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Three-day screening of 11 films starred by the eminent actor Soumitra Chatterjee will end today.
   The show titled ‘Soumitra Chatterjee Retrospective’ was inaugurated by artist Mustafa Monowar on Thursday at the Shawkat Osman Auditorium of the Central Public Library in Shahbagh.
   The actor graced the inaugural ceremony as chief guest.
   Today the organisers will screen Goutam Ghosh’s ‘Dekha’ at 10:00am, Ashutosh Banarjee’s ‘Tin Bhubaner Pare’ at 12:00pm; Ray’s ‘Araney Dinratri’ at 3:00pm, ‘Charulata’ at 5:00pm and Saraj De’s ‘Koni’ at 7:00pm.
   At the inaugural session, Soumitra said that he wanted to perform till his death.
   Terming the retrospective show of his films as a great achievement he hoped that this sort of programme in Dhaka would encourage him in his performing life.
   He also hoped that the great works would be created in Dhaka, the capital city of Bengali nation.
   Mustafa Monowar said that the programme of screening Soumitra’s films was a great opportunity for the viewers of Bangladesh. ‘In our younger life we were highly impressed seeing the performances of this eminent actor,’ he added.
   Doctor Ashikur Rahman Khan, president of Chalachitram Film Society, its executive president and noted filmmaker Morshedul Islam and general secretary Munira Morshed Munni also spoke at the ceremony.
   The organisers expressed their happiness for arranging the first-ever retrospective show of Soumitra.
   They said that they felt proud that Soumitra Chatterjee graced the programme by attending amid his busy time.
   The inaugural session was followed by the screening of Satyajit Ray’s ‘Ashani Sangket’.

Italian cinema legend Bernardo Bertolucci was to receive a special award on the 75th anniversary of the Venice film festival on Friday, the final day of screening in the competition.
   ‘His movies are at once a
   declaration of love for the cinema and a manifesto of future utopias, the ones which will
   be reborn from those of
   the past,’ festival director
   Marco Mueller said of Bertolucci, 67.
   The director of ‘Last Tango in Paris’ (1973), ‘The Last Emperor’ (1987) and ‘Little Buddha’ (1993) will be given a special Golden Lion to mark his achievements.
   Also Friday, Egyptian director Youssef Chahine offers ‘Heya Fawda’ (Chaos), a hair-raising trip through Egypt’s endemic corruption wrapped in a
   dangerous tale of unrequited love.
   And Russian director Nikita Mikhalkov will present ‘12,’
   a rowdy courtroom drama about a Russian jury asked to convict a Chechen youth for the murder of his stepfather that reveals volumes about deep-seated prejudices.
   There will also be an out-of-competition documentary, ‘The Man from Plains’ by Jonathan Demme, a biopic of former US president Jimmy Carter.

A week-long solo exhibition for flood victims will begin at the Art Club Bangladesh, at Gulshan in the city.
   Professor of Fine Art Institute of Dhaka University, Mahmudul Haque, will inaugurate the exhibition as chief guest at 6:00pm today while renowned artist, professor Abdus Shakoor Shah, will be present as special guest.
   Proceeds from sales will be donated to the flood victims.
   The show will remain open for all from 11:00am to 8:00pm till September 14.