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A group artwork exhibition titled ‘Shells and Souls’ by four young artists will be inaugurated at 6:00pm on October 9 at Gallery Drik in Dhanmondi.
   The exhibition will be inaugurated by noted artist Shishir Bhattacharjee, a professor at the Faculty of Fine Art in Dhaka University.
   The young artists include Asma Sultana Mita, Golam Faruque Sarker, Shamim Reza and Kazi Mahboob Hassan.
   The exhibition is the result of their efforts of two years. The exhibition will feature paintings and crafts. The artists have used different media including oil on canvas, watercolour, graphite and ink on paper as well as a collage of fabric materials. The artworks that will be put on display will highlight their contemporary concepts.
   ‘Viewers will get a reflection related to our struggle, experience, emotion, passion and love in our artworks,’ said Asma Sultana Mita. The artist further said that they had tried to impart a flavour of visual poetry and traditional symphony to their works.
   Asma Sultana Mita, Golam Faruque Sarker and Shamim Reza completed their education from the Faculty of Fine Art of Dhaka University and Kazi Mahboob Hassan had studied in Dhaka Medical College.
   The exhibition will remain open from 3:00pm to 9:00pm everyday till October 15.

Film-maker Roman Polanski has been denied bail ahead of his possible extradition to the US, the Swiss Justice Ministry has said, report agencies.
   Ministry spokesman Folco Galli said the government maintained there was a high risk Polanski may flee if released from custody.
   Polanski is being held in Switzerland over his 1977 conviction for unlawful sex with a 13-year-old girl.
   He left the US in 1978 before he could be sentenced and has never returned.
   Polanski was detained in Switzerland on 26 September as he travelled from France to collect a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival.
   ‘In our view, there is still a very high risk that he will flee and that a release on bail or other measures after a release cannot guarantee Polanski’s presence in the extradition procedure,’ Galli said.
   Polanski’s legal representatives are also asking Switzerland’s highest criminal court to free Polanski.
   Galli said the Justice Ministry has submitted a letter to the tribunal explaining why it opposes release.
   The arrest of Polanski, who won an Oscar in 2002 for The Pianist, a harrowing story of Nazi-occupied Warsaw, has prompted an outcry among some politicians and Hollywood heavyweights.
   But last week, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said the film-maker should not get special treatment because he is a ‘big-time movie director’.
   A petition has been signed by film-makers including Pedro Almodovar and Stephen Frears, and actors including Monica Bellucci and Fanny Ardant, expressing dismay at Polanski’s arrest.
   Other Hollywood luminaries, including film producer Harvey Weinstein, have called for Polanski’s release.
   His victim, Samantha Geimer, sued Polanski in December 1988, alleging sexual assault, infliction of emotional distress and seduction.
   The film-maker agreed to pay her $500,000 five years later.
   But in January this year Ms Geimer asked a US court to drop charges against Polanski, saying the continued publication of details ‘causes harm to me, my husband and children’.

The Second International Children’s Film Festival began at Bogra Zilla School auditorium on Monday.
   Children’s Film Society of Bogra and Chhotoder Jonyo Foundation are jointly organising the programme that will continue till October 10.
   Bangladesh Children’s Film Society president Aly Zaker inaugurated the programme at a function presided over by Bogra deputy commissioner Iftekharul Islam.
   The Children’s Film Society of Bogra’s director Ahmed Sabbir, Bogra Zilla School’s headmaster Aftab Ahmed and BCFS coordinator Sheikh Sazid addressed the programme.
   The organisers will honour three eminent personalities for their outstanding contribution to the entertainment of the children at a programme on October 10.
   They recipients of the honour are Bangladesh Shishu Academy chairman Mustafa Manwar, Channel-i managing director Faridur Reza Sagor and noted filmmaker Morshedul Islam.
   Screening of films will begin at 10:00am everyday and will continue till 9:00pm.

Private television channel ATN Bangla will telecast documentaries ‘Amra Andhare’ and ‘Alo Andhari’ on the occasion of National Children Rights Week.
   ‘Amra Andhare’, focusing the lifestyle of street urchins and produced by Subarna Akter, will be aired today at 3:45pm. The documentary also highlights the growing up of the urchins, how they are forced to begging and exploited.
   The other documentary ‘Alo Adhari’, portraying the unprivileged children of ‘Harijan’ community in Rangpur district and produced by Sharful Alam, will be aired at 4:20pm.

One hundred and four participants secured ‘yes card’ to proceed for the national round of Lux Channel-i Super Star from Dhaka region.
   During the four-day selection round which ended on Wednesday, 22 participants received ‘yes card’ on the first day while 17 contestants came out successful on the second day, 40 participants on the third day and 25 participants on the concluding day.
   The judges included Intekhab Diner, Kusum Sikder, Murad Pervez, Shahrukh Shahid, Richi Soliman, Munir Khan, Farzana Arman Munni, Farah Ruma, Elora Gohor and Dipa Khandaker.
   The audition round of Sylhet region will be held on October 10 and the selection round of Chittagong region will take place on October 12 and 13.

Actress Dame Elizabeth Taylor is to undergo heart surgery, she has revealed to fans via her Twitter website.
   She said the procedure involved ‘repairing my leaky valve using a clip device, without open heart surgery, so that my heart will function better’.
   The 77-year-old said she wanted her Twitter followers to ‘know before it gets in the papers’.
   The actress – made an honorary dame by the Queen in 2000 – has had a number of health problems in recent years.
   ‘Any prayers you happen to have lying around I would dearly appreciate,’ she added.
   ‘I’ll let you know when it’s all over. Love you, Elizabeth.’
   In 1995, the London-born actress had a hip replacement and, two years later, had surgery to remove a brain tumour.
   She has the brittle bone disease osteoporosis and has broken her back five times.
   Dame Elizabeth won best actress Oscars for Butterfield 8 and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Exhibitions
   Painting Exhibition
   By Russian children-winners of the International contest ‘Art City’
   Time: 10:00 am to 05:00 pm
   Date: Oct 2 to Oct 16
   Venue: Russian Centre of Science
   and Culture
   House no 42, Road no 7
   Dhanmondi, Dhaka-1205
   
   Solo painting exhibition
   Shahabuddin 2009
   By Shahabuddin Ahmed
   Time: From 10:00am to 9:00pm
   Date: Sept 18 to Oct 09
   Venue: Gallery Chitrak
   House no 21, road no 4,
   Dhanmondi, Dhaka
   
   Jai Bangla
   By Shahabuddin Ahamed
   Time: from 12:00pm to 8:00pm
   Date: Sept 28 to Oct 11
   Venue: Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts
   House no. 275/F, road no. 27 (old),
   Dhanmondi, Dhaka
   
   Photography Exhibition
   A Kaleidoscope of China
   Organised by The embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Bangladesh
   Time: from 11:00am to 8:00pm
   Date: Sept 26 to Oct 12
   Venue: Nalinikanta Bhattashali
   Exhibition Hall
   Bangladesh National Museum
   Shahbagh, Dhaka
   
   Art exhibition
   Chinese Traditional Artworks Show
   By Rashida Akter
   Organised by The embassy of the People’s Republic of China in Bangladesh
   Time: from 11:00am to 8:00pm
   Date: Sept 26 to Oct 12
   Venue: Nalinikanta Bhattashali
   Exhibition Hall
   Bangladesh National Museum
   Shahbagh, Dhaka
   
   Film show at Star Cineplex
   Monpura
   Britter Bairey
   Quantum of Solace
   Rambo 4
   Gangajatra
   Basundhara City Shopping Mall
   Panthapath,
   Dhaka