Veteran actor Robert De Niro has been named by The Film Society of Lincoln Center as the recipient of its 44th annual “Chaplin Award”, which honours major industry talents.

Bollywood actress Sonam Kapoor was recently announced as the winner of this year's “ET Panache Trendsetter Award”.

Hrithik Roshan's next film “Kaabil” will have a Telugu adaptation subsequently after the original Hindi production has been done.

Animesh Aich's upcoming film “Bhoyonkor Shundori” is slated for release early next year.

Singer Fahmida Nabi's latest single titled “Onubhobe” was released recently, which also had Belal Khan singing the male parts.

Chirkutt has recently composed a song for Mostafa Kamal Raz’s “Tumi Je Amar”.

After celebrating the five-day carnival of triumph, Durga Puja came to an end as the idol of Goddess Durga was immersed in the Buriganga River on Bijoya Dashami.

Dr. Israfil Shaheen is a director and professor at the Department of Theatre and Performance Studies, University of Dhaka.

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Durga Puja is an annual festival celebrating the victory of goddess Durga over the demon Mahishasura, celebrated from the sixth to tenth day of bright lunar fortnight. The six days are observed as Mahalaya, Shashthi, Maha Shaptami, Maha Ashtami, Maha Navami, and the last Vijayadashami.

François Truffaut was born in Paris on 6 February 1932. His mother was Janine de Montferrand whose future husband, Roland Truffaut, accepted him as an adopted son and gave him his surname.

A psychoanalyst and his family goes through intense emotional trauma when their son passes away in a scuba diving accident.

Peaky Blinders is a TV series which focuses on a crime gang of the same name, set around the time after the First World War in Birmingham, England. The show captures the rise and fall of big business empires and the drama associated with it all extremely well.

Music maestro A.R. Rahman will be honoured with the Hridaynath Mangeshkar award this year for the melodic masterpieces he has made over the last two decades.

Legendary musician John Lennon will be getting a biography titled “Lennon”. The announcement came on the final day of 2016's New York City Comic Con by IDW Publishing.

Actor Forest Whitaker has joined the cast of Marvel's “Black Panther”, which will have him playing the role of Zuri, an elder stateman in Wakanda.

AnnaSophia Robb will be starring in the upcoming adaptation of the teen thriller based on Lois Duncan's 1974 book “I Know What You Did Last Summer”.

Kelvin Hudson and Jennifer Hudson are all set to star in upcoming independent drama “Monster”.

Tom Hanks and Emma Watson starrer thriller will be released worldwide on April 28. The thriller will have Tom Hanks playing the founder of the world's largest tech and social media organization and Emma Watson as an employee who rises through the company ranks.

Joya Ahsan will be starring in Kaushik Ganguly's next film titled “Bishorjon”. She mentioned that she has always wanted to star in a film directed by Kaushik.