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Drama: Taalgachh Amar

Al Mansur and Mita Chowdhury in drama Taalgachh
Amar

Entertainment Report

Popular television actor Al Mansur has made a drama recently. The name of the drama is 'Taalgachh Amar.'

After many days, the popular TV duo Al Mansur and Mita Chowdhury have performed in the drama. Duration of the drama is 50 minutes.

Besides Al Mansur and Mita Chowdhury, Zinia, Sharmin Munni, Sohel Hasan and others performed in the drama.

Story of Taalgachh Amar:

A twelve storied building will be set up by developers on the land of late father. The developer will also build up a penthouse on the roof of the building. They will give the penthouse to the real owner of the building with free of cost. When design of the building was completed the widow of the late owner demanded it. But his two sons and their wives denied this. Then they demanded the penthouse. To solve the problem their mother gave responsibility to his brother, brother-in-law and sister-in-law. But once all of them became ill to solve the problem. Then maternal uncle was sent to a sanitarium.

Exhibition: Pata Chitra exhibition at Drik Gallery

Staff Reporter

An eight-day long solo painting exhibition titled 'Pata Chitra' folk artist Raghunath Chakroborty was inaugurated at the Drik Gallery in Dhanmondi in the city on Friday. Riddhi has organised the show.

Prof Zillur Rahman Siddiqui, former vice chancellor of Jahangirnagar University, inaugurated the exhibition as chief guest.

There is a showcase of colourful art works of Raghunath Chakroborty in the exhibition.

The exhibition remains open from 3:00pm to 8:00pm everyday till November 21.

Daily Soap: Mohanagar on Banglavision

Sumaiya Shimu and Apurbo in daily soap Mohanagar on
Banglavision

Entertainment Report

Daily soap 'Mohanagar' to be aired on Banglavision at 8:25pm on Sunday. Ferdous Hasan has scripted the drama and Sajjad Sumon and Ferdous Hasan have jointly directed the serial. Khairul Alam Sabuj, Afroza Banu, Lutfar Rahman George, Litu Anam, Sumaiya Shimu, Apurbo, Sharmin Shila, Probal, Mahmud Sajjad, Rafiqullah Selim, among others, performed in the serial.

Story of Mohanagar:

An aristocratic family of old Dhaka - family of Anfar Mia. Raj is a young man of this family. He is jobless but independent and rebellion in mentality. Once his grandfather Anfar Mia was a popular politician and businessman. His Anfar Manjil is now in dilapidated state. His jointly family is now under threatened condition. His elder son Dalim Mia is a school teacher, middle son Angur Mia is a high government official and younger son Akhrote Mia is a workless. Basically the drama serial represents ups and down of a family, its renaissance and a true reflection of the human realities at a time.

Jamal Ahmed’s art show begins at Chitrak Gallery

One of the sketches of Jamal Ahmed at the show at
Chitrak Gallery

Staff Reporter

A ten-day solo art exhibition by artist Jamal Ahmed began at the Gallery Chitrak in the city on Friday.

Prof Rafiqun Nabi, Dean of the Faculty of Fine Art of Dhaka University, inaugurated the exhibition as chief guest. Art connoisseur Nacho Ceballos attended the ceremony as special guest, while artist Monirul Islam chaired the inauguration.

Speakers at the inauguration said the paintings of Jamal Ahmed portray the ordinary common people who live around us, the speakers said hoping that the art connoisseurs would enjoy the works.

Indian art critic Prof Dr Sovon Som said, "Jamal's paintings have a strong compactness. Dividing the wide expanse of the horizontal waterline and skyline, he presents his human figures vertically.

If a painting does not turn out to be true to the artist, it will not turn out to the viewers. I feel that Jamal has not deceived himself. The artist has painted with all his honesty what he felt to be true."

A total of 47 works are on display at the show. The gallery remain opens from 10:00am to 8:00pm every day till November 23, said the organisers.

TV Show: Dilara Zaman, Rubaira in Somparko tonight

Dilara Zaman and her daughter Rubaira Zaman in talk
show Somparko on Ntv tonight

Entertainment Report

A different type of entertainment related talk show 'Somparko' to be aired on Ntv at 6:50pm today. Jahangir Chowdhury has produced the programme, while Tina Salem Manjur has moderated the show.

In each episode of the show, two invited cultural personalities who are established in the cultural arena attend. They discuss and share their experiences and activities in their life. Drama actress Dilara Zaman and her daughter Rubaira Zaman will be present as tonight's guests at the show.

Bollywood: Shilpa to act in a Chinese film

Shilpa

Agency

Though Shilpa Shetty is running short of Bollywood films, her slender look has lured the Chinese filmmakers and she is signed for a Chinese film titled Desire. Shilpa is busy hosting Big Brother and she will sign the movie very soon. She will star opposite actor Xia Yu in the movie and it will be released in both English and Chinese.

Shipa confirmed the news but not ready to divulge anything in details, as she is yet to sign the project. Hopefully, she will start shooting from December. Moreover, she has also started a production in the name of S2 production and has few good films in hand.

Next she will be seen in Dostana and in minimal clothes she is rocking in the Miami Beach. The promo is on and she is looking terrific with John and Abhishek.

With films, her personal life is also going great guns. By next year, she is going to tie the knot with her boyfriend Raj Kundra.

Hollywood: Jolie plans 'fade away’ from Hollywood

Angelina Jolie

Reuters, Los Angeles

With six kids to watch over, challenging star Angelina Jolie told the BBC she plans to fade away from acting to spend more time raising her family, but she stopped short of pledging to quit her craft for good.

"I don't plan to keep acting very long, I'm ready to do a few things now and fade away and get ready to be a grandma one day," Jolie told the British broadcaster in an interview posted on the BBC website on Thursday.

Jolie and her partner actor Brad Pitt have emerged as a Hollywood power couple, and together they have three biological children and three adopted children.

In response to a question about whether she will give herself a 'cutoff point' for acting, Jolie, 33, said she would make no pledge to completely stop acting.

Jolie, who stars in the movie 'Changeling' from director Clint Eastwood, said she has not worked on a movie for a year. Apart from starting a project in February, she said that she would probably not work again for another year.

"So maybe it will be once a year and then maybe it will be once every three years, and then just naturally - I like being home a lot these days," Jolie told the BBC.

Jolie, who earned an Oscar for her supporting role in the 1999 movie 'Girl, Interrupted,' would not be the first actor to talk of walking away from it all at a young age. Last month, 'We Own the Night' star Joaquin Phoenix, 34, said that he was retiring from acting to focus on making music.

Sean Penn, 48, has also talked about retiring from acting over the years, but his career continues and he stars in the movie 'Milk,' which opens on December 5.