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The Bangladesh Federation of Film Societies on Friday handed over the BFFS Film Award 2006 through a ceremony, held at the Shahid Zia Auditorium of the Bangladesh National Museum in Dhaka.
   The organisers gave the awards in 10 categories.
   Special assistant to the chief adviser Mahbub Jamil was present as chief guest while veteran film director Soovas Dutt attended the ceremony as special guest.
   The lifetime achievement award went to Afzal Hossain Chowdhury for his contribution to the field of cinema.
   The best film award went to Antarjatra while Abu Sayeed received the best film director ward for Nirantar.
   Humayun Ahmed received the best script writer award for Nandita Narake while Apu Rozario received the best cameraman award for Khelaghar.
   Catherine Masud grabbed the best editing award for Antarjatra while herald Rashid and Buno received the best music director award for Antarjatra.
   Reaz and Shabnoor received the best actor award while Tanvir Mokammel took the best documentary award for Bastra Balikara.
   Earlier, a five-member committee led by Mostafa Monwar announced the awards.
   ‘From now on, we will give the award every year,’ BFFS president Morshedul Islam said.
   The recipients thanked the organisers for introducing the awards.
   ‘Award means recognition…it will inspire me to work harder,’ said Sayeed. ‘I hope the organisation will honour the best production every year,’ he said.
   After the award-giving ceremony, film Antarjatra by Tareque Masud and Catherine Masud was screened.

British comedian Russell Brand is to host this year’s MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles.
   The 33-year-old is still relatively unknown in the US, where the ceremony will be held on 7 September.
   Brand recently co-starred in the comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall and is currently filming the Adam Sandler comedy Bedtime Stories.
   Previous VMA hosts include actor Jack Black, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs, Chris Rock, Jimmy Fallon and Jamie Foxx.
   Teenage pop trio The Jonas Brothers will play at the event, while other performers and presenters will be announced at a later date.
   Brand said it would be ‘good to preside over what is sure to be only vaguely co-ordinated televised insanity’.
   He went on: ‘That’s how I’ve made my name in this country: flying very much by the seat - and the crotch - of my pants.’
   Brand is a former MTV host in the UK and has presented numerous TV shows and events, as well as a regular programme on BBC Radio 2.
   He has also performed sell-out comedy gigs and wrote a best-selling memoir, My Booky Wook, which was published last year.
   Last year he made his feature film debut as Flash Harry in St Trinian’s, opposite Colin Firth, Rupert Everett and Emily Watson.

Noted fashion designer Bibi Russell launched a fashion house titled Bibi Productions at Dhanmondi 27 in the city on Thursday.
   ‘The house is now ready to market its products nationally and internationally,’ said Bibi at the launching ceremony.
   ‘We have launched our first shop as a tribute to the artisans who are striving to preserve the heritage of our country,’ she said.
   ‘As a fashion designer, I came to Bangladesh in 1994 with the intention of making my first collection entirely with the exquisite hand oven textiles of my country,’ she said.
   The shop will be open from 10:00am to 8:00pm every day except Friday.