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Muktir Shabda
A documentary on Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra
Robab Rosan
A video documentary on the role of the revolutionary radio centre called Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, during the country's war of independence will be released on the next Independence Day.
The film, 'Muktir Shabda' or the sound of freedom is directed by Shahriar Salam. The film will present the history of the formation of the radio centre. It has also highlighted the radio's role in creating public awareness and informing the people of other nations about the atrocities of the occupied Pakistani forces.
Interviews of some of the architects of the station and many of the people who worked in the centre are also included in the film. The director has also taken interviews of some of the Indians who worked behind the establishment of the station and also for its success.
'It was rather difficult for me to make the film as many of the important people who were involved in founding the station are not alive,' Salam continues, 'at last after two years of efforts I was able to make the film.'
About the film, the director further says that he has given importance to presenting the authentic history of the radio centre, which had tremendous influence on people of Bangladesh struggling to win their independence at all cost. 'The audience will also get an image of the war-torn Bangladesh,' he adds.
Bulbul Biswas and Motaleb Shaharier have worked as assistant director of the film while Syed Haider has worked on camera. Anisur Rahman Tipu is doing the editing.
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HSBC Sidr charity concert held in Ctg
Cultural Correspondent
Three leading singers of the country, Runa Laila, Sabina Yasmin and Shahnaz Rahmatullah, appeared on the same stage one after another. They performed at a charity concert for the Sidr-affected people. The band group Miles also participated at the concert.
The Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) arranged the concert at the tennis ground of the Chittagong Club in Chittagong on Friday.
These three singers enthralled the audience singing their popular songs and made a history in the country's cultural arena by performing on the same stage.
At the beginning of the programme, Shahnaz Rahmatullah came on the stage and started the concert by singing her popular number 'Ektara tui desher katha bolre ebar bol,' composed by the eminent music director Anwar Parvez. Prior to the singing, Shahnaz said that the concert was a special day in her life because she was performing at the programme where the other two popular singers Runa Laila and Sabina Yasmin were participating.
Later, Shahnaz delighted the audience by singing her most popular songs 'Bandhure tor mon pailam na'; 'Sagarer tir theke'; 'Je chhilo drishtir simanay' and 'Ekbar jete dena amar chhotto sonar gay' one after another.
Then Sabina Yasmin came on stage and the audience welcomed the ailing singer through cheers and claps. Sabina thanked the audience saying that she had been able to come with their good wishes prayers for her. She also sought blessings from the audience so that she could sing regularly. She started her performance singing the beginning line of the song 'Sabkata janala khule dao na'. later she sang 'Se ek subarna tarunya labanya'; 'Ami rajani gandha phuler moto'; 'Shudhu gaan geye parichay'; 'Ashru diye lekha e gaan' and some other songs among her popular numbers. She said that the playback music in the earlier decades was very romantic and touched the emotion of the audience. 'Unfortunately, the songs of films of this time in most cases have lost their popularity. We should change the situation,' she added.
Really, it was a rare chance to enjoy live the songs of the leading singers. After Sabina, Runa Laila came on the stage. She thanked the organisers for arranging the concert for the Sidr victims and also thanked the audience for extending their helping hands by purchasing tickets for the concert.
Runa started her performance by singing 'Anek brishti jhore'. She later sang 'Maay marji maay ganangi'; 'Aap dil ki anjuman se'; 'Nachenge saberia'; 'Damadam maskalander' and other popular Urdu songs. She also sang the poplar Bangla songs 'Bandhu tin din tor bari gelem'; 'Stationer railgairta' and 'Sadher Lau banailo more boiragi'.
The final attraction of the concert was the country's one of the most popular music band 'Miles'. The band delighted the audience by singing its popular numbers, like 'Jwala'; 'Pahari meye'; 'Chand tara surja nou tumi', 'Neela'; 'Se kon daradi aamar', 'Phiriye dao aamar prem' and so on.
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Prangane Mor to bring Raktakarabi on stage
Cultural Correspondent
Theatre group called Prangane Mor is taking preparation to bring Rabindranath Tagore's play 'Raktakarabi' on stage. The technical show of the play will be held at the Experimental Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Segun Bagicha on January 26.
Popular actress Nuna Afroz will direct the play and design the costume for the performers. Faiz Zahir will work for set design and Thandu Raihan for lighting. Jaglul Alam will work as the music director. Among others, Ananta Hira, Nuna Afroz, Shishir Rahman, Awal Reza, Ramiz Raju, Ikram Mahfuz, Choitali Samaddar, Sarawar Alam and Abu Hayat Jasim will perform in different roles in the play.
Earlier, the theatre had earned critical acclaim for its productions 'Shyamaprem', and 'Swadeshi' based on Tagore's dance drama 'Shyama' and novel 'Char Adhyaya' respectively.
The organisers hope that their latest production will also delight the audience.
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Lalu in hospital
Cultural Correspondent
Artiste AFM Abdul Ali Lalu is now under going treatment at Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital at Jigatola in Dhaka.
He was shifted from Mymensingh Medical College Hospital on January 17. Lalu is now under the care of Dr Minhaj Rahim Chowdhury.
He was admitted at MMCH on December 27 with various old age complications including high blood pressure, diabetic, asthma and heart diseases
Japan-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital and Exim Bank have taken the responsibility to bear all the treatment cost of Lalu.
