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Bangladesh is a land of rivers and her people have benefited from the fertility that it brings. However, Bangladesh is also a land of floods; throughout the ages floods have brought numerous sufferings to the people of this country.
   The play, ‘Jalbalika’ revolves around this fact. On July 27, the play was performed at the National Theatre Hall in Shilpakala Academy.
   The members of the cast were from Padatik group and this was the 26th production of the play.
   The event was held on the occasion of the silver jubilee celebration of the play.
   Dance group Nrityanandan, Nrityam and Jago Art Centre of Bangladesh performed to mark the occasion.
   The proceeds of the silver jubilee festival will be donated for the treatment of veteran freedom fighter & actor Mujibur Rahman Dilu, who is grievously ill and is at BIRDM hospital.
   The story features life, love and death on the river bank. It captures the scene where the river is a life giver and a destroyer. Joybaul, a respected baul in the village is known for his ability to inspire boatmen during races and lead them to victory. While composing a new tune for the upcoming boat race, Joybaul discovers his daughter’s ability to sing.
   He then proposes to the mohajan (village headman)to let her sing in his place. Initially, the mohajan refused and at this moment a strong point was raised by Joybaul, ‘why’, he asked, ‘because she is a girl’? Sure enough, she leads the boatmen to victory and gains favour in the eyes of the people.
   But good times have to end. The clouds darkened and the winds howled, yes, the great flood was indeed upon them. Joybaul’s wife in a dream saw her daughter being swiped away by death (symbolised by a giant snake).
   A plea was made to the mohajan that he lends them their boat so that the children could be taken to safer grounds. But he refused to do so. Having no choice, Joybaul had to make the best of a ‘dinghi’. As he rowed on with his two children, a storm arose and the waves crashed on the small ‘dinghi’ causing it to sink.
   The climax of the play was when Joybaul had to choose between his son and his daughter, because he could only carry one as he swam to the bank.
   The acting of the group was excellent and was aided by sound effects, which was very creative indeed.
   Overall, the play and all aspects of it were executed with undeniable quality. A must see for viewers.
   For more information logon to www.padatik.com.

GSK Consumer Health care presents an entertaining family game show, Horlicks Genius Bangladesh 2005, which is first of its kind in Bangladesh. Primarily more than 600 families participated in the regional audition held in six different divisional cities. Among these the selection team finally chose 32 families for the final round which will be the end of 11 episodes. NTV is airing these episodes every Friday at 6:50pm starting today. Horlicks Genius Poribar is not only a game show but it also portrays the creativity of these families and shows their strong family bondage.

NTV will air Closeup 1: a talent hunt endeavour organised by Unilever at 8:50pm tonight.
   The first episode of the event will present both the audition and selection rounds held in Rangpur and Bogra. The event is being jointly conducted by Debashish Biswas and Aupee Karim.

Ityadi, a popular magazine show will be aired at 9:05pm on BTV tonight. The event is planned, scripted and directed by Hanif Sanket.

‘What Islam says; what we do’, a talk show used to be aired on ATN Bangla on Mondays and Tuesdays.
   From now on, the show will be aired on the channel on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 4:20pm and 12:20pm respectively, said a press release.

Some students at Pendleton College are about to become part of urban folklore. But to enter into the history books, they'll have to be slaughtered first. Tall tales or sick jokes, urban legends stick to the psyche like melted cheese on toast… some scary, some silly, some darn real. And when a whacked out psyche professor's making them up as he does the dirty work, the urban legends start living a life of their own, and students start dying in gory fashion.
   Urban Legend
   HBO
   9:30pm
   Starring
   Alicia Witt, Jared Leto, Rebecca Gayheart, Joshua Jackson
   Genre
   Suspense/Thriller