Last week, I was sitting in a café in Delhi with a group of friends I have known since childhood when I suddenly understood an old song differently. We had spent years growing into people our younger selves could barely have imagined. We now live in different cities, have different careers, different relationships with money and work, and very different ideas of what constitutes a good life. Some of us have become very serious adults. Some are still figuring it out. And yet, around that table, the old dynamics returned almost immediately.

Recently, National Film Award-winning filmmaker Tanvir Mokammel questioned on social media the removal of his acclaimed films “Lalsalu” and “Chitra Nodir Pare” from Biman Bangladesh Airlines’ in-flight entertainment catalogue. Both films had been available to passengers for several years.

His upcoming film “Khalnayak”, directed by Vicky Zahed, was shot in Kolkata. Dinar says the film has elements that he believes will keep audiences curious.

Rapper Macklemore has announced that all three dates of his newly announced “Free Palestine” tour have sold out, shortly after he was dropped from Ed Sheeran’s US tour following his pro-Palestinian remarks.

Tom Cruise is set to appear in a dramatically different avatar in Alejandro G Iñárritu’s upcoming film “Digger”, which is scheduled for worldwide theatrical release on October 2 under the Warner Bros banner.

Hollywood star Jim Carrey has reportedly married his longtime girlfriend, Min Ah, in an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles.

Another of Bangladesh’s longstanding cinema halls is set to disappear, as the historic Lovely Cinema Hall in Kanchpur, Narayanganj, is scheduled to be demolished on Friday.

Cinema lovers can expect another interesting project from director Tanim Noor, who is set to explore the detective genre with his upcoming film, “Mojnu Enterprise”.

A team of exceptionally talented acapella artists is set to represent Bangladesh for the first time at the Eurovision Song Contest Asia.

The world of Westeros is heading to the big screen for the first time, with “Game of Thrones: Aegon’s Conquest” scheduled to arrive in cinemas in 2029.

The Ashmolean Museum said the partnership would highlight contemporary Bangladeshi art and artists. It described the initiative as the first “sustained initiative” supporting Bangladeshi artists at a major museum anywhere in the world.

According to Kazi Riton, proprietor of Black and White, the company that supplies films for Biman’s in-flight entertainment, several of Mokammel’s films had been screened on Biman flights for years.

“Mariyam” explores the girl’s physical and psychological trauma, her parents’ distress and the social pressure surrounding the incident.

Directed and written by Saad, the film centres on Rehana Maryam Noor, an assistant professor at a medical college whose life begins to unravel after she witnesses a student leaving a professor’s office in distress.

The programme aims to discover talented children and adolescents from across the country and encourage them to take part in cultural activities.

Raihan Rafi’s “Andhar”, which was previously scheduled for release in October, will now hit theatres on March 26 next year, coinciding with Independence Day.

In the video, Rodoshi appears in an all-blue outfit, standing out against the predominantly white surroundings and performers around her.

Written about 31 years ago, “Omanush” explores social decay and various contradictions in society.

The two actors have previously worked together in several popular dramas, often playing contrasting characters.

Lindsay Lohan is set to return to the romantic comedy genre with Netflix’s upcoming film “Return to You”, which will reunite her with director Mark Waters, who helmed two of her most popular films, “Freaky Friday” and “Mean Girls”.