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Film News: Muharrat of Chirodin Ami Tomar held

Entertainment Report

Muharrat of first film of ATN Movies 'Chirodin Ami Tomar' was held at the Floor No 9 of BFDC in the city on January 5. FI Manik is director of the film.

Managing Director of BFDC ANM Badrul Amin was present as chief guest at the function. Chairman of ATN Movies Dr Mahfuzur Rahman, Managing Director of ATN Movies Mujibur Rahman, eminent film director KMR Manjur, Chashi Nazrul Islam, Nasiruddin Dilu, Hasibul Islam Mizan, among others, were present on the occasion.

Performers of the film Purnima, Riaz, Rumana, Danny Sidak, among others, were also present in the programme.

Drama workshop of Somoy

Entertainment Desk

Theatre group Somoy started its journey on May 5 in 1977. It has been organised a total of 28 shows including 17 street dramas and 11 plays till now. Somoy is going to organise a drama workshop end of this month. Interested participants are requested to collect their applications from Theatre Corner, Bailey Road till January 15.

Event: Juneer Kibria’s solo exhibition begins

Staff Reporter

A 10-day long solo art exhibition of promising expatriate artist Juneer Kibria began at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts at Dhanmondi in the city on Monday.

Eminent artist Qayyum Chowdhury inaugurated the show as chief guest, while artists Rafiqun Nabi and Monirul Islam were also present as special guests on the occasion.

A total of 98 experimental artworks of Juneer are on displayed at the show. The exhibition remains open from 12:00 noon to 8:00pm till January 14.

Juneer is son of the country's one of the prominent artist Mohammad Kibria. He was born in Dhaka in 1980. He completed his graduation in Printmaking in Wittenberg University in the USA. He earlier took part in a solo show and many group exhibitions. At present he is living in the USA as freelance artist.

TV Show: Ghor Jamai on ATN Bangla tonight

Entertainment Report

The 25th episode of comedy drama serial 'Ghor Jamai' will be aired on ATN Bangla at 8:40pm tonight. Dr Mahfuzur Rahman has scripted the drama, while Chanda Mahajabeen has directed the serial. Azizul Hakim, Romana, Lara Lotus, Nasima Khan, Fakhrul Hasan Boiragi, Shatabdi, Dihan, Dr Inamul Haque, Shahidul Alam Sachchu, Moom Rahman, Dilara Zaman, Samu Chowdhury, among others, have performed in the serial.

Story of Ghor Jamai:

Story of the drama serials revolves with various comedy incidents. Owner of a house Mastura Begum married Golam. Her daughter Pinki also followed her mother and married Abul. Then many comedy incidents take place in the drama serial.

Album News: Nokkhotro-Ghash-Chondromollikar Raat

Entertainment Report

G-Series recently released VCD of the telefilm 'Nokkhotro-Ghash-Chondromollikar Raat' in the market. Moshiul Alam has written story of the telefilm. Main concept of the telefilm is Zulhaj Nur. He has also directed the film. Nehal Koraishy was in camera direction and Samir Ahmed edited the film. Joya Ahsan and Nova have performed in lead roles in the telefilm.

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. Farzana is wife of Shamim. Though he has wife, he is searching another partner. Laboni, 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 5 crore. But why she wants to take revenge? Story of the daily soap continues.

Hollywood: Showbiz people briefs

Reuters, Los Angeles

Marla Sokoloff and sitcom moms Marion Ross and Christina Pickles will star in 'Flower Girl,' a wedding-themed original movie that will air on the Hallmark Channel later this year.

Sokoloff ('The Practice') plays Laurel, who runs a floral shop with her meddling grandmother (Ross, of "Happy Days" fame), and is always planning weddings for everyone but herself. As all of Laurel's friends get married, she wonders if she will ever find Mr. Right. Unexpectedly, she meets two possible matches, forcing her to choose between her head and her heart. Pickles ('Friends') play a friend of Laurel's.

In Bangkok (Thailand), Tsui Hark will direct Andy Lau in the period martial arts suspense thriller "Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame." The $13 million project will bring to life an imagined case solved by a real Tang Dynasty detective. When the mysterious deaths of a series of loyal subjects threaten to delay the 690 A.D. inauguration of Empress Wu, China's only female leader, she calls the infamous Detective Dee (Lau) back from an exile into which she cast him eight years earlier. Production will begin in May, with a theatrical release envisaged for summer 2010.

Kareena starts admiring Aishwarya

Kareena Kapoor has had a bad equation with her first hero Abhishek and the Bachchans ever since loving sis Karisma's broken engagement. Kareena has been openly critical about Ash too, who took Karisma's place in the Bachchan home. But now the Kapoor girl has suddenly decided to rave about the Bachchan bahu. Bebo apparently can't stop talking about the way Ash has shaped her career after marriage.Ash has big films in her kitty like Sanjay Leela Bhasali's next with Hrithik Roshan and a movie with Akshay Kumar based on Back to the Future, apart from Maniratnam's Ravan with hubby Abhi and Shankar's Robot.

This in spite of the fact that she has become very selective about films after marrying Abhishek Bachchan. She turned down Karan Johar's Dostana because she thought the audiences could not see her having affection for Bobby Deol and being overtly friendly with John Abraham when Abhi is a part of the story. She's also become very choosy about the directors and producers she wants to work with.

Kareena has reportedly been following Ash's career and says this is the pattern she would love to follow after her marriage. So it seems that she's indeed serious about marrying Saif Ali Khan. Kareena's been saying that she's serious about marriage but it won't happen for another two years as her date diary is full till 2010. Saif is getting a special apartment ready and it would be complete by then. The Kapoor lass sure are very clear about her plans! Let's wait and watch.

-Agency