Due to the pandemic, many cinema halls were closed off due to lack of audience. The halls were demolished and instead, shopping malls and residential buildings were being constructed. However, the release of “Hawa” and “Poran” have given a boost to theaters, as audiences are storming towards them.

Renowned model, anchor and actress Peya Jannatul is also a lawyer by profession. She has been enlisted as an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, recently. The artiste has posted a note regarding this, on her social media feed.

Government grant film “Ashirbad”, featuring Dhallywood actors Mahiya Mahi and Ziaul Roshan, is releasing on August 19. Mahi and Roshan were not present in a recent press conference, held to clarify the film’s status to the media.

Femme fatale Sporshia loves taking challenges -- she wanted to be a filmmaker, but ended up as an ‘accidental actress’. She charmed her way into the hearts of the audience with “Kathbirali” and “Nabab LLB.”

Emmy-winning animated series “Love, Death, and Robots” has been renewed for a fourth season by Netflix.

Bidya Sinha Mim, Sariful Razz and Yash Rohan starrer “Poran” will be released tomorrow in Australia. Tickets for 16 shows of the film’s screening have already been sold out.

Dhallywood superstar Shakib Khan will soon be returning to Bangladesh after staying in the US for the last 9 months. Shakib Khan went to the US on November 12, 2021.

Aamir Khan and his recently released film, “Laal Singh Chaddha” are currently in hot waters. The actor, film, and other parties involved have had a complaint filed against them for allegedly ‘disrespecting the Indian Army and hurting Hindu sentiments’. This is because Aamir's character Laal, works as an Indian Army personnel in the film. 

Bangladeshi filmmaker, Juboraj Shamim’s film “Adim” (The Instinct) has been selected for the main competition category of the Moscow International Film Festival. The official website for the film festival unveiled the 12 films selected for the main category on August 12. 

“Prey” presents itself as a prequel to the much-adulated “Predator” series, originally helmed by Arnold Schwarzenegger. Director Dan Trachtenberg along with co-writer Patrick Aison were able to recapture the magic which made the franchise so popular and enduring in the first place.

US actor Anne Heche passed away a week after she was critically injured in a car crash on August 5.

On July 29, Mejbaur Rahman Sumon's "Hawa" was released in 24 cinema halls across the country. The film, which garnered a positive response from audiences, has been successfully running in theatres for two weeks now. For the upcoming third week, "Hawa" will be screened in 48 cinema halls.

It had been rumoured for a while that Shah Rukh Khan will be playing the role of ‘Vanarastra’ in “Brahmastra”. On Thursday, photos of the actor’s cameo appearance in the Ayan Mukerji film were leaked online.

On the occasion of this National Mourning Day, two fictions—based on the book "Mohamanober Deshe", written by Shahid Rahman—will be aired. One of the fictions has been titled "Ami Mayer Kachhe Jabo", and is being jointly directed by Antor Rahman and Mohammad Farid Uddin.

Aamir Khan’s “Laal Singh Chaddha” had a poor opening day at the box office, despite being a remake of epic Hollywood movie “Forrest Gump”, on  Thursday. This was amidst calls for boycott by fans who were unhappy that an age old classic was getting a Bollywood remake for no reason. 

The Wildlife Crime Control Unit of the Forest Department has claimed that wildlife conservation laws were violated in the movie “Hawa”, particularly in a scene that shows a shalik being kept in a cage.

Bollywood diva Tabu faced an unfortunately accident while performing a stunt scene for her upcoming action film “Bholaa”. The film, which is directed by Ajay Devgn, features the Bollywood star in a pivotal role.

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of historic film “Ora Egaro Jon”, veteran actress Nutan gave a personal account on her transition to ‘Shila’, memorable incidents from the sets, and how she became emotional on watching the last scene.

Based on the gruesome terrorist attack in Dhaka's Holey Artisan Bakery in 2016, the 83-minute film was shot in one take.

Iraqi actress Enas Taleb has decided to file a lawsuit against the UK based newspaper The Economist, for using her own picture in an article on the subject that women are “fatter” than Arab men.