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Firoz Shai remembered
Cultural Correspondent
Artistes recalled the contribution of Firoz Shai at a commemorative programme on Wednesday.
Firoz Shai Smrity Sangsad in association with the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy organised the programme at the academy’s dance and music auditorium marking the 13th anniversary of death of the artist who passed away on December 16 in 1996 while performing the song Ek second er nai bharasa
at a Victory Day programme.
Firoz Shai was one of those who initiated Bangla rock with a touch of folk. Eschool khuilasey re maula, was the first Bangla pop of Firoz, when it hits top of the chart along with pop guru Azam Khan’s ‘Alal o dulal’ and Ferdous Wahid’s ‘Agey jadi jantam’, according to Google.
GM Masud Dhali, Hosna Solaiman, Nilufar Sultana, Sheikh Sadi Khan, Abdul Jabbar, Fakir Alamgir, Jane Alam and Akramul Islam, among others, attended the programme.
The speakers urged the concerned authorities to preserve and promote the songs of Firoz Shai. President of the organisation Faruk Bhuiyan chaired the event.
After the discussion, Faruk sang the songs including including Iskul khuilachhe, Line chhara chole na railgari, Ek second-er nai bhorosha, and Dui diner ek visa diya of Firoz Shai.
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Christmas double for Hallelujah
BBC
X Factor winner Alexandra Burke has taken the Christmas number one slot with Hallelujah, beating Jeff Buckley’s version of the song into second place.
Burke’s single became the fastest-selling by a female solo artist, with 576,000 copies sold.
Buckley, who drowned in an accident in Memphis in 1997 at the age of 30, recorded his version in 1994.
Leonard Cohen, who wrote the hit more than 20 years ago, also hit number 36 with his original version. Buckley finished at number two on downloads - with sales of 81,000.
Official Charts Company managing director Martin Talbot said: “It is a particularly amazing week for Alexandra Burke who has broken a string of records to announce her arrival in spectacular style.
‘And, chart placings at 1, 2 and 36 are remarkable for a 25-year-old song which has never previously reached the top 40.’
HMV’s Gennaro Castaldo said: ‘It was pretty much a given that Alexandra Burke’s cover of Hallelujah would dominate the race for this year’s Christmas number one, but it’s been such a strange year that we thought the charts would throw up some kind of a surprise, and the twist came in the form of the Jeff Buckley cover.
‘It’s ironic that it’s taken the X Factor to get a lot more of us to appreciate the music of Leonard Cohen and the talent of Jeff Buckley.’
Burke’s victory pushed 2006 X Factor winner Leona Lewis off the top after two weeks. She is at number three with her cover of Snow Patrol’s Run.
The reality TV theme continued in the charts after comedian Peter Kay’s spoof reality TV singer Geraldine entered the top 10 at number five with Once Upon A Christmas Song.
Comeback kings Take That claimed Christmas number one in the album chart with The Circus.
The album is the fastest-selling album in the UK so far this millennium, according to the Official Charts Company, and the second biggest-selling album of 2008.
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In this city
Abu Karim
Thinking this city looks more habitable
you are residing somewhere in it
The bird of your name
with a dab of cheerfulness on its wings
is flying across the horizon of my task
like a patch of cloud.
Up the path of the southern sea
comes the first sob of the season.
The water-laden tree lines
the hectic round of the day
fatigue overtakes in the afternoon.
The bees of my task swarming upon my table
goes flying then melts away
in the grey shadows of the evening
Zest for life in my eyes
Life is ascendant
and I feel holding your hand
I can walk a thousand miles.
Translated by
Zakeria Shirazi
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Rupankar stages Subachan
Nirbasane today
Cultural Correspondent
Rupankar Cultural Centre will stage Subachan Nirbasane to pay respect to late theatre icon Abdullah Al Mamoon, who was the adviser of the group.
The group has a plan to work on Mamoon’s writing and will also introduce a memorial award after the name of Mamoon from 2009, said the organisers at a briefing at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Dhaka on Tuesday.
The organisers said they would hold a programme every year to honour the theatre activists with the award. ‘We will stage the play at the academy’s National Theatre Hall on December 26 to pay homage to Mamoon’, said the director of the play Farzana Moushumi.
Theatre activist Ataur Rahman, Sammilita Sangskritik Jote’s secretary, Gholam Quddus, Banglaesh Group Theatre Federation secretary, Jhuna Chudhry, among others, attended the briefing.
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