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The ongoing art exhibition at the Drik gallery is an in-depth look into the lives of the people living in the hilly areas of Bandarban.
   The aptly titled exhibition ‘The Hill People of Bandarban’ consists of photographs taken by Enam Talukder. The exhibition was inaugurated on August 16 at the gallery.
   There are a total of 30 photographs on display. The photographer has an acute eye for details of the people living in Bandarban.
   Each picture depicts the stories of the Mru tribe. Enam brilliantly portrayed Bandarban with the help of his camera lens.
   Most people living in the city are oblivious of the lives of hill people, their culture and their traditions. For them, life is different, more stringent and less accessible to the bare necessities.
   If one closely looks at the pictures, one will see the Mru people in all stages of life.
   One of the visitors, a student from Dhaka University commented that ‘I have never been to Bandarban, but coming here was an inspiring experience for me.’
   Another visitor commented that ‘Enam beautifully captured the people and nature of Bandarban; his works deserves kudos.’
   One would see all types of photos ranging from scenic beauty of the hills to the tribal dances. Two photographs created massive appraisals from the visitors.
   The first titled ‘Independent’ depicts a small child climbing
   a steep ladder carved out from a tree, whilst the mother looks on for the safety of the child.
   This simple picture narrates the level of hardships these people have to endure from an early age.
   For a child living in the city, something like this is unimaginable.
   The second photo titled ‘Mru girl’ portrays the beauty of a local tribal girl.
   Many commented that the beauty of the girl is faded due to the hardships of hill life.
   What is interesting in this photo is the way the girl looked into the camera, while posing for the photograph.
   There is a sense of hope in her eyes and her winsome smile speaks of innocence.
   This exhibition is a part of events initiated by Alliance Française de Dacca and organized by Bandarban Hill District Council and Bandarban Tribal Cultural Institute.
   UNESCO also plays a part through their support of ethnic communities in Bangladesh. Drik is the venue sponsor.
   The exhibition will continue till August 29 for public viewing.

It looks like John Abraham and Aishwarya Rai will finally come together as a screen pair in a film for Rohan Sippy, which will start early next year.
   What’s more, John and Ash have taken with them director Sriram Raghavan, who was supposed to direct them in producer Gaurang Doshi’s Happy Birthday.
   Confirming these developments, Raghavan said, ‘We’re no longer working for Gaurang. That project, Happy Birthday, didn’t work out. John, Aishwarya and I are doing a completely different project for Rohan Sippy’.
   Incidentally, Aishwarya’s husband Abhishek Bachchan and Rohan are the best of buddies and are all set to do another film together after Bluffmaster.
   ‘Yes’, conceded Raghavan. ‘But that’s a separate project from mine. John and Ash are working in my project. But Abhishek isn’t in my film’.
   Raghavan’s film for Sippy would be the first project to bring together the John-Ash combo. Soon after that, Suniel Shetty brings them and Abhishek together in Raaste.
   ‘The project got delayed because of Abhishek’s dates, the wedding, the honeymoon etc. So we lost the opportunity to shoot a particular race in Mexico. It happens just once a year. So we now have to wait till next year to shoot the race. But the project is very much on’, said Suniel.

JK Rowling has been spotted at cafes in Scotland working on a detective novel, a British newspaper reported Saturday.
   The Sunday Times newspaper quoted Ian Rankin, a fellow author and neighbour of Rowling’s, as saying the creator of the Harry Potter books is turning to crime fiction.
   ‘My wife spotted her writing her Edinburgh criminal detective novel’, the newspaper, which was available late Saturday, quoted Rankin as telling a reporter at an Edinburgh literary festival.
   ‘It is great that she has not abandoned writing or Edinburgh cafes’, said Rankin, who is known for his own police novels set in the historic Scottish city.
   Rowling famously wrote initial drafts of the Potter story in the Scottish city’s cafes. Back then, she was a struggling single mother who wrote in cafes to save on the heating bill at home.
   Now she’s Britain’s richest woman – worth $1 billion, according to Forbes magazine – and her seven Potter books have sold more than 335 million copies worldwide.
   In an interview Rowling said she believed she was unlikely to repeat the success of the Potter series, but confirmed she had plans to work on new books.
   ‘I’ll do exactly what I did with Harry – I’ll write what I really want to write’, Rowling said.

Bruce Lee’s iconic 1973 martial arts movie Enter the Dragon is to be remade for a new audience, Hollywood studio Warner Bros has announced.
   The film, renamed as Awaken the Dragon, will be about an FBI agent who investigates a Shaolin monk and underground kung fu fight clubs.
   The remake will be written and directed by Kurt Sutter, who also produces the US hit police drama The Shield.
   Warner Bros has yet to reveal who will be cast in the lead role.
   In Enter the Dragon, Lee played a kung fu fighter who infiltrates an island occupied by a rogue martial artist.
   Lee was 32 when he died
   in 1973 from swelling of the brain.
   The action star was known for films in which he portrayed characters that defended the Chinese and the working class from oppressors.
   In April, it was announced a 40-part series is being made by Chinese state television about the life of the late martial arts star.