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Abdullah Al Mamun drama festival
begins today
Rahad Abir
Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and the theatre group called Theatre are jointly going to arrange an eight-day theatre festival in commemoration of the playwright Abdullah Al Mamun on his anniversary of birth at the National Theatre Hall of the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy in Segun Bagicha. The Abdullah Al Mamun birth festival will commence on July 10 and will run till July 17.
Nine plays written by Abdullah Al Mamun will be staged by seven theatre groups and two by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy and Dhaka University Theatre Depart-ment during the festival.
On the inaugural day Theatre will stage the play 'Spardha' directed by Abdullah Al Mamun. 'Sapath', directed by Arif Haider, a production of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy will be staged on July 11.
Theatre group Rupankar will stage the play 'Subachan Nirbasaney' directed by Nadedza Farzana Mousami, Palakar will stage 'Bibisab' directed by Aminur Rahman Mukul and Centre for Asian Theatre will stage 'Senapati' directed by Ahsan Reza Khan on July 12, 13 and 14 respectively.
Two plays will be staged on 15 July. They are 'Tritiyo Purush' by Dhaka University Theatre Department and 'Mayik Master' by Theatre, directed by Farhad Zaman Palash.
'Akhon Dussomoy' directed by Ataur Rahman of Nagarik Natya Sampraday will be staged on July 16.
On the concluding day of the festival, July 17, Theatre will stage the play 'Meraj Fakirer Ma' which was directed by Abdullah Al Mamun.
Apart from plays the festival will include two seminars, screening of Mamun's films, exhibitions of his books and scripts. A documentary on Abdullah Al Mamun will also be screened in the festival.
The seminars will be held at 5:00pm on July 11 and at 11:00am on July 17.
The plays will be staged at 7:30pm daily at the National Theatre Hall. The screening will be shown at 5:00pm at the Studio Theatre and the exhibitions will take place on the lobby of the National Theatre Hall.
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4 decades of Pink Floyd in one night
Khaled Yasin Rashid
The Dhaka Sheraton hotel was the venue for the first ever full-fledged Pink Floyd tribute with the Band Stone Free paying their respects to the legacy of arguably one of the most revered and celebrated rock bands in history.
Pink Floyd was first formed in London, in 1965 by Syd Barrett, who passed away in 2006. Initially the band pioneered psychedelic and space rock music, with their sonic experimentation and innovative album art. Later on, the band moved to a more progressive rock genre of music. To this day, they have inspired bands such as 'Genesis' and 'Yes' from the 1970's, to 'Dream Theatre' and 'Nine Inch Nails'.
The Winter Garden at the Sheraton hotel was packed to the brim, for the event which kicked off at 6pm on July 3. The show was complete with spectacular lighting effects and visuals in an effort to reconstruct an actual Pink Floyd concert experience. There was even a large pig hanging in front of the right hand corner of the stage, referring to the song, 'Pigs on The Wing.'
The crowd was glued to their seats for the three hour event organised by Excalibur Entertainment. Stone Free performed classics such as, 'Dark Side of The Moon', 'Coming Back to Life', 'Hey You', 'Money' and after persistent chants from various sections of the crowd, the band capped the night off with 'Comfortably Numb'.
The songs themselves were very well performed. The vocals were near flawless and particular praise will have to be dished out for guitarists Fahim and Arshad who shouldered the duties of performing the solos. The crowd was very appreciative of the bands enthusiastic display and for Stone Free, it was a lifelong dream which became reality. Just as the band was about to leave the stage at 9pm, the audience insisted that they perform a couple of more numbers. Never wanting to disappoint, Stone Free listened to their fans pleas and performed a couple more tracks, much to the delight of the audience.
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Summer in Russia at RCSC
Mohammad Anowar Parvez
A twenty-nine-day photography exhibition titled 'Summer in Russia' is being held at Russian Centre of Science and Culture (RCSC) in the city's Dhanmondi area.
The exhibition was started on July 2 and will remain open to all from 10:00am to 7:00pm till
July 31.
A total of 33 photographs are being displayed in this exhibition. All of these photographs show the natural beauty and different activities of Russian people during the summer. Among the photographs 'Russia, Siberia, Altai', 'Sports Activities', 'Russia Day Celebration on Red Square in Moscow' and 'A Dolphin Ride' drew much attention from the viewers.
The photo 'Russia, Siberia, Altai' shows the natural beauty of hillside areas near the border of Russia, Siberia and Altai.
Another photo 'Sports Activities' shows the different kind of sports activities the Russian people undertake during the summer. And the photo 'A Dolphin Ride' displays the activities of Russian people in the seas with their families during the summer vacation.
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Music album 'Nayak' unveiled
Cultural Correspondent
The launching ceremony of the music album 'Nayak' by Arup Rahi was held at Sufia Kamal auditorium of the Bangladesh National Museum in Shahbagh on Sunday.
Veteran singer of ganasangeet Ajit Ray, professor Ahmed Kamal, professor Anu Mohammad, professor Pias Kamal, ganasangeet singer Kamruddin Absar and journalist Faruq Wasif were present at the programme.
Ajit Ray said, 'Arup is a very brilliant singer. I hope he will be able to evolve a new style in rendering songs.'
Professor Ahmed Kamal said, 'Arup's songs are really beautiful as he has finely depicted the country in his lyrics. We have to go ahead; we do not want to be defeated.'
