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Film News: Swapna Puran to be premiered on Eid day

Entertainment Report

Impress Telefilm's movie 'Swapna Puran' to be world premiered on Channel i at 2:35pm on Eid day. Geetali Hasan has written the story, while Shahidul Islam Khokon has scripted the film. Mohammad Hanif was in camera, Chishti Jamal was in editing and Masum Babul has directed dance and Joseph Shatabdi has written dialogue of the film. Milton Khondaker has directed music of the film.

Mousumi, Ferdous, Sohel Rana, Shahidul Alam Sacchu, Amir Siraji, Sujata, Shamsuddin Togor, Sheikh Shamim, Rasheda Chowdhury, Rehana Joly, Siraj Haider, among others, performed in the film.

Story of Swapna Puran:

Rupnagar is a village. There is no school in the village. Former teacher of the village started a free school on his own land. He dreamt once students will fulfill this school. There will be no illiterate in this village. Chairman of the village Ramiz decided to marry daughter of the teacher Rupali as third wife. Teacher and Rupali refused the proposal. Once dacoits attacked the house of the teacher and killed his wife. Then they brought up Rupali and left the house. Rupali get relief from the dacoits and went to Dhaka with the help of a truck driver. Son of the truck driver Ratan was working as an assistant of a make-up man at FDC. Then Rupali entered into film industry.

Then she fell on love with a rich man's son Fahim Chowdhury. Rupali faced a plot made by father of Fahim. Then Rupali returned to her village and again started her father's school there.

After 18 years, a human rights activist traced the file of the case and presented the true matters on the court and made Rupali from the case. The story continued.

Event: Warfaze to perform in film Just Kolkata

Entertainment Report

Bangladeshi heavy metal band group Warfaze is going to perform in a film titled 'Just Kolkata' as guest appearance. Band members of Warfaze will go to Kolkata in January to attend the shooting of the film. They will also perform in two concerts there. They will complete shooting by performing the concerts. The film is directed Anjan Dutta and based on ups and downs of a upcoming Bengali band.

Bandleader Sheikh Monirul Islam Tipu at a press conference disclosed this at a city hotel Sunday evening.

Warfaze organised a reunion concert at Hotel Sheraton on October 15. Main aim of the press conference was to disclose their future activities to their band lovers.

Tipu said, "We have passed 25 years. A programme titled 'Musicians' planned, directed and moderated by myself will be aired on Banglavision from November 27."

Guitarist of Warfaze Komol, keyboardist Shams, among others, were present at the conference. TV celebrity Munmun moderated the conference.

TV Watch: Computer related show IT Zone

Entertainment Report

Computer and information related show 'IT Zone' to be aired on ATN Bangla at 12:15pm today. Najmus Shahadat Nazim has directed the show. Main theme of the show is to introduce modern technological features to general people. Information about new web page design, computer related problems, IT news, web page review, computer market news, computer games review and e-chatting and other related issues are discussed in the show.

BASIS signed agreement with different media

Entertainment Report

On the occasion of upcoming BASIS Soft Expo-2009 (January 2008), Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) has signed a media partnership agreement with ATN Bangla as electronic TV channel partner, New Age as print media partner, Link3 Technologies as official Internet service provider, bdnews24.com as online news partner and Radio Today as radio partner at the BASIS office in the city on Monday. Saiful Bari, Chief Advisor of ATN, Ershad Khandker, Managing Editor of New Age, Sheikh Raihan Ahmed, Chairman of Link3, Rashed Ahsan, of bdnews24, Syed Saify of Radio Today and A Towhid, Chairman of the National Events Committee of BASIS, signed on behalf of their respective organisations. Along with them Senior Managements of the both organisations were also present on the occasion.

Daily Soap: Gulshan Avenue on Banglavision tonight

Entertainment Report

Daily soap 'Gulshan Avenue' to be aired on Banglavision at 9:45pm today. Nima Rahman has scripted the drama, while Syed Awlad has directed the serial. Sujata, Masud Ali Khan, Tarique Anam Khan, Diti, Mou, Apurbo, KS Firoze, Lina Ahmed, Rosy Siddiqui, Shakiba, Tanjika, Tutul, Shahriar Shuvo, Yusuf Russell, among others, performed in the serial.

