Internationally acclaimed filmmaker Mostofa Sarwar Farooki directorial feature film Saturday Afternoon (Shonibar Bikel) has won the Kumamoto City Award from Fukuoka International Film Festival.

Binge is set to launch a five-episode anthology series, Bagh Bondi Shingho Bondi, which will be streaming on the platform from October 1. Renowned directors Amitabh Reza Chowdhury, Animesh Aich, Giasuddin Selim, Nurul Alam Atique and Abu Shahed Emon are behind this project. Each of the five episodes is thirty minutes long, and was shot maintaining social distancing guidelines.

Written by Kabir Bakul and composed by Hridoy Khan, a new song will honour the valiant members of Bangladesh’s police force.

National Award winning actor Nusrat Imrose Tisha has finally resumed shooting after staying away from her work for 6 months. The actor had temporarily halted all collaborations both home and abroad due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Well-known singer Akbar, who has been suffering from various diseases including diabetes, kidney and heart related problems since January 2019, is flying to India on 29 September for treatment. This is, for the second time the singer is visiting India for medical purposes. He received the Indian Visa on September 16.

After 6 months of inactivity, cinema halls across the country will finally reopen on October 16. Information Minister Hasan Mahmud announced the decision, at a meeting between the Information Ministry and Bangladesh Film Distributors’ Association today.

Prominent OTT platform Hoichoi unveiled the first look of their fourth season recently, with a slate of 25 new web originals, to be aired in the upcoming months.

After months of sedentary, the cameras in film shootings have finally started to roll. It is a silver lining for the film industry as its actors, directors, producers, and shooting crew are finally being able to work, albeit maintaining caution against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Celebrated actor Jaya Ahsan is set to star in a feature film, directed by Piplu R Khan. The actor recently shared the news on social media. The name of the project is yet to be announced. The story of the film is written by Piplu R Khan and Nusrat Mati.

National Award winning actor Sadika Parvin Popy is set to return to shooting for her upcoming release Bhalobashar Projapoti after recovering from COVID -19. The film, jointly directed by Raju Alim and Masuma Tani, will hit the theatres under the banner of Impress Telefilms.

“Schitt’s Creek,” the little Canadian show about a fish-out-of-water family, made history at Sunday’s Emmy Awards with a comedy awards sweep, something even TV greats including “Frasier” and “Modern Family” failed to achieve.

The first song from Kaushik Shankar Das’ directorial debut Punch was recorded yesterday. The film is said to feature 3 songs, 2 of which are composed by celebrated musician Naquib Khan. The track, which is Naquib Khan’s first composition in the film industry, is voiced by noted singer Samina Chowdhury and penned by lyricist Shahid Mahmud Jangi.

Celebrating the bond between dance gurus and their shishyas the third installment of Parampara Dance Festival: An evening of music and dance, organised by Pravaha Institution, featuring noted Bangladeshi kathak dancer Imran Hassan Ishtiaque, disciple of Kathak guru Pandit Ashimbandhu Bhattacharjee, was held online recently.

Over the years, Mehazabien Chowdhury has gone from strength to strength as an actor, proving her prowess in different roles and mediums. The question of the gifted actor gracing the silver screen has gradually become a matter of 'when' than 'if'. Hence, speculation has always followed regarding the signing of her first full-fledged movie. The Daily Star reached out to Mehazabien today, after news about her 'first movie signing' surfaced.

Prominent OTT platform Hoichoi completed three years, since its launch in 2017. For their fourth year, they unveiled a fresh slate of 25 new originals, 2 first-day, first-show films and multiple world digital premieres of movies to be streamed after their theatrical releases, including Dracula Sir, Kakababur Protyaborton, Prem Tame and Golondaaj.

Celebrated danseuse and television personality Shamim Ara Nipa has enthralled the audience for decades with her elegance, poise and grace.

Arifin Shuvoo has carved a space for himself in films with his finesse and dedication. The actor remembers Salman Shah on his 49th birth anniversary today, and talks about his upcoming ventures with The Daily Star.

Born in Afghanistan’s Peshawar town in 1944, Ilias Javed’s family migrated to Punjab first, and then to Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) in 1963.

After the First World War, Major Arthur Hurst filmed shell-shocked patients who returned from the war in France. War Neurosis (1917) pioneered as the first medical film about the treatment of psychiatric battle casualties.

Akbar, a well-known singer of yesteryears, will be taken to India for treatment.