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Event: Ustad Azizul Islam’s solo flute recital held at Shilpakala, DVD launched

(Top to bottom): A DVD of Ustad Capt Azizul Islam
was launched at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh
Shilpakala Academy organised by Sanskrity Bikash Kendra.
Ustad Capt Azizul Islam playing flute at the function at
the National Theatre Hall of Shil

Sheikh Arif Bulbon

A solo classical flute recital by flute maestro Ustad Capt Azizul Islam was held at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday. Sanskrity Bikash Kendra organised the event.

Mahbub Zamil, Special Assistant to the Chief Advisor was present as chief guest at the function, while Prof Liaquat Ali, Chairman Sanskrity Bikash Kendra, chaired the session.

Pundit Subhen Chaterjee and Md Jahangir Alam accompanied the flute artist by tabla and tanpura respectively.

A DVD was launched before performance of Ustad Azizul Islam. Chairman of Laser Vision AKM Arifur Rahman and Managing Director of Laser Vision Mazharul Islam, among others, were present on the occasion.

Once a veteran captain of merchant vessel Ustad Azizul Islam took to playing flute from his very childhood. Born in Rajbari, Bangladesh in 1945, he actually hails from Brahmanbaria, the very district where Sur Samrat Ustad Alauddin Khan was born. Captain Islam had his first talim or lessons briefly from Priyada Ranjan Sen Gupta. Later he received direct lessons from legendary flute maestro Panna Lal Ghose, followed by Ustad Bilayet Ali Khan, Ustad Bahadur Khan, VG Karnad and Pandit Debendra Murtheshwar. His life at sea provided him enough seclusion & time to home his skills at flute playing.

Numerous solo and duet performances in Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia & elsewhere of the globe had earned warm appreciation for him and honour as well, such as, 'Sahitya Academy Padak,' 'Citycell-Channel i Music Award' (twice) as the best classical instrumentalist of the country. Ustad Islam is wholly devoted towards this passion of his life, flute playing & aiming at achieving the ultimate in this art form.

TV Serial: Sowa pancha arai lane on ATN Bangla tonight

Fazlur Rahman Babu and Tisha in drama serial Sowa
pancha arai lane on ATN Bangla tonight

Entertainment Report

The 19th episode of drama serial 'Sowa pancha arai lane' to be aired on ATN Bangla at 8:00pm today. Mominul Islam has scripted the drama, while Golam Sohrab Dodul has directed the serial.

Challenger, Shirin Alam, Chitralekha Guha, Mosharraf Karim, Chanchal Chowdhury, Tisha, Wahida Mollik Jolly, Dr Inamul Haque, Momo, Fazlur Rahman Babu, Tushar Khan, Rahamat Ali, Al-Mansur, Ahsanul Haque Minu, Eresh Zaker, Tania, Tazin Ahmed, Joyraj, among others, performed in the serial.

Story of Sowa pancha arai lane:

An old boarding situated at old Dhaka. It is 100 years old. Different professionals came here for the last hundred years. Some of them were lived for short time, while some other for a long time.

Sometimes, somebody came here only for staying a night. With the combination of various characters the boarding faces different tastes. This is the main theme of the drama serial.

TV Watch: Aim in Life on Ntv tonight

Challenger and Mosharraf Karim in drama serial Aim
in Life

Entertainment Report

Drama serial 'Aim in 'Life' to be aired on Ntv today at 8:15pm. Masud Sezan has scripted and directed the serial.

Mosharraf Karim, Kushum Sikdar, Raunak Hasan, Tinni, Challenger, Nafiza, Saju Muntasir, Nafa, Shirin Alam, Rifat Chowdhury, Abdullah Rana, Kochi Khondaker, among others, performed in the serial.

Besides, former national cricketer Khaled Masud Pilot, artiste SI Tutul and magician Jewel Aich performed in the serial as guest performers.

Story of Aim in Life:

Dina, daughter of a house, believed that she is look like Madhuri Dixit. She wanted to become a film star. But the film industry is not well. For this reason, she did not come forward to that industry.

But she did not complete her study. Owner of the house is a different type of person. He is a retired government officer. He has habit of writing. He is bored to see the activities of his children.

As a result, he decided to write his autobiography. Because he believes that aim is the main problem of a person. He started fieldwork to write his biography. He took interviews on the city streets.

TV Show: Rtv airs Dahan tonight

Shahed Sharif Khan and Tinni in drama serial
Dahan

Entertainment Report

Drama serial 'Dahan' to be aired on Rtv today at 11:30pm. Ferdous Hasan, Ashraful Alam Ripon and Sabuj Rahman have jointly scripted and directed the serial.

Sharmily Ahmed, Dilara Zaman, Afroza Banu, Saleh Ahmed, Khalequzzaman, Rakhi Momtaz, Litu Anam, Sumaiya Shimu, Shahed, Shahidul Alam Sachchu, Lutfar Rahman George, Munira Yusuf Memy, Tinni, Meem, Nupur, Kajal, Kumkum, Protik, Jyoti, Liza, Lopa, Alisha, among others, performed in the serial.

Story of Dahan:

Story of the drama serial is based on conflict of the relationship between mother and son for the traditional values of a high-class family. Besides, corporate culture, activities of the underworld, love, affair, misunderstanding at the university life are the main themes of the drama serial.

Bollywood: Deepa, Akshay to produce Komagata Maru

Deepa Mehta

IANS, Toronto

Bollywood star Akshay Kumar and Canada-based Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta will jointly produce a new India-centric film 'Komagata Maru,' in which the actor will play the lead role.

To cost up to $35 million, 'Komagata Maru' will be produced jointly by Hamilton-Mehta Productions Inc in association with Akshay's home production, Hariom Entertainment.

"It is a film of high-level government intrigue, duplicity, racism, spying, military engagements, court battles, sedition and assassination," said a statement released here Thursday by Hamilton-Mehta Productions.

Komagata Maru was a Japanese ship, which was hired by a Malaysia-based wealthy Sikh Gurdit Singh 94 years ago to bring Indians into Canada in violation of the then racist laws.

The ship, which brought 376 Indians from Hong Kong to Vancouver in 1914, was not allowed to anchor for two months and sent forcibly back to India where more than 20 passengers were killed by British India police in Kolkata.

The film will revisit the brave journey of Indians who wanted a better life in Canada, but were denied entry by the racist government of the time.

Akshay has confirmed he will play the role of Gurdit Singh in the movie, adding that talks were also under way with other actors, including some Hollywood A-listers, to make this a truly international project. Mehta said, "This is an extremely important opportunity for me to reveal a significant moment in Canadian history and illustrate the steadfast bravery of the Sikh community who sacrificed so much to help create a more tolerant community within my adopted country." To be filmed in Canada and around the world, it will be distributed in Canada by Mongrel Media.