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Event: Kranti remembered Poet Mahbub Ul Alam Chowdhury

Speakers at the function at the Liberation War
Museum in the city

Staff Reporter

Cultural organisation Kranti remembered poet Mahbub Ul Alam at a function at the Liberation War Museum in the city on Friday to celebrate the 82nd birth anniversary of the late poet.

Kranti Shilpigoshti also organised recitation and musical session in the function. The organisation also honoured four personnel with Poet Mahbub-Ul Alam Chowdhury Memorial Award and launched a book titled 'Tumi Robe Nirobe.'

The recipients were - Asaduzzaman Noor, Kabori Sarwar, Fahmida Khatun and Bhaswar Bandhopadhya. Prof Anisuzzaman, Prof Rafiqul Islam, Abul Momen and Gholam Quddus, among others, discussed the life and works of poet Mahbub Ul Alam. Prof Kabir Chowdhury chaired the function, while President of Kranti Mahbubul Haider Mohan moderated the programme.

In the discussion, speakers recalled the memories of poet Mahbub Ul Alam Chowdhury and his contribution to the Language Movement in 1952.

They also said his poems had been inspiring for them during different crises period of the country. His poems still inspire people to build a tolerant and secular society for which the nation fought in 1971, said the speakers.

TV Watch: Swapnachura on Banglavision

Sumaiya Shimu performs at drama serial
Swapnachura

Entertainment Report

Drama serial 'Swapnachura' to be aired on Banglavision at 9:45pm today. Aniket has scripted the drama, while Fazlur Rahman has directed the serial.

Srabonti, Mir Sabbir, Sumaiya Shimu, Anisur Rahman Milon, Dr Ezazul Islam, among others, performed in the serial.

Story of Swapnachura:

The story of the drama is based on lifestyles of some members of the middle and higher-class families. Housewife Aporna is the central character of the drama. She maintains her family with her various tricks. But she is a successful member in her house. Shayan is a beautiful girl in a middle class family. She is now passing her days after breaking her relationship with Bobby. She has established a new relationship with Arefin, brother-in-law of Bobby, to take revenge against Bobby. But Bobby became anger in this regard and decided to face the matter. The story continues.

Event: Musical night at SAARC Psychiatric Fed Confce

Artistes Sadi Mohammad and Fatematuzzohra perform at
musical night at the Grand Ball Room of Hotel Sheraton
recently

Entertainment Report

Recently the closing ceremony of 4th SAARC Psychiatric Federation Conference ended with musical program at the Grand Ball Room of Hotel Sheraton in the city.

The program was jointly organised by Sanofi Aventis Bangladesh Ltd and Bangladesh Association of Psychiatrists.

Noted artistes Fatemattuzzohra and Sadi Muhammad rendered a number of songs at the function.

Psychiatrists of home and abroad enjoyed the delightful evening. The occasion ended up with raffle draw and dinner party. The program was sponsored by 'Epilim,' a product of Sanofi Aventis.

Udichi’s national convention ends

Staff Reporter

With the selection of new leaders and completion of scheduled programmes with amid festivity the 16th national convention of Bangladesh Udichi Shilpigoshti ended at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday.

A 71-member central committee of Udichi was formed at the day-long event. From now Golam Mohammad Idu will perform as President, Habibul Alam as General Secretary and Bijon Roy will perform as treasurer for the country's renowned cultural organisation.

On the second and last day of the programme, on Saturday, the event began with the declaration. Then observers and representatives took part in discussions on the report of the General Secretary. The organising activities were wrapped up with the oath-taking programme of the new committee. Former president of Udichi Prof Jatin Sarkar led the oath taking session.

In the evening, cultural function started with the performance of Udichi Jagannath University Branch. Then Sylhet district Udichi presented 'Sribhumi Darshan' and Udichi Sirajganj district presented play 'Nagar Kirtan.' Then Barisal district unit presented Geetinrityanatya 'Sonai Madhob.' The cultural programme was wrapped up with the rendering of the National Anthem.

TV Show: Smile Show on ATN Bangla tonight

Omar Ali along with Khondaker Ismail in Smile Show
tonight

Entertainment Report

The 18th episode of magazine programme 'Smile Show' to be aired on ATN Bangla at 8:45pm today. Khodaker Ismail has planned, scripted and directed the show.

In this episode, comedy actors Anis, Kajol, Pappu, Prince Alamgir, baul artiste Shafi Mondal, singer SI Tutul and winner of 'Magic Tin Chakar Taroka Award' rickshaw-puller Omar Ali will take part in the show.

Beginning of the show, comedy actor Anis will present an interesting part along with moderator of the show Khondaker Ismail. Then Kajol will render a parody song on market price and baul artiste Shafi Mondal will present a Lalon song. Dr Muzahidul Islam Labin has scripted and researched the show.

Priyodarshini on Rtv

Mamo and Shirin Alam in drama serial Priyodarshini
on Rtv

Entertainment Report

Drama serial 'Priyodarshini' to be aired on Rtv at 9:40pm today. Pranab Bhatta has written the story of the drama, while Nazrul Islam and Arun Chowdhury have jointly scripted and directed the drama serial.

Dilara Zaman, Suborna Mustafa, Tazin Ahmed, Amirul Islam, Sharmily Ahmed, Apurbo, Azizul Hakim, Golam Farida Chhanda, Chumky, among others, performed in the serial.

Story of Priyodarshini:

Story of the drama serial is based on the lifestyle, activities of women. Women's feelings, emotional values, needs, joys, pains and other matters were reflected in the drama serials. Of these women, someone is mother, someone is sister, someone is bride or some other is girlfriend. In one hand, mother is searching her daughter, on the other hand daughter found her lover and established a new life. Besides, conflicts between husband and wife are found in the drama serial.

Hollywood: Met 'Damnation’ offers high-tech art and athletics

AP, New York

High-tech circus meets grand opera. That's a quick way to sum up the Metropolitan Opera's production of Hector Berlioz's masterpiece, "La Damnation de Faust," which opened Friday at Lincoln Centre.

It took computers and motion-sensitive cameras to create the pulsating water, fire, sky and grass that are the cinematic backdrop for the drama. Even digitally generated birds cross the heavens in response to the tenor's fluctuating voice, triggered by a transmitter attached to the singer.

The spectacle was directed by Robert Lepage, creator of a Cirque du Soleil show in Las Vegas, who brought both art and athleticism to the Met stage with what he calls his high-tech "toys" - the latest in motion and sound technology.

The production features an all-star cast: tenor Marcello Giordani in the title role of the lonely, aging scholar Faust; mezzo-soprano Susan Graham as Marguerite, the object of the fleeting sexual ecstasy that destroys him; and bass-baritone John Relyea as Mephistopheles, who has a devil of a good time engineering the debacle. Based on Goethe's "Faust," the Berlioz work was premiered in Paris in 1846 and first staged by the Met in 1906 - and never again till now. The composer called it a "legende dramatique." It was, indeed, a dramatic evening - a lavishly modern, multimillion-dollar production wrapped around a taut, technically polished reading of the score. As Marguerite, Graham has the ideal voice for Berlioz - a mezzo with a dark richness that blossoms into lush soprano-like tones - and she's a perfect instrument for the devil's seduction of Faust's pure soul. James Levine conducted with ease and brilliance, though he could have led the orchestra with greater ferocity in certain climactic moments. The horns and winds were powerful and precise, and the strings exuded a velvety sheen, switching to Berlioz's sardonic passages with bite and grit.