Lalu was a popular face on BTV and Bangladesh Radio. He became popular for his dialogue 'Kainchain Dehi', a local language of Mymensingh in popular BTV programme 'Jaddi Kichu Mone Naa Koren' hosted by Fazle Lohani.
He first appeared in the silver screen through Surjo Snann in 1962. He performed different roles in more than 100 films, including Ka Kha Ga Gha Uma, Sonali Akash, Dui Diganta, Raja Elo Shahare, Sat Rang, Nawab Siraj-ud-Dowlah, Chena Ochena, Abanchita, Dharapat, Protikar, Badhu Bidhay, Nach Ghar, Janajani, Matir Pahar, Ekhane Akash Neel, Katha Dilam, Abirbhab, Lal Memshaheb, Achena Athithi, Meher Banu and many more.
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Swani's musical evening today
Cultural Correspondent
A solo musical performance featuring ghazal, geet and thumri by Swani Zubayer will be held at the Shaheed Zia Auditorium of the Bangladesh National Museum on January 25.
Magnum Opus will organise the show.
Swani is a musician and composer. His area of work ranges from the purest of classical Indian music to the western genre.
He is a versatile singer of ghazals, thumris and Bangla songs. He sings his own compositions.
His musical gurus are Ustad Mazhar Ali Khan and Ustad Jawad Ali Khan; both are grand sons of Ustad Golum Ali Khan.
Swani received the graduation degree in western music composition from The Royal College of Music, Sweden.
Among the western compositions, 'To thee is the end of all journeys' and 'The golden land' are mentionable.
His albums including Sara, Nirjan Shakhhar, Ajasra kabita and Apna Kheyal, an album of ghazals have drawn attention of the music lovers of Bangladesh.
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Discussion on sculptor Alak held
Cultural Correspondent
The British Council on Friday held a discussion on the life and works of Alak Roy at its auditorium on the concluding day of a 15-day sculpture exhibition titled Ecology of Mind 2 by the artist.
Noted artists including Rafiqun Nabi, Professor Abul Mansur, Professor Syed Manzoorul Islam and Professor Mainuddi Khaled spoke on the occasion, with Qaiyyum Chowdhury in the chair.
The discussion commenced with the welcome speech by the director of the British Council, June Rollinson.
Earlier, British Council and Bengal Shilpalaya jointly hosted the sculpture exhibition where 50 pieces of works of the artist were simultaneously displayed.
After the discussion, a documentary show on the works of the artist titled Daritrir Sange Basabas by Abu Nayem Mahtab was screened.
Alak was born in Mymensingh in 1950. A total of 4 solo exhibitions of the artist have been organised so far. The artist participated at a number of group exhibitions and attended 12 international sculpture camps. He received the Beijing Olympic Contest Award 2008 for his Landscape Sculpture in 2006.
Besides, he took the Grand Prize Award at the 3rd Asian Art Biennial Bangladesh in 1986.
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Meherin accorded welcome in Kishoreganj and Bhoirob
She was visiting Geetaly, Geetmala, Gaaner Dali and Sagar Recording and these four music stores at Gourangobazar Audio market at Kishoreganj on a promotional campaign the first time outside Dhaka for her newly released music video Tomar Jonno produced by Impress Audio Vision audio- album Don't Forget Me other audio CDs released under Sound tech's banner. In afternoon Meherin visited Sonnet Audio Complex at the New Market of Voirob. A projection screen set outside the market building displayed selected numbers from Tomar Jonno while she stayed there. Meherin afterwards visited Ladies Hostel of Md. Rafiqul Islam Collage and she had a photo session with students. A portion of money from Tomar Jonno will be given by Meherin to buy fishing apartments and boats for some of the Sidr victims.
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Hollywood begins Oscar countdown
Agence France-Presse, Los Angeles
Nominees for the 80th Academy Awards were to be unveiled early Tuesday, with Hollywood on tenterhooks as experts predicted a wide open battle for the Oscars' best picture prize.
The nominations for this year's awards were to be revealed at local time 5:38am (1338 GMT) at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, whose Beverly Hills headquarters went into lockdown on Monday in anticipation of the event.
Observers say a crop of dark and offbeat films have made this year's battle one of the hardest to call in years. The gold statuettes will be handed out on February 24.
The early front-runner for the coveted best picture prize is Joel and Ethan Coen's 'No Country for Old Men,' a bleak thriller about the murderous forces unleashed when a drug deal on the US-Mexico border goes wrong.
However the film, which has won a string of critics' prizes during awards season, was overlooked for the best picture prize at the Golden Globes on January 13, with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association instead choosing to honour 'Atonement,' a period drama set in wartime Britain and France.
Tom O'Neil, of Los Angeles Times awards blog theenvelope.com, said 'No Country for Old Men,' the powerful drama 'There Will Be Blood' and low-budget comedy 'Juno' were likely to be among the five best picture nominees.
But less certain was the identity of the other two nominees with 'Atonement,' 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly,' 'American Gangster,' 'Into the Wild,' 'Michael Clayton,' and 'Sweeney Todd' all possible contenders.
There was a slim chance that the Golden Globes' two best picture winners, 'Atonement' and Tim Burton's musical 'Sweeney Todd' with Johnny Depp in the title role, may both fail to get nominated.
'If that happens it will be the first time ever that one of the two best picture winners at the Globes did not translate into an Oscar,' O'Neil said. 'That would be shocking.'
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