Legendary lyricist, director, producer and screenwriter Gazi Mazharul Anwar passed away today at 6:30 am in the morning. He composed over twenty thousand songs during his illustrious career. Three of his songs have made it to BBC's list of twenty best Bangla songs of all time. On the occasion of his 78th birthday, The Daily Star interviewed the Ekushey Padak awardee and multiple-time National Film Award winner at his Baridhara residence in 2021. We are providing the excerpts from the memorable interview here.

Legendary lyricist, director, producer and screenwriter Gazi Mazharul Anwar is no more.

Blender's Choice-The Daily Star OTT & Digital Content Awards 2021 is just knocking at the door, and by tomorrow,  we will know who will be crowned as the Best Actor (Female). But before that lets take look on the contenders who are competing in this category.

Blender's Choice-The Daily Star OTT & Digital Content Awards 2021 is just a day away, and the audience are already excited for the winners. Let us review our nominees in the Best Actor (Male) category.

After releasing nine fusion songs since its launching in February of this year, season one of Coke Studio Bangla came to a conclusion with the launch of the latest song, "Hey Samalo." 

The poster of Jaya Ahsan's upcoming project, "Beauty Circus" was unveiled at a special programme on Wednesday by the Information minister, Dr Hasan Mahmud and Mahmud Didar, the director of the film.

Bollywood actors, Ranveer Singh and Kriti Sanon, have won the top prizes at the 67th Filmfare Awards. They won the awards for ‘Best Actor’ and ‘Best Actress’, respectively. While Ranveer Singh won the award for his sports drama film “83”, Kriti Sanon claimed the Best Actress award for her performance in the film “Mimi”.

Popular actress Sabnam Faria again back to work after a long hiatus with the web film “Dafon” directed by Kaushik Sankar. She completed her shooting in Mirpur on Tuesday. In this web film, she plays Jui.  Apart from her, Runa Khan and Saif Chowdhury will play important roles.

Netflix has unveiled the first-look teaser of the upcoming spy thriller “Khufiya”, which is directed by Vishal Bhardwaj, today (August 29). In the teaser, Azmeri Haque Badhan looks stunning, fierce and mysterious, while donned in a saree.

A new poster for the upcoming film “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” was revealed on Twitter by none other than Weird Al Yankovic himself. The poster features a striking image of Daniel Radcliffe, best known for his role as Harry Potter, donning the look of Weird Al.

Nawazuddin Siddique’s first look from his upcoming film “Haddi” has created a lot of buzz on the internet. The actor, who plays dual roles in the movie, is seen dressed as a woman in the poster. In a recent interview, Nawazuddin revealed that he now understands why actresses take so much time to get ready for shooting.

With a series of unexpected twists and turns, “Cool Age” reached the climax of its first season. Now, the show has been renewed for a second season, which will release on the OTT platform, Bongo BD along with the Bongo Boom YouTube Channel in December.

Popular television actor Jeetu Ahsan is making a comeback with a thriller series titled “Makal” directed by Animesh Aich. The five-episode mystery thriller will be released on Bioscope in September 8. 

Mejbaur Rahman Sumon directorial film “Hawa” is all set to release in 117 theaters in Canada and America on September 2.

Renowned singer Habib Wahid released his new single "Deeprohor" on Thursday. The song was written by Mir Shariful Karim Srabon and composed, produced and arranged by Habib. 

MD Faruk Sobhan, popularly known as F S Nayeem, has been a staple of the television industry for quite a while now. He began his acting career with the drama “Nijhum Oronyo”, which was aired back in 2007. Recently, He made a comeback with the web series “Karagar”, with his brilliant performance as a headstrong detective. In a candid conversation with The Daily Star, Nayeem has shared the experience of working in “Karagar”, and his recent ventures.

The ever smiling, always vibrant Armeen Musa started her musical journey in 2008 with her debut album, “Aye Ghum Bhangai”. She soared to popularity right out of high school, with the hit track “Bhromor Koio,” a remake of Radha Raman's classic song. Recently, her song “Jaago Piya” has been featured in celebrated global Indian music collective Berklee Indian Ensemble’s debut album, “Shuruaat”.

Renowned actor Zahid Hasan, one of the lead actors of the film Mostofa Sarwar Farooki’s "Saturday Afternoon", has talked about the film's release and censor certificate debate on a press conference held at the Dhaka Reporters Unity on Thursday, demanding the right to the freedom of expression in Bangladeshi cinema and media content.

Eminent musician Partha Majumdar has formed his own band, “Freeway” with some talented musicians of the country. He shared this news through a Facebook post, which featured his band line-up.

Jaya Ahsan's upcoming project, "Beauty Circus" will be released on 23 September. Recently, the makers have released a  motion poster where they addressed the fans, "Beauty "Circus Ashbe Kobe"?.  The movie has been in the pipeline for 5 years, and the makers are excited to release their movie in the theatres.