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Bangla Cinema
   Char Satiner Ghar
   Nargis Aktar’s film Char Satiner Ghar will be telecast today at 10:05 in the morning on NTV. Mahfuz, Shabnoor, Babita, Mousumi, Alamgir and others are in the cast.
   
   Andhakar
   ATN Bangla will telecast a Bangla cinema, Andhakar, today at 11:14am. The film is directed by Kazi Hayat. Kazi Maruf, ATM Shamsuzzaman and Ahmed Sharif are among the cast.
   
   Telefilm
   Tithir Atithi
   Channel-i will air a telefilm titled Tithir Atithi today at 2:30pm. It is written by Ali Fida Ekram Tojo and directed by Shahiduzzaman Selim and Jahiruddin Piyar. Srabanti, Dinar and Piyal are among the cast.
   
   Putulbaji
   Today, on the fifth day of Eid, NTV will air a telefilm, Putulbaji, at 2:35pm. Written by Mahbub Aziz, the telefilm is directed by Bipul Raihan. Humayun Faridi, Toukir Ahmed, Richi and others are in the film.
   
   Talk-show
   Monica Yunus-er Sange Kichhukkhan
   NTV will telecast an interview of Monica Yunus, an opera singer from the United States of America, in the programme titled Monica Yunus-er Sange Kichhukkhan, today at 1:30pm. Monica is the daughter of a famous father, Dr Mohammad Yunus.
   
   
   
   Drama
   Anya Konokhane
   Anya Konokhane is based on Kazi Anwar Hossain’s story. Scripted by Raju Siddique, the play is directed by Abul Hayat. Toukir Ahmed, Banya Mirza, Rahmat Ali, Sharmili Ahmed and Abul Hayat are among the cast. The play will be aired today at 7:50pm on Channel-i.
   
   Jabbar Alir Bomatangka
   The play, Jabbar Alir Bomatangka, will be telecast today at 9:35pm on Channel-i. It is written and directed by Amjad Hossain. Afjal Sharif, Tele Samad, Fadir Ali Khan, Sohel Arman, Mahbuba Islam Sumi are in the cast.
   
   Sonar Kathi Rupor Kathi
   Written by Bipasha Hayat and directed by Chayanika Chowdhury, Sonar Kathi Rupor Kathi, will be aired today at 8:20pm on NTV. Tarin, Mahfuz, Ria and others in the cast.
   
   Moyla Moyla
   NTV will also air a drama for
   children, Moyla Moyla, today
   at 1:05pm. Written by Ahsan Habib, the drama is directed by Rawshan Ara Nipa. Jitu Ahsan, Swadhin, Moli Akhand and Ataur Rahman will be performing in
   the play.

If you haven’t heard My Way or Strangers in the Night, you’re living a very sheltered life. You might know of popular cover versions but have you heard Frank sing? The king of the crooners is the focus of this two part documentary as friends, acquaintances, lovers and colleagues gather together to assess the life of one of the 20th century’s greatest singers.
   Born in Hoboken, New Jersey of first generation Italian immigrant parents, the skinny kid, Frank, was doted on by his fiercely protective mother, Dolly. Not a great success at school, Frank was encouraged to work the local New Jersey clubs and roadhouses, earning little more than cigarettes and sandwiches.
    Sinatra’s concerts at the Paramount City became legendary. Mobbed by teenage girls, he went on to become a major recording star and consolidated his position by becoming a movie icon in Hollywood.
   From his humble origins, through his bobbysoxer years of screaming teenage adoration, his break as a soloist, his mature work, his films, his women, his politics, his enemies and his friends, these films celebrate the life and career of the American Legend.
   Frank Sinatra retired from the stage in 1995 - after 60 years as a professional singer. He died on 14th May 1998.

JK Rowling and singer Ms Dynamite are among the diverse group of famous people that young people aspire to emulate, according to a survey.
   The YouGov poll for the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) found that almost one in 10 (8%) teenagers aspire to be like Harry Potter author J K Rowling, compared to 4% that want to be like Tony Blair.
   The research found that one in six teenagers believes they will find success through celebrity, and more than one in 10 (11%) would drop out of education or training to be on TV. But the LSC calculated that the odds of success through reality TV are around one in 30 million.
   Ruth Bullen, of the LSC, said, ‘If making money is the reason a young person wants to become famous, then by staying on in education or training they can significantly increase their future earning power by gaining these essential qualifications.’
   Source: wizwardnews.com

‘I am disturbed Hang me if I’m guilty’, said Bollywood actor Salman Khan to a court here while pleading for early disposal of the Chinkara poaching cases of 1998 against him. He appealed to Chief Judicial Magistrate B K Jain, according to Public Prosecutor Jeevan Ram Choudhary.
   Choudhary said the Bollywood star made the appeal to judge after recording his statement, along with 5 others, in the case relating to poaching of Chinkara deer in Ghoda farms on October 11, 1998.
   Salman plea was not in the court records as he ‘made the gesture after recording the statement in the form of a request’, Choudhary said. Salman’s counsel Hastimal Sarswat told PTI that the actor stated before tha judge that he was innocent and was ‘falsely implicated in the poaching cases’.
   A huge crowd was present outside the court to catch a glimpse of the actors, but the police had set up barricades to prevent the stars from being mobbed.
   Bollywood.com

Viewers enter the world of meerkats struggling to survive in the Kalahari Desert.
   Meerkat Manor is real-life drama with a difference — the main protagonists are twelve inches high, live underground in burrows and survive on a diet of worms, insects and lizards.
   In this episode, viewers get to watch the Whiskers gang expanding to thirty-seven while Flower’s unruly daughter has pups.
   Drama ensues when Flower is left with the dilemma of whether to let all of the pups live, or kill them to give her own litter the best chance of survival.