FROM THE ARCHIVES / Cinema has a language of its own: Buddhadeb Dasgupta
11 June 2021
Buddhadeb Dasgupta is one of the brightest names in Bengali cinema today. Winner of multiple national and international awards for films like “Bagh Bahadur”, “Tahader Kotha”, “Charachar”, “Uttara” and “Kalpurush”, he is also a highly-regarded poet. The director spoke to The Daily Star during a recent visit to Dhaka.
11 June 2021
DSCC mayor defies dogged dog lovers
16 September 2020
Despite repeated calls by animal rights groups to not relocate stray dogs of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh’s instructions to relocate canines have been carried out over the last two days.
16 September 2020
DSCC mayor defies dogged dog lovers
16 September 2020
Despite repeated calls by animal rights groups to not relocate stray dogs of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), Mayor Barrister Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh’s instructions to relocate canines have been carried out over the last two days.
16 September 2020
This city is theirs too
28 August 2020
If one can even remember a time before the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the most familiar scenes on the streets of Dhaka were people gathered around tea stalls – snacking, smoking and chatting with friends, colleagues or even total strangers. And almost inevitably around every such gathering would be a friendly canine face or two, waiting eagerly for a kind soul to throw a piece of cookie or cake.
28 August 2020
‘Why did I even get tested, if no one would check?’
18 June 2020
Ever since the Malaysian authorities imposed a stringent lockdown in the country in March, Asif Rahman had been counting down the days in his small Kuala Lumpur apartment till when he could reunite with his family in Bogura.
18 June 2020
Dreams incomplete
25 April 2019
From a young age, he believed in helping people in whatever way he could. Whether it was staging protests for the causes he believed in, saving lives of people trapped in building collapses, or rescuing stray animals in distress, he believed in acting upon his beliefs.
25 April 2019
Circular Bus Service in Dhanmondi / Launched while in 'test phase'?
28 March 2019
While the launch of a circular bus service -- that promises convenient short-distance commutes around Dhanmondi and nearby areas -- has generated excitement among many citizens of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC), they might have to hold their horses for just a little longer.
28 March 2019
Justice Habibur Rahman: A life of subdued greatness
10 January 2019
His would not be an ordinary life. The year was 1952, and the movement demanding Bangla as a state language of erstwhile East
10 January 2019
Film Review: Doob
The extent of how hotly-anticipated Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's “Doob” is became clear on Thursday afternoon when I had to resort to
27 October 2017
Vivid retelling of classic romance
We all tell stories. It's quite amazing something so mundane and commonplace in our lives can be such an art when done by the right
26 October 2017
“Doob” poised for big opening weekend
October is set to be one of the biggest months in recent years for Bangladeshi cinema, bookended by films of two very different genres. After cop thriller “Dhaka Attack” pulled in audiences to theatres in droves on the first weekend of the month, it seems like
26 October 2017
“I lost my uncle in '99, my son in 2000; Today I feel that same pain again”
A Bengal Foundation press conference in October is usually a call for celebration itself for us journalists.
22 October 2017
No classical music festival this year
The Bengal Classical Music Festival for this year has been cancelled, due to the unavailability of its venue, the Army Stadium.
22 October 2017
Bengal Classical Music Festival 2017 cancelled
In what is arguably the biggest blow to the country’s cultural development, the Bengal Classical Music Festival for this year has been cancelled, due to the unavailability of its venue, Army Stadium.
22 October 2017
Dipankar Dipon shares his success 'Formula' for Dhaka Attack
With his debut film “Dhaka Attack” continuing its sweeping run in cinemas across the country, director Dipankar Dipon talks to The
19 October 2017
“I paint to relax”
Eminent economist Dr. Wahiduddin Mahmud has numerous professional accolades to his name, both at national and international
18 October 2017
Chronicles of the Rebel Poet
Kazi Nazrul Islam, one of the greatest artistic polymaths of the subcontinent, had a life as diverse and happening as his works were.
17 October 2017
Farooki's next to go on floors this December
Mostofa Sarwar Farooki will commence production on Bengali- and English- language film “Saturday Afternoon” in December. International film magazine Variety broke the news on Monday.
17 October 2017
Film Review: DHAKA ATTACK
Tuesday afternoons are quite quiet at the Star Cineplex; being the middle of the week and with the shopping mall Bashundhara City on its weekly closure, it's the day that draws the smallest numbers to the country's premier multiplex and is my favourite day to visit the cinemas to avoid the crowds.
12 October 2017
“I have been humiliated”
When Tanzir Tuhin, front-man of leading indie rock band Shironamhin announced on Friday via Facebook that he was leaving the
7 October 2017
KHACHA Bangladesh's Oscar entry deserved a better release and bigger audience
The curse of Bangladesh's Oscar entries (in the Foreign Language Film category) at the box office continues this year. Akram Khan's “Khacha” – this year's nomination – was taken off the only movie theatre in the capital, Star Cineplex that was screening it after just a
4 October 2017
A Feluda of our times?
When it was announced that Feluda was getting a 'Bangladeshi' reboot, I was excited. As someone fortunate enough to have grown up in an era before smartphones and the internet, books were a big part of my childhood, and Feluda was one of my first idols.
28 September 2017
First trailer of “Doob” is out
There has been a lot of talk, but not much to look at until now from Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's much-anticipated Bangladesh-India joint production “Doob” (“No Bed of Roses”). All that changed on Wednesday night when the film released its official trailer on YouTube, and the internet is abuzz.
28 September 2017
Haldaa coming in December
The final quarter of 2017 is gearing up to be a good one for Bangladeshi cinema. With the release of some five films in October alone –
22 September 2017
“Khacha” in theatres in limited release from today
Impress Telefilm, in what can only be described as a rabbit-out-of-the-hat move, announced yesterday that their film “Khacha” is
21 September 2017
“Doob” continues to make waves at festivals
“Doob”, Mostofa Sarwar Farooki's magnum opus starring India's Irrfan Khan, is continuing its impressive run at the international film
11 September 2017
Hotel Albatross
With the satellite channels airing more TV plays this Eid than anyone can keep track of, Nuhash Humayun's directorial TV debut was one that many had made a mental note of.
4 September 2017
A BREEZE OF FRESHNESS THIS EID
With Eid being the high season for television entertainment, TV directors in the last year or so have really been pushing the envelope
28 August 2017