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Chitrangada staged as poetic drama

Swapnadal stages Chitrangada at the Studio Theatre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday. — Snigdha Zaman
Tagore’s masterpiece Chitrangada, written by the Nobel Laureate in poetic drama format in 1892, was staged by Swapnadal at the Studio Theatre hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Wednesday. Chitrangada that upholds the fact that the beauty... Full story

The Speed: Money outweighs production

Ananta and Perveen in The Speed.
A nearly three-hour horrific action, exaggerated scenes of love-affairs, melodramatic portrayal of family relations, inaccurate pronunciation of both Bangla and English by the ‘super hero’, Ananta ,and irrelevant sequences of songs and dance recitals... Full story

Theatre to be staged for a cause

Jyoti Sinha in Kohe Birangana
Manipuri Theatre from Moulvibazar will stage two shows of its popular production Kohe Birangana at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy as a fund rising initiative for the treatment of Lakhan Singha, an important member... Full story

Hijra community’s problems presented in theatre

A scene from Tarak. — Snigdha Zaman
The houseful audience on Wednesday at the national Theatre Hall enjoyed the artistic presentation of the sufferings and anguishes of the transgender (hijra) people performed by 11 artistes belonging to the community. The play featured an array of... Full story

Madhuri Dixit turns singer

Madhuri Dixit
Give Madhuri Dixit Nene a dance floor, and we all know what she is capable of. An entire generation of filmgoers grew up seeing Madhuri dance in movies like Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), Devdas (2002) and Aaja Nach Le (2007). But now, the versatile actor... Full story


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