TRIVIA & QUIZ

Queen Victoria, as we all know, was the monarch of the United Kingdom during the 19th century and the much-adored Empress of India.

My earliest inspirations were my parents Professor Syed Moqsud Ali and Professor Noorunnahar Fyzennessa, revered academics at the University of Dhaka, both of whom were cultural enthusiasts as well.

From my perspective, I don't find them very respectable. I will say that I respect the women participating in such contests, but the concept of such contests is an insult to women.

In a star-studded list of the most successful R&B musicians of all time, Usher Raymond IV ranks amongst the highest. Known by his fans as “Mr. Entertainment”, this Texas-born singing sensation has quite a few accolades to his name

Harvey Weinstein is a multiple-award winning movie producer who has much fame to his claim. This time, he earns infamy by being fired from his own company because of a number of sexual allegations made to his name.

The renowned Bollywood film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali's latest film, Padmavati, had raised substantial hype among the fans since its first announcement.

I have recently shifted studios from Moghbazar to Niketon. I have been a lot more productive in this new studio. Even though the studio isn't complete yet, I have composed six songs within one and a half months of shifting. That is incredible considering that it used to take me a year to make six songs!

Bangladesh's first TV channel entirely focused on children and family shows, Duronto, has been launched after much anticipation.

We apologize for a mistake caused in the previous issue of Star Showbiz.

The successful Indian director Srijit Mukherji has began his latest project, a film on the Bhawal Sanyasi Case of olden Bangladesh.

I am done with studying law, and I am giving my exams for the license. I would ideally want to be a Barrister, as well as continue my media work.

It is indeed. I have to say that I previously have never believed in beauty pageants as such, as I still think 'beauty' is a subjective matter. I never even watched any miss world competitions.

With the array of TV shows that are being released every single day, it is difficult to keep up with what is worth the watch and what isn't so we tend to climb aboard the hype train and watch what everyone is watching.

At one point in time, the Bangladeshi television industry was in its 'golden age', primarily due to the production of high-quality dramas and fiction. After the popularization of satellite television, the industry almost fell flat on its face due to competition that the industry was arguably not ready for.

TRIVIA & QUIZ

I am favored with an extremely cultural bloodline. Since childhood, I have been practicing songs of good quality and I try to spread the joy and glory of music.

‘Uncensored with Rafi Hossain' started off as a normal web-series on Star Live of the interviews that we take for Star Showbiz's cover stories. The series gained unprecedented popularity, and some of the interviews went viral overnight due to their candid and honest nature.

Rick owns a club in Casablanca. One day he discovers that the person he used to love, Ilsa, is in town with her husband Victor. Victor is a Czech resistance leader, chased by the Germans.

The Glass Castle is adapted from the bestselling memoir of the same name by former New York gossip columnist Jeannette Walls.