aur Sensex,' and says she has no confidence in the filmmaker's ability to deliver a hit. "Shona Urvashi's first film ('Chupke Se') was a disaster. Nobody knows about her first film. This is her second film. I hope she makes a better film this time," Tanushree told IANS.

The actress, who reportedly had an argument with Urvashi on the sets, hasn't seen the film yet but doubts whether it will shape up well.

Asked why she signed the film in the first place, Tanushree said: "I signed because Warner Brothers, who are producing the film, had approached me. Warner Brothers is an international giant; so I could not refuse them." After winning the Miss India title in 2004, Tanushree forayed into Bollywood with "Aashiq Banaya Aapne" in 2005. In the last three years she has featured in movies like "Chocolate ", "Bhagam Bhag", "Risk", "Dhol" and "Speed". Though she didn't have a great experience working with Urvashi, Tanushree does have some good memories of the film, thanks to her senior co-stars in "Saas Bahu Aur Sensex". The actress was teamed up with veterans like Farooque Sheikh, Kirron Kher and Lilette Dubey. "They are senior actors with a lot of experience. I had a great learning experience while working with them in the movie," Tanushree said. Besides, the character that she plays in the film also fascinated her. "I am playing a character which is more real and underplayed. It has been an experimental experience as I have done something which I had never done before."