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| Tom
Cruise due in Dhaka next month |
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 Dhaka's movie buffs will toast the romantic action thriller M:I-2,
end result of a team effort of Tom Cruise and John Woo, two of the most compelling figures
in the world cinema, in May. (More..) |
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| STAR
DIRECT => |
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| Mou was not talking to press for a
while. We really had hard time to get this done. This is most probably the first interview
that Mou has ever delivered since she got married. Our chief reporter Raju finally managed
to get it. Thank you for your patience and for all those E-mails of anger to make it
happen. (More ..) |
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| YEAR
END PREVIEW - Movies and Music |
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 Year 2000 was a year of disadvantage in Bangladesh movie industry. 88
movies were released. Manna is number one hero, with 4 hit movies out of 16 released. Most
successful actress Shabnur - with 13 movies released. (More..) |
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| Reviving
Baul Music - an enchanted evening |
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 Baul music has a very rich
Bengali heritage. Bauls are traditionally mystic singers. Their songs are intricately
woven into the rich and diverse cultural history of Bengal and its lifestyle. Though
neglected for some time, there has been a renewed interest in the sounds of these
traditional songs among the new generation for sometime now. Young people have presented
them to the masses again with a little bit of fusion with modern beats and sounds.
Experiments on folks with modern instruments resulting in fusion sounds have been growing
in popularity as alternative music. (More ...) |
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| STORY
of Mamtaj |
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 With 600 cassettes released and 5000 songs sang Mamtaj is now
the top singer in Bangladesh. Hardly known in town Mamtaj has massive popularity in
country side for her folk music. Folk songs - traditional music rooted in the villages - this is the mainstay of our culture.
This is the ultimate story on this singer. This story also reviews the current music market in Bangladesh. Courtesy of
Saptahik 2000. (More..) |
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| COCA-COLA
"Dhaka Dhoon" CONCERT |
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 Rock guru Azam Khan is giving a historic concert at the Army Stadium of
Dhaka on the 13 April 2001. Coca-Cola Company sponsors
the concert called "Coca-Cola Dhaka Dhoon". Azam Khan will perform his old hits
including some new numbers from his latest album "Didima". The money
collected from the concert will be donated to a child for cancer treatment (More ..) |
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| FACE
TO FACE: CHAMPA |
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 "I
NEVER WANTED to be a film star. I wanted to be a model, a very good one. I wanted to make
a name in the international market. You know, something like what Bibi (Russell) is today. Maybe I could have done that if I had
stuck to it, but I didn't," said Champa while talking to The Daily Star at her
newly-furnished Gulshan residence. (More....) |
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| CRY
FOR JUSTICE |
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 A poignant
documentary recounting the untold story of the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh, meticulously
researched with material from archives around the world and interviews of survivors of the
tragedy. All of the footages
were shot during the Liberation War in Bangladesh, 1971. The sequences shown in these film
footages are real. (more ....) |
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| CHOBI
MELA |
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  Chobi
Mela, the first festival of photography in Asia, is one of the most exciting ventures that
Bangladesh has undertaken. The show features the most significant press photographs taken
over the last forty five years.. (more..) |
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| MEDIA
MIX |
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 Printed
media is one of our best tools of ornamentation of the site. Sometime we receive
supplementary copies from various magazines then the ones we are teamed with, requesting
to have a web presence in BangladeshShowBiz. We say, why not!? And there might be some
duplication of images with other sections but it's all there! (more ....) |
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| OLDIES
GOLDIES |
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 This section will flash back on many oldies but really really goldies, from
Bangladesh ShowBiz. Just a look back to our colorful cultural resources. We will be
featuring some popular film stars from the past, some models, tv stars, singers etc. (more...) |
