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Drama Serial: Baishakh theke Srabon

Apurbo and Tarin in drama serial Baishakh theke
Srabon

Entertainment Desk

New drama serial 'Baishakh theke Srabon' to be aired on Ntv at 9:45pm on Monday. Faria Hossain has scripted and Chayanika Chowdhury has directed the serial.

Tarin, Apurbo, Hillol, Nova, Nirob, Nirob (RJ), Homaira Himu, Sharmily Ahmed, Masud Ali Khan, Keya Chowdhury, Dipali and others performed in the serial.

Story of Baishakh theke Srabon:

The drama is based on relationship between a grandmother and her three granddaughters.

Ups and down of the relationship between Sajal and Sathi is the main theme of the serial. Human being is emotional.

Sometimes misunderstanding makes the situation bad top all. Sajal and Sathi are friends. They love each other.

They face many problems. But their love does not end. It continues from Baishakh to Srabon.

TV Show: Swapnamongal on 40-episode

Sajal and co-artiste in drama serial Swapnamongal on
ATN Bangla tonight

Entertainment Desk

The 40-episode of drama serial 'Swapnamongal' to be aired on ATN Bangla at 8:00pm today.

Saiful Bari has scripted the drama and Kamal Khan has directed the serial.

Zahid Hasan, Toukir Ahmed, Tony Dayes, Ahmed Rubel, Shams Sumon, Diti, Srabonti, Bonya Mirza, Shrabosti Dutta Tinni, Nadia, Sajal, Swagata, Wahida Mollik Jolly, Dolly Zahur, Fazlur Rahman Babu, Pijush Bondapaddhya, Mahmud Sajjad, among others, performed in the serial in various roles.

Story of Swapnamongal:

Our society is facing various problems everyday. The society is divided into two opposite directions - financial and social values. In elite class society, children are engaging in ill competition and follow the western culture. This trend makes the society problematic. In the meantime, there is a well organized and education class in the society. This society has its won traditional values. This two opposite societies are the main theme of the story of the drama serial 'Swapnamongal.'

TV Watch: Banglavision airs Confident Salt Amader Rannaghar

Parvin Sultana Diti in Confident Salt Amader
Rannaghar

Entertainment Desk

Cooking related programme 'Confident Salt Amader Rannaghar' to be aired on Banglavision at 9:05pm on Monday.

Parvin Sultana Diti will moderate the programme, while Ushnish Chakraborti has produced it.

In every episode, a celebrity takes part in the show and presents recipe of an item. An invited guest also presents in the show to present his or her own recipe.

Besides, other regular events including 'Rannaghar tips' will be also presented in the show.

Movie: Taichung to host 45th Golden Horse Film Awards

Agency

Taichung will host the 2008 (45th) Golden Horse Film Awards Ceremony. A film festival related to the awards will be held in November. Previously, the city held the 41st Golden Horse Film Awards on December 4, 2004.

"Taichung is the birthplace of Taiwan cinema," said Mayor Jason Hu at an August 24 press conference held to unveil the upcoming movie festival. "We are hoping to become a movie-friendly city by hosting this movie festival."

The film industry is a valuable piece of Taiwan's culture heritage; the central and city governments should fund initiatives that encourage young people to enter the business, said the mayor.

Hu also signed a contract with Liao Jr-de, president of the Motion Picture Development Foundation ROC, to officially take responsibility to host the movie festival. Chen Chih-kuan, director of the Department of Motion Picture Affairs of the Government Information Office and Golden Horse Festival and Awards Chairwoman Peggy Chiao witnessed the signing.

Chiao bestowed an honorary Golden Horse trophy to Lin Chi-ling, a popular Taiwanese model, in recognition of her role as the official spokesperson for the 2008 Golden Horse Awards, hoping that Lin's popularity will attract more people to participate in the festival's events. The trophy was handcrafted by Loretta Yang, founder of Liuligongfang, a world-famous Taiwan-based glass studio devoted to artistic Chinese glassware.

Lin, who was extremely excited to take on the role of spokesperson, successfully transformed herself from a supermodel into an actress after starring in John Woo's epic film "Red Cliff" earlier this year. Her maiden role as the hostess of a major international ceremony occurred at the Golden Horse Awards ceremony four years ago in Taichung. Now four years later, Lin will shoot trailers for the Golden Horse Awards and film festival free of charge.

The 2008 Golden Horse Film Festival will be held at the Vie Show Cinemas Taichung Durban from November 22nd to December 4th. There will also be an exhibition of the works of famous Taiwanese director Lee Hsing's on the 13th floor of the Chungyo Department Store in Taichung City from November 21 to December 7, and a seminar on his films.

TV Programme: 100-episode of Ashepasher manush

Entertainment Desk

The 100-episode of report based programme 'Ashepasher manush' to be aired on ATN Bangla at 6:25pm today.

The programme is based on lifestyle and activities of different professionals.

Biplob Rahman has scripted the programme, while Nusrat Rumana has moderated it.

In our everyday life, we found many common faces around us. Sometimes these faces become uncommon to us. Of them, many persons select varieties professions. Their pains, patience, professional talks, possibilities and ambitions will be presented in the programme.

In the last episodes of the programme about 205 persons of differ rent professions share their opinions and exchange their views. This special episode wills reminiscence those episodes.

Hollywood : London calling at New York Fashion Week

Actress Lindsay Lohan,left, and Samantha Ronson
attend the Charlotte Ronson 2009 Spring Collection in Bryant
Park during Fashion Week in New York on Saturday.

AP, New York

Designers at New York Fashion week heard London calling - from 1975. The looks of the London youth movement in the years when mod morphed into punk dominated runways Saturday in the second day of spring previews. Short skirts and tight pants kept the skinny profile fresh, paired with - what else? - Edgy black. Charlotte Ronson played on the theme to a crowd that included Lindsay Lohan in a denim corset dress with bright blue pumps.

Rag & Bone designers Marcus Wainwright and David Neville were taken with the era after watching the Anton Corbijn film 'Control' about the British band Joy Division. Their collection Friday wasn't the only ones inspired by the era's nonconformity, and the Fashion Rock concert featured a tribute to punk led by Fergie.

Bollywood: Preity basking in the glory of 'Heaven on Earth’

Preity

Toronto, Agency

The dimpled damsel of Bollywood, Preity Zinta, has effortlessly gone from being a star of hyped-up, big-budget crowd-pullers to an actress to take on the challenge of lending her name and talent to films rooted in the real world and its myriad issues.

Deepa Mehta`s 'Heaven on Earth,' in which Zinta plays a battered Punjabi housewife in Canada who is a victim of domestic violence has just had its world premiere in Toronto. Banish the thought, she asserts, "Popular Hindi cinema is my bread and butter," she said here on the sidelines of the 33rd Toronto International Film Festival. "The only thing that has changed is that today there is space for all kinds of cinema in the multiplexes in India. The demographics are no longer the same and I can now afford to do films of all hues."