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Celebrity News: Badhon is now ….

Entertainment Report

When Badhon started her academic career in dental college she was not a silent girl. She led all types of extra curricular activities in her institution. She was all rounder. Then she became Lux beauty. She is now the student of Bangladesh Dental College. She can do anything in the arena of performing arts like dancing, singing. After becoming Lux superstar she performed and attracted viewers by her performance in 'Bua Bilash' written and directed by noted novelist and playwright Humayun Ahmed. Then she worked in Humayun Ahmed's 'Chandra Karigor,' 'Natyakar Hamid Saheber Ekdin' and 'Atotpor Shuvo Bibaho.' She will actively perform in dramas of Abul Hayat and Taher Shipon.

TV Watch: 2 new drama serials on ATN Bangla from tonight

Entertainment Report

Satellite television channel ATN Bangla is going to air two new drama serials from tonight. Drama serial 'Baksho,' written by Mohiuddin Ahmed and directed by Dipankar Dipon, will be aired at 8:00pm every Tuesday and the second serial is 'Saat Samuddur,' a Humayun Ahmed play directed by eminent actor-director Abul Hayat. 'Saat Samuddur' will go on air every Tuesday at 8:40pm.

The plot of 'Baksho' revolves around a businessman named Delwar Gazi. Though he is affluent, Delwar has chosen to live simply. However, he is tyrannical in his relationship with his family: his wife Hasna Hena, two sons, Shahjahan and Limon and two daughters, Rosy and Keya. One day, Dilwar has a nightmare in which he sees himself passing through endless doors. Dilwar uses hair oil so that he can sleep soundly, but it does not help. Strange nightmares continue to haunt Dilwar. Diti, Srabonti, Intekhab Dinar, Homayra Himu, Black Anwar, Amirul Haque Choudhury, Afroza Banu and others play lead roles in the serial.

Meanwhile, story of the serial 'Saat Samuddur' revolves the fortunes of a popular, honest and intelligent village youth, Habib. He has recently married a beautiful girl named Hashi. Samad is a villain who is involved in trafficking and destroys the life of several innocent villagers. He does his utmost to ruin Hashi and Habib's happy marriage.

Samad's wife is witness to his evil deeds. One day she is killed. The story continues with various climaxes. Litu Anam, Preeti, Shatabdi, Sheema Dasgupta, Wahida Mallik Jolly, Fakhrul Hasan Boiragi, Abul Hayat and others are the actors in the serial.

Event: Photography exhibition on Russian Day of National Heroes

Staff Reporter

To mark the Russian day of National Heroes Russian Centre of Science and Culture organised a week-long photography exhibition at the Centre in Dhanmondi in the city highlighting legendary Russian figures. The inaugural ceremony of the exhibition was held on December 18.

Prof Mustafizur Rahman, Executive Director of Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), inaugurated the programme as chief guest, while S Zabitov, Minister-Counselor and Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy of Russian Federation, Col V Fenchenko, Deputy Military Attaché of Embassy of the Russian Federation and Dr Sarwar Ali, Member-Secretary of the Liberation War Museum, were present as special guests on the occasion.

Main objective of the exhibition is to introduce the Russian heroes to the people of Bangladesh. Brief life sketches accompany the portraits at the show. In the exhibition, most of the images are photographic reproductions of portraits - both black and white and colour. The photographs are mainly of the Russian National Heroes, who fought for their country in different periods.

Among the photographs of the Russian national heroes, Alexander Matrosov is one of them. He was born in the city of Dnepro-petrovsk (Ukraine). When Germany attacked the Soviet Union in 1941, he was drafted to the Red Army.

Gheorghy K Zhukov was a field marshal in the Red Army.

Mikhail I Kutuzov was also a field marshal in the Russian army. He was born in Saint Petersburg in 1745. In 1759, Kutuzov joined the Russian army. He participated in Polish (1764-1769) and Turkish campaigns. He lost his left eye while storming the Turkish Fortress of Ismail on the bank of the Dnieper River.

These types of so many reminiscence photographs are on display in the show, which would help the viewers to know about the vivid scenario of the history of Russia. The exhibition will end on December 24.

TV Show: Gaanalap tonight

Entertainment Report

Music related programme 'Gaanalap' to be aired on Banglavision at 9:05pm today. Naquib Khan has moderated the show, while Nahid Ahmed Biplob has produced the programme.

Artiste of Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra Abdul Zabbar and lyricist Fazal-e-Khoda will be present as tonight's guests at the show. Abdul Zabbar will render some number of songs composed by Fazal-e-Khoda and he will share his experiences on background of those songs. Both of them will take part in discussion.

Hollywood: Thief breaks into Paris Hilton’s home

Reuters, Los Angeles

Celebrity heiress Paris Hilton's house was broken into Friday by a man wearing a hooded sweatshirt and gloves who forced open the front door and made off with belongings, police said.

Hilton was not home during the early morning burglary, said Richard French, spokesman for the Los Angeles Police Department. The burglary as reported by a security guard at Hilton's gated Los Angeles community, French said.

Police did not release the value of the stolen items. But French said the robber "ransacked" Hilton's bedroom. Hilton, 27, a member of the family that founded the Hilton Hotel chain, is a fixture of the Hollywood social scene. She starred in reality television show "The Simple Life" and has pursued a career as an actress and singer.

Bollywood: Don’t compare me with Priyanka: Deepika

She's still as politically correct as ever'. 'Is Ranbir also in town?' These were just some of the musings doing the rounds at a recent event where namma hudugi Deepika Padukone was in attendance for a brand endorsement. The actress was also taking a short break visiting her family.

BT caught up with her. I'm different… Don't compare me with Priyanka Chopra just because she's done stunts in Drona and I've done action sequences in Chandni Chowk to China (CC2C). Each person is unique and so am I. I worked hard for six months to learn those stunts and was specially trained by experts from Hong Kong. I'm glad film-makers recognise my talent… I will be playing a dual role once again in CC2C, after Om Shanti Om. So, I'm happy that film-makers find me capable of portraying different roles. It's given me confidence and much satisfaction. Wearing those tight wigs for CC2C was painful… One of the two roles I play in the film is that of a Chinese girl. Which is why it was necessary for me to wear those tight wigs with a fringe. Even my eyes had to be stretched out for the role. It really hurt to stay like that till pack-up, but the effort was worth it.

I feel fortunate to have worked with some of the top heroes… From Shah Rukh Khan to Akshay Kumar. And now I'm working with Saif Ali Khan for Imtiaz Ali's next film, after which I will be working with Akshay once again. Akshay is such a fantastic guy and has so many years of experience. I learnt so much from him. I'm glad I've got to work with all of them so early in my career. What is Sandalwood?… If that's what the Kannada industry is called now, I didn't know that. But I did learn a lot from my debut, Aishwarya. It helped me a lot in my second film, OSO. If I get an interesting project here, I'll definitely do it. Bangalore will always be my home… Although I don't come here often on work, I come here to meet my family. And despite all the development that's going on, it's nice to see that people are still simple and down-to-earth like always.

- Agency