Bindu recently announced her plans to quit showbiz following her wedding, breaking the hearts of countless fans.

Gazi Rakayat-directed “Mrittika Maya” has taken home a whooping 17 awards in the 2013 National Film Awards, announced by the Information Ministry on Tuesday. It is the highest number of awards for a single film at the National level, beating Amzad Hossain's “Golapi Ekhon Train-e” (1978) by a fair margin.

Channel i will air Liberation War-based film “Joyjatra” today at 3:05pm. Tauquir Ahmed has directed the film, based on Amzad Hossain's story.

Actress Bidya Sinha Mim is travelling to Bangkok where the shooting for three songs from her new film “Sweetheart” will take place. Director of the film Wajed Ali Suman and co-actor Riaz will accompany her in the trip.

The story of the 1947 partition of India and its effect on life on both sides of Bengal have been dealt with by a number of film directors, most notably by Ritwik Ghatak, and now added to the list is acclaimed Indian film-maker Goutam Ghose who explores the historic event in his upcoming work “Sankhochil”.

Zahir Raihan directed one of the most feted Bangla movies, “Jibon Thekey Neya”, featuring Khan Ataur Rahman, Rowshan Jamil, Anwar Hossain, Razzaque, and Suchanda.

Putul, a theatre, TV and film actress was thrilled to receive a national award for her role in Humayun Ahmed's “Agun er Poroshmoni”. She shared about her association with Ahmed and many other subjects.

In “Ora Egaro Jon” (1972) -- the first movie released on our Independence War, most of the lead roles were played by actors who actually fought against the Pakistani armed forces. Directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam, the movie is considered to be one of the best feature films based on the Liberation War. Khasru, Sumita Devi, and Shabana portrayed the lead roles in the film.

Dhallywood heartthrob Shakib Khan is going to shoot two new films “Prembaj” and “Lagam” with Apu Biswas, under his production house SK Production.

National award-winning film director Redoan Rony is working on his new film titled “Ice-cream”. This is second film by Rony after his first film “Chorabali” became a megahit at the box office.

Rubaiyat Hossain's new film “Under Construction” may release in May, after having received an uncut clearance from the censor board.

Much hyped short film “Mukhosh Manush—The Fake” is now being remade as a feature film. The first trailer of the film has already crossed three million views on video sharing site YouTube, an unprecedented number for Bangladeshi films, according to a press release.

Nowshin and Hillol are both familiar faces on the small screen. They became good friends while working together. At one stage, they fell in love which later culminated in wedding. The Daily Star recently spoke to the actor couple about Valentine's Day.