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Contest: Magic tin chakar taroka on ATN Bangla from Sep 1

Folk artiste Momtaz, Asaduzzaman Noor, Dr Momtaz
Begum and contestants of the Magic tin chakar taroka on ATN
Bangla.

Sheikh Arif Bulbon

Magic Tin Chakar Taroka, a talent hunt contest for the rickshaw-pullers and CNG drivers, started its journey on June 9. Shishir Bindu, a social welfare organisation, arranged the contest with the rickshaw-pullers of Mirpur area. Munni Saha went there to cover a report on the contest. The organisation had no big plan about the contest. Members of the organisation had not ability to run the contest.

Shishir Salman and ZA Tushar of Shishir Bindu spent their own money and tagged a leaflet with the slogan 'Gaite hobe gola chhere' on the backside of the rickshaws. About 3,000 rickshaw-pullers registered their names to see the leaflets. The organisation took Tk 35 from each rickshaw-puller as registration fees. About 150 rickshaw-pullers gathered at Mirpur on June 9 to compete in the selection round. Different television channels aired their activities and inspirations. Then ATN Bangla came forward and extended hands to bear all costs of the contest. Then Square Toiletries Ltd came to sponsor the event. Then it named 'Magic tin chakar taroka.' Shishir Bindu coordinated the whole event. In cooperation with Magic the primary round was held at four venues in the city. This is the background history of the contest of 'Magic tin chakar taroka' for the rickshaw-pullers.

Some 107 contestants were selected to compete in the second round. ATN Bangla will organise the planning and direction of gala round of the five episodes. Twenty contestants will perform in the gala round by two parts. Then 10 will be selected for the next round. Then five will be selected and finally three contestants will be awarded as 'Best Three.' Then audience and viewers will select the 'Tin chakar taroka' by SMS voting. The winner will get Tk one lakh cash and best 10 will get Th 15,000 each. A solo album will be released with the songs of the best performer and a mixed album will be released with the songs of 10 best performers, said the organisers.

The first episode of the contest to be aired on ATN Bangla at 8:45pm on September 1. Out of 20 contestants, 10 will perform in this round. The rest 10 will perform on the next Monday. Noted theatre personality and actor Asaduzzaman Nur will moderate the show. This will be the first job as moderator for him. He has agreed to moderate the show to encourage these labour class honoured persons. Folk artiste Momtaz will be also present as guest judge at the show. She did not give any mark. She will be present only for encouraging them (the contestants) till the last day of the event.

ZA Tushar and Dr Momtaz Begum Momota, teacher of the Department of Music of UODA, will be present as judges in the contest. They have been performing as judges from the beginning of the contest. Munni Saha will coordinate and direct the whole programme on ATN Bangla.

TV Watch: Aim in Life on Ntv tonight

Raunak Hassan and Tinni in Aim in life

Entertainment Desk

New drama serial 'Aim in Life' to be aired on Ntv at 8:15pm today. The serial is being aired on the channel every Saturday and Sunday. Masud Sezan has scripted and directed the drama serial.

Moshrraf Karim, Kushum Sikder, Raunak Hassan, Tinni, Nafiza, Saju Muntasir, Nafa, Shirin Alam, Rifat Chowdhury, Abdullah Rana, Kochi Khondaker and others performed in different characters in the serial.

Besides, former national cricketer Khaled Masud Pilot, singer SI Tutul and musician Jewel Aich has performed as guest characters in the serial.

Theatre: Regional theatre camp begins in Dinajpur

Dinajpur Correspondent

A three-day Dinajpur regional theatre camp for children and youth organized by Regenerative Action for Kaleidoscope Human Activity and Learning (RAKHAL) was inaugurated at Setabganj in Dinajpur yesterday.

Twenty theatre groups are participating in the theatre camp.

SM Mohsin, actor and Adviser of the People's Theatre Association (PTA) inaugurated the camp at Thana Parishad Auditorium in Dinajpur.

Umar Faruk Chowdhury, Chairman of Setabganj Pourasava, was present as chief guest at the inauguration, while Liaquat Ali Lucky, Secretary General of PTA, chaired the session.

Four theatre groups from Panchagarh, five from Thakurgaon, 10 from Dinajpur and one from Dhaka are taking part in the camp.

Bollywood’s Hari Puttar film sparks lawsuit

Agency, India

Bollywood producers set to release a film called 'Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors' are working to fend off a lawsuit filed by Warner Brothers that claims the movie title hews too closely to their mega-famous boy wizard franchise.

While Bollywood films often borrow liberally from Western movies, producers of 'Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors' say their movie bears no resemblance to any film in the 'Harry Potter' series.

"There is absolutely nothing to link 'Hari Puttar' with 'Harry Potter," said Munish Purii, Chief Executive Officer of Mumbai-based producer Mirchi Movies. Hari is a common name in India and 'puttar' is Punabji for son, he said.

TV Serial: Apon ghore porobash

Deepa Khondaker in Apon ghore porobash

Entertainment Desk

New drama serial 'Apon ghore porobash' to be aired on Rtv at 9:40pm today. Aftab Bin Tamiz has scripted the drama, while Kaisar Ahmed has directed it.

Shahiduzzaman Selim, Tania Ahmed, Shoeb, Joy, Deepa Khondaker, ATM Shamsuzzaman, Chitralekha Guha, Faruk Ahmed and others performed in the drama serial.

Story of Apon ghore porobash:

Bikar Khan is the head of a high-class family. He has his wife Ayna Begum and two daughters - Antora and Sanchari, two servants and brother-in-law. Whole family is a parliament. Monir and Imran, who completed their study recently, were searching jobs and house in the city. They moved elsewhere in the city. Then they decided to get marriage with a daughter of a rich man. In the meantime, Bikar Khan declared that a man is coming from USA. But he did not disclose his name to them. At the last stage of the drama daughter of his previous wife Nila came to his house. The 26-episode drama serial will end then.

Hollywood: Lindsay Lohan lashes out at father on blog

AP, Los Angeles

Lindsay Lohan had words for her father on her blog. The 22-year-old actress lashed out at father Michael by calling him a 'public embarrassment' and a 'bully' in a MySpace blog entry posted Thursday. Earlier in the week, Michael said in an interview with E! that Lohan gal pal Samantha Ronson was 'using' his daughter.

Lohan's publicist, Leslie Sloane-Zelnik, confirmed the post by Lohan was legitimate.

"If you have something to say to me, say it to my face - that's what I have believed my whole life - don't be a coward and say it to others first, let alone all the media in the world," Lohan wrote.

The father and daughter have publicly quarrelled for years. Lohan said in the hyphen-laden blog post that she tried to make things work in hopes "of having a father again" and 'wanting things to change' despite what her mother and siblings have gone through with him.

Lohan continued: "Having said that - the people were right, and he is yet to change - but this time, without his daughter by his side - he has become a public embarrassment and a bully - to my family, my co-workers, my friends and a girl that means the world to me (it's obvious who that is)."