Buddhadeb Dasgupta is one of the brightest names in Bengali cinema today. Winner of multiple national and international awards for films like “Bagh Bahadur”, “Tahader Kotha”, “Charachar”, “Uttara” and “Kalpurush”, he is also a highly-regarded poet. The director spoke to The Daily Star during a recent visit to Dhaka.

The existing committee members of Bangladesh Cholochitro Shilpi Samity, Actors’ Equity Bangladesh and other artiste organisations met the Minister in the meeting room of the Information Ministry at the Secretariat yesterday. The meeting intended to shed light on the new rule passed by the ministry, that is, anyone willing to hire foreign artistes for advertisement has to pay extra fees.

More than a dozen Indonesian McDonald's outlets were temporarily shuttered Wednesday over virus fears as the chain's new BTS meal deal sparked frenzied buying from fans in the K-pop mad country.

Popular actor Siam Ahmed signed a new film, “Ontorjaal”, directed by Dipankar Dipon. The film is being called the first cyber-crime thriller in Bangladesh. With the initiative of the ICT Division, the movie is produced under the banner of Motion People Studios.

Stars from two distinct worlds – popular music director, producer and singer Arafat Mohsin has multi-talented comedian/influencer Raba Khan have collaborated for an album titled “Muhurto”. The duo, who had been planning for this for a while, have put out two inspiring releases in “Domka Hawa” and “Jao Jani Na”, had been planning for the album from last year.

Noted Bengali filmmaker Buddhadeb Dasgupta passed away in his Kolkata residence earlier today. He was 77. He was suffering from kidney-related issues.

Carrie Underwood has another reason to rejoice — she extended her record as the most decorated artist in the history of the CMT Music Awards, thanks to her song “Hallelujah.”

Today marks the birthday of National Film Award-winning actor, Nipun. She has been showered with wishes from fans and colleagues since morning. On her birthday, Nipun distributed food packages to 200 underprivileged kids.

Nuhash Humayun’s upcoming debut feature “Moving Bangladesh” has been selected for Marché du Film - Festival de Cannes. The business counterpart to the Cannes Film Festival, Marché du Film, is the world’s biggest film market.

Recently, he announced that he will be taking a remuneration of only one taka for the film. “Bangabandhu gifted us our country and our flag,” Arifin Shuvoo told The Daily Star. “What more can a child expect from a father? He has given us his everything. I don’t want a big remuneration for portraying him.”

Information and Broadcasting Ministry published new policies on their website on May 31, stating that without the government’s permission, shooting in foreign countries will be prohibited from now on. According to the policies, participation of foreign actors, crew members, and music experts in advertisements (2021), as well as usage of foreign shooting equipment by any Bangladeshi cast and crew members must be approved by the government of Bangladesh.

Netflix has released the trailer of its next original “Ray”. The anthology will have four gripping stories inspired by the works of legendary filmmaker Satyajit Ray. Manoj Bajpayee, Ali Fazal, Harshvarrdhan Kapoor and Kay Kay Menon will shoulder each story based on ego, revenge, envy, and betrayal. “Ray” is set to stream on Netflix from June 25.

Berlin-based sales agent Films Boutique will represent worldwide rights for Abdullah Mohammad Saad’s film “Rehana Maryam Noor”, which is the first Bangladeshi project to make it to a major segment in the Cannes Film Festival.

Michaela Coel, the star and creator of drama series “I May Destroy You”, was the big winner at Britain’s BAFTA awards on Sunday, taking home the television awards for the miniseries and leading actress.

Khilkhil Kazi, granddaughter of Kazi Nazrul Islam, has served Robi Axiata Limited with a legal notice for defaming the national poet Kazi Nazrul Islam by using Rabindranath Tagore's photo instead of his in a social media post dedicated to Nazrul on his birth anniversary.

A new teaser of “Loki” was released recently, hinting at the God of Mischief's location, following his escape from “Avengers: Endgame”. Marvel Cinematic Universe fans would remember that the character was seen stealing the Tesseract and slipped out of Tony Stark's tower when the Avengers from the future crossed his path.

The Bangladesh Group Theatre Federation has been demanding that one percent of the national budget be allocated to cultural affairs. However, it was not implemented in the budget this time. For this, the federation has expressed their dissatisfaction in a statement.

Veteran Hindi film actor Dilip Kumar was admitted to a hospital recently. His wife and yesteryear actor Saira Banu confirmed the news to Indian media.

Popular Indian actor Yami Gautam tied the knot with director Aditya Dhar. The couple made the announcement by sharing a photo from their wedding ceremony.

Chances are, you are already familiar with Afia Tabassum Borno, owing to the numerous television commercials and billboard ads that she has starred in. The English department student from ULAB has now etched her name in history, having starred in an important role in Abdullah Mohammad Saad directorial “Rehana Maryam Noor”. The film is the first Bangladeshi project to be officially selected in the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.