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TV Watch: Special episode of Kshudey Gaanraj Channel i

Entertainment Report

The best 11 contestants are now participating in the children talent hunt programme 'Kshudey Gaanraj.' From these 11 contestants 'Kshudey Gaanraj' will be selected. Ezaz Khan Swapan has directed the show where artistes Kumar Biswajit and Samina Chowdhury are two judges of the contest.

The best 11 contestants are - Asha, Aloka, Imran, Jewel, Kobi, Niloy, Porshi, Swaran, Sodyo, Udoy and Jhuma. Tanisha has moderated the show. Ibne Hasan Khan is coordinating the whole event. Tonight's episode is based on different mood where old aged persons from the old home took part in the show. It will be aired on Channel i at 7:50pm tonight.

Guitar workshop

Entertainment Desk

Alliance Francaise de Dacca organised a workshop under its ecole de musique (guitar) from January 4 to 7, said a press release. In the workshop, world-renowned classical guitarist and music teacher at Arizona State University of the USA Prof Frank Koonce will be teaching a masters class to the students of guitar of the Alliance Francaise. In the workshop, there will also be a presentation of American Centre on music education in the USA.

The objective of the workshop is to create awareness about the music education and to help the people finding the common interest to create a music education system in Bangladesh. As a music performer, teacher or individual are welcome to discuss with Prof Frank Koonce regarding the potentiality of setting up a music education system in this country, according to the news release.

Album News: G-Series releases 3 VCDs on Close Up 1 contest

Entertainment Report

Audio, video and music production house G-Series has released three new albums on the Close Up 1 2008. These are -

1) Best of Liza

This album is a compilation of the songs of the winner of Close Up 1 2008 Liza. It is on VCD format. The title tracks which take place in the VCD are - 'Vul kore jodi,' 'Prithibir joto such,' 'Barir manush koy,' 'Uttar dakshin purbo,' 'Aj tomar chithi,' 'Shono shono,' 'Amar buker modye,' 'Eki sonar alloy,' 'Se je keno elona,' 'Ayre megh ay' and 'Jokhon ami thakbo na.'

2) Close Up 1 Final Round

This album is presentation of the final round of Close Up 1 2008 contest. Different foot-ages of the final round take place in the VCD.

3) Best of Atik

This album is a compilation of the songs, which were rendered by Close Up 1 star Atik. The songs are - 'Tor kopale jodi,' 'Nil akasher niche,' 'Ei sundor swarnali sondhay,' 'Jiboner golpo,' 'Ek hridoyhinar kachhe,' 'Hayre manush rongin fanush,' 'Keno khulechho tomar,' 'Amar saradeho,' 'Salam salam,' and 'Paharer kanna dekhe.'

New drama serial Choto Choto Koshto from tonight

Entertainment Report

New drama serial 'Choto Choto Koshto' to be began from tonight on ATN Bangla. It will be aired at 11:30pm on Tuesday. Moni Haider and Aminul Islam have jointly scripted the drama, while Abdul Wahab Pasha has directed the serial. Munira Yusuf Mamy, Pijush Bondopaddhya, Adnan Faruk Hillol, Runa Khan, Joyoshri Kor Joya, Abdul Bari, Tofa Hossain, Jasmine Parvez, Kibria, Poresh Acharya, Nisha, among others, have performed in the drama serial.

Story of Choto Choto Koshto:

Every person has his personal problems in his/her family life. Due to reality everybody tolerate the matters. But some small incidents create problem and interesting incidents. Husband cannot share these incidents with his wife, while son and daughter cannot share these with their parents. This is the main concept of the story of the drama serial.

TV Serial: Rtv airs Adda tonight

Entertainment Report

Drama serial 'Adda' to be aired on Rtv at 10:00pm tonight. Alvi Ahmed has scripted and directed the serial. Sumaiya Shimu, Apurbo, Sajal, Runa Khan, Shahadat Hossain, Hridy, Kumkum, Smita, Seuti, among others, performed in the serial.

TV Show: Gaanalap tonight

Entertainment Report

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

Artiste Shammi Akhter and music composer Alam Khan will be present as tonight's guests in the show.

Shammi Akhter will render some number of songs composed by Alam Khan. Both of them will share their experiences on the background of those tracks. Besides, they will also take part in a lively discussion.

Hollywood: David Kelley goes 'Mad’ for English actress

Reuters, Los Angeles

Meet David E Kelley's newest discovery - Charity Wakefield. After making Calista Flockhart a household name by tapping her as the title character in 'Ally McBeal,' the prolific producer has cast the 27-year-old English actress as the female lead in 'Legally Mad,' his new quirky legal drama for NBC.

Jon Seda also has been cast in the show, in which Wakefield plays a woman who takes a job at her father's law firm and quickly becomes the practice's centre.

Her character is deeply devoted to her father and chose to work for him despite being offered several prestigious clerkships out of law school. She is easygoing, deadpan funny and disarms with charm.

Seda ('Homicide') will play a rugged, grumpy but lovable equal-opportunity offender. The two join previously cast Kristin Chenoweth. Wakefield, a graduate of the Oxford School of Drama, got her break last year as a star of the BBC's latest adaptation of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility." In the miniseries, which aired in the US on PBS, she portrayed Marianne Dashwood, a role played by Kate Winslet in the 1995 feature.

Bollywood: I believe in love:

Kangana Ranaut

Kangana Ranaut has been talking about the new love of her life Adhyayan Suman: "I believe in love," she says, "Adhyayan Suman, the man in my life, has been amazing. I've discovered a new energy in me. I feel like a complete woman. Love makes you a nicer person. You see life from an unselfish dimension." Kangana sports a new look in her new film Raaz - The Mystery Continues. We will see her with red hair and a more defined bodyline. "Kangana's look in Raaz-The Mystery Continues is very different," explains a source, "Her look is curvier. Kangana has been skinny always but for Raaz… she has put on weight. Basically she has been given a subtle look to suit to the role." Kangana has been a devotee of yoga now for about six months and believes that it has helped her to control and channel her personality in more positive ways. She has been seen practising it throughout her work on Raaz 2.

"I've discovered, harnessed and built much greater physical and mental strength through this practice, which is essential to survive the physical strain of shooting long hours and the emotional rigour that acting demands," she comments, "The role required a lot from me. So it was imperative to keep my practice alive during the outdoor schedules to be able to maintain the focus and equanimity required to deliver the required performance." -Agency