Well-known singer Akbar, who has been suffering from various diseases including diabetes, kidney and heart related problems since January 2019, is flying to India on 29 September for treatment. This is, for the second time the singer is visiting India for medical purposes. He received the Indian Visa on September 16.

After 6 months of inactivity, cinema halls across the country will finally reopen on October 16. Information Minister Hasan Mahmud announced the decision, at a meeting between the Information Ministry and Bangladesh Film Distributors’ Association today.

Prominent OTT platform Hoichoi unveiled the first look of their fourth season recently, with a slate of 25 new web originals, to be aired in the upcoming months.

After months of sedentary, the cameras in film shootings have finally started to roll. It is a silver lining for the film industry as its actors, directors, producers, and shooting crew are finally being able to work, albeit maintaining caution against the COVID-19 pandemic.

Celebrated actor Jaya Ahsan is set to star in a feature film, directed by Piplu R Khan. The actor recently shared the news on social media. The name of the project is yet to be announced. The story of the film is written by Piplu R Khan and Nusrat Mati.

National Award winning actor Sadika Parvin Popy is set to return to shooting for her upcoming release Bhalobashar Projapoti after recovering from COVID -19. The film, jointly directed by Raju Alim and Masuma Tani, will hit the theatres under the banner of Impress Telefilms.

“Schitt’s Creek,” the little Canadian show about a fish-out-of-water family, made history at Sunday’s Emmy Awards with a comedy awards sweep, something even TV greats including “Frasier” and “Modern Family” failed to achieve.

The first song from Kaushik Shankar Das’ directorial debut Punch was recorded yesterday. The film is said to feature 3 songs, 2 of which are composed by celebrated musician Naquib Khan. The track, which is Naquib Khan’s first composition in the film industry, is voiced by noted singer Samina Chowdhury and penned by lyricist Shahid Mahmud Jangi.

Celebrating the bond between dance gurus and their shishyas the third installment of Parampara Dance Festival: An evening of music and dance, organised by Pravaha Institution, featuring noted Bangladeshi kathak dancer Imran Hassan Ishtiaque, disciple of Kathak guru Pandit Ashimbandhu Bhattacharjee, was held online recently.

Over the years, Mehazabien Chowdhury has gone from strength to strength as an actor, proving her prowess in different roles and mediums. The question of the gifted actor gracing the silver screen has gradually become a matter of 'when' than 'if'. Hence, speculation has always followed regarding the signing of her first full-fledged movie. The Daily Star reached out to Mehazabien today, after news about her 'first movie signing' surfaced.

Prominent OTT platform Hoichoi completed three years, since its launch in 2017. For their fourth year, they unveiled a fresh slate of 25 new originals, 2 first-day, first-show films and multiple world digital premieres of movies to be streamed after their theatrical releases, including Dracula Sir, Kakababur Protyaborton, Prem Tame and Golondaaj.

Celebrated danseuse and television personality Shamim Ara Nipa has enthralled the audience for decades with her elegance, poise and grace.

Arifin Shuvoo has carved a space for himself in films with his finesse and dedication. The actor remembers Salman Shah on his 49th birth anniversary today, and talks about his upcoming ventures with The Daily Star.

Born in Afghanistan’s Peshawar town in 1944, Ilias Javed’s family migrated to Punjab first, and then to Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) in 1963.

After the First World War, Major Arthur Hurst filmed shell-shocked patients who returned from the war in France. War Neurosis (1917) pioneered as the first medical film about the treatment of psychiatric battle casualties.

Akbar, a well-known singer of yesteryears, will be taken to India for treatment.

Winston Groom, the writer whose novel “Forrest Gump” was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became a soaring pop cultural phenomenon, has died at age 77. Mayor Karin Wilson of Fairhope, Alabama, said in a message on social media that Groom had died in that south Alabama town. A local funeral home also confirmed the death and said arrangements were pending.

Noted actor Apu Biswas’s mother, Shefali Biswas, breathed her last at Labaid Hospital in Dhaka earlier today at 12: 40 am, while undergoing treatment.

Amid the uncertainty that looms over the movie business, Modhuban Cineplex in Bogura is planning to reopen. The cinema theatre, which is set to be a multiplex, has been closed since 2017 for reconstruction and renovation purposes.

At a time when the Bangladeshi film industry moves at a snail’s pace to try and catch up to international standards, Arifin Shuvoo took a huge stride in proving that anything is possible with the right amount of dedication.