Arup Rahi said, 'We want to make a society on which there will not be any influence of capitalism. We want to eliminate discrimination from our society.'
The musical album includes a total of 11 songs. The songs were sung, composed and tuned by Arup Rahi.
The songs are 'Soner Krishan', 'Piasha', 'Bondhur Prem', 'Dawat', 'Ami Tomer Majhe Jhirjhirea Boite Cheachi', 'Yeasmin', and two Lanon songs 'Lanthan' and 'Pakhi'.
It is the debut album of the band group Leela and Bahirana Audio Visual.
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'Slumdog Millionaire' child star
moves into new home
Agence-France Presse Mumbai
One of the child actors from the Oscar-winning film 'Slumdog Millionaire' has moved from his Mumbai shantytown shack into a new home, the trust set up to manage his interests said Saturday.
'Azharuddin Ismail's family moved into their new home last evening (Friday). We gave the keys to them,' said Nirja Matoo, from the Jai Ho Trust, established by the movie's British director Danny Boyle and producer Christian Colson.
Matoo said the family's new home is a 250-square-foot (23-square-metre) ground-floor apartment in the Milan Subway area of Santa Cruz, near the Bandra district of central Mumbai.
'The parents told us the monsoon has arrived and they were finding it difficult to live in their shanties,' she added.
The 11-year-old, who played the youngest version of Salim Malik, had been living with his mother and father in a corrugated iron hut in the Gareeb Nagar slum in Bandra.
The makeshift structure was demolished in May as part of an illegal slum clearance drive by the Mumbai civic authorities. It was quickly rebuilt.
Ownership of the new property would be transferred from the Jai Ho Trust to Azhar, as he is know to his family and friends, once he turns 18 and completes his education.
The Jai Ho Trust is also finalising the purchase of a similar property for Azhar's nine-year-old co-star, Rubina Ali, who also still lives in a Mumbai slum.
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Beatles 'shark' Klein dies at 77
BBC
Music entrepreneur Allen Klein, blamed by many for contributing to the demise of The Beatles, has died in New York at 77 after suffering from Alzheimer's.
His funeral will take place in New York on Tuesday
In a career spanning five decades, Klein earned a reputation as a ruthless operator, extracting lucrative deals from labels for his clients.
In the mid-1960s, he managed The Rolling Stones for five years.
Later managing The Beatles, he tried and failed to secure control of copyrights on their behalf.
Though reviled by many, others admired his ability to negotiate with record labels.
'Don't talk to me about ethics,' he once told Playboy magazine. 'Every man makes his own. It's like a war.'
He said John Lennon had hired him to protect his interest in The Beatles, because he wanted what he called 'a real shark - someone to keep the other sharks away'.
Klein helped the Stones negotiate a new contract with their label but the relationship soured after he bought the rights to the band's 1960s songs and recordings - classics like (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction and Jumpin' Jack Flash - from a former manager.
Keith Richards later described Klein's time with the group as 'the price of an education'.
The Beatles hired Klein in 1969 over the objections of Paul McCartney, who preferred his father-in-law, Lee Eastman. At the time, a New York Times profile referred to him as 'the toughest
wheeler-dealer in the pop jungle. Klein himself once sent out a holiday card parodying the 23rd Psalm:
'Yea though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, because I'm the biggest bastard in the valley.'
His copyright battle for the Beatles came as tensions among the four reached breaking-point. Eventually he did score a rich recording deal for The Beatles but by then John, Paul, George and Ringo were not even on speaking terms, and the band dissolved in 1970. One year later, however, George Harrison hired Klein to put on the all-star Concert for Bangladesh
at Madison Square
Garden in New York - the forerunner of the mammoth charity gigs of the 1980s and 1990s.
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The Pink Panther 2 at Star Cineplex
Cultural Correspondent
Star Cineplex arranged the Bangladesh premiere show of the much-talked-about Hollywood film 'The Pink Panther 2' at Level 8, Bashundhara City Shopping Mall on Thursday.
Star Cineplex chairman Mahbubur Rahman and managing director Cristina Rahman were present at the press conference. The organisers said, 'As in the previous years, we have tried to surprise the audience with new films. Keeping this thing in mind we have arranged the show of 'The Pink Panther 2' for the audience. They also told the media that they would present some new films on the occasion of upcoming Eid.
The film is directed by Harald Zwart and the cast includes, Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer, Andy Garcia, Alfred Molina, Yuki Matsuzaki, Aishwarya Rai, John Cleese and Lily Tomlin, among others.
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Rader launched
Cultural Correspondent
The launching of the experimental album titled 'Radar' was held at a shop called Western Music at level six in the Basundhara City on Friday. The pioneer of pop songs in Bangladesh Azam Khan unveiled the cover at the programme.
Azam Khan said, 'Our pop music is developing day by day through various kinds of experiments and this album has also been an outcome of those experiments.'
The music album includes a total of nine songs and an instrumental piece. Monir sang the songs while the songs were composed by Tipu Sultan and Adnan Khan.
The songs are 'Opakkhai Acchi', 'Probability', 'Tarpor', '2+2=4', 'Songgopona', 'Didha Othaba Dando', 'Joler Kanna' and 'Attamajiggasa',
The music album 'Rader' is the debut of Cool production.
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