Story of Gulshan Avenue:

Ali Reza Chowdhury has three sons - Shahadat, Sharafat and Shafqat. Only Shafqat lives with his parents. Yasmin is wife of Shafqat. They have three sons - Shamim, Nasim and Wasim. Far-zana is wife of Shamim. Though he has wife, he is searching another partner. Labony, wife of Nasim, is full of proud as it makes troubles in the family. Younger son Wasim recently married Samia, daughter of a rich man. Grandmother-in-law of Samia does not like her. Farah, sister of Shamim, married Kabir, a promising singer. But her parent creates pressure on Samia to give divorce to Kabir. Once a woman named Rehana came to Shafqat from London and demands Tk five crore. But why she wants to take revenge? The story continues.

TV Serial: Ghor Songsar on Rtv

Entertainment Report

Drama serial 'Ghor Songsar' to be aired on Rtv at 9:10pm today. Nurul Islam BSC has written the story of the drama, while Moin Khan Rupee has directed the serial. Khairul Alam Sabuj, Abul Kashem, Chitralekha Guha, Shirin Bakul, Bonya Mirza, Sharmin Shila, Arman Parvez Murad, Ahsan Habib Nasim, Runa Khan, Syed Shuvro, among others, performed in the serial.

Hollywood: Michael Jackson strikes 'amicable’ deal with Arab Sheikh

AFP, London

Pop megastar Michael Jackson and a Bahraini prince said Monday they have struck an 'amicable' deal to avoid going to court in a seven-million-dollar (5.6-million-euro) lawsuit.

Jackson had been due to appear at the High Court in London to defend himself over allegations that he owed the money to Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the second son of the king of Bahrain.

But he called off his trip to Britain at the last minute after his legal team in London struck an out-of-court deal, the exact terms of which were kept secret.

"Sheikh Abdulla and Michael Jackson are pleased to confirm that they have amicably settled their dispute," said a joint statement by their legal teams in London.

"They wish each other well in their own, respective endeavours," it said, while the sheikh's lawyer Bankim Thanki told the court that the accord had been reached 'on confidential terms.' Jackson, 50, was for years one of the world's most successful pop artists, and his 1982 hit 'Thriller' remains the best-selling album of all time.

But his trial on child sexual molestation charges in 2005 marked a dramatic fall from grace, even though he was acquitted, and he has been dogged by financial difficulties since then. The London court case added to his woes: the prince demanded the repayment of several advances he said he had made as part of a joint music project in Bahrain, which Jackson pulled out of.

The sheikh's lawyer said his client had supported Jackson financially after the 2005 trial: he notably accepted a request for one million dollars in April 2005 and paid the 2.2-million-dollar legal bill for the court case.

Jackson signed a contract to record albums, write an autobiography and stage shows. Under the terms of that, document seven million dollars were to be deducted from the artist's royalties to pay for expenses, Thanki said.

But Jackson said the sheikh's case was based on "mistake, misrepresentation and undue influence," insisting that any money received had been a gift. There was "no doubt that Sheikh Abdulla was very generous in his hospitality and general treatment of Michael Jackson," the pop star's lawyer Robert Englehart said last week.

Earlier this month he lost ownership of his Neverland ranch in California after transferring the deeds to a company he has a share in, according to media reports.

The eccentric singer purchased the sprawling 1,000-hectare (2,800 acres) ranch in Santa Barbara County in 1987 and set out to transform it into a paradise for children. But he has not lived in it since his 2005 trial, which arose from alleged incidents involving a young boy at the property. The US pop star only agreed last Thursday to travel to London for the latest court case, after his request to be allowed to give evidence by video link was refused. During argument last week over his court appearance, Jackson's lawyers said the star was suffering from an unspecified medical condition and it was unlikely that he would be able to give evidence in person.