The 4th Lux-Channel-i Performance Award will be given through a gala programme on November 9 in the United Arab Emirates, said the organisers at a briefing last week.
“It has been the biggest Bangladeshi show ever organised in a foreign country”, said the managing director of the Impress Telefilm Limited, Faridur Reza Sagar.
“Besides UAE, we have a plan to organise such programmes in another country in the coming year,” he said adding that awards will be given in 18 categories, including the best actor, best play back singer, best director, best model, best programme and other categories.
The award-giving ceremony featuring dance and music will be held at the Sharjah Stadium in UAE. The programme will be hosted by Afzal Hossain.
A total of 250 crew including 60 artistes will fly to UAE to attend the biggest festival outside in Bangladesh, said the organisers.
The contestants, who have performed in Channel-i dramas and other programmes, will be nominated for the awards. A jury board will nominate three contestants in each category but the best one in each category will be selected through viewers' SMS. n
Theatre activists pay tribute to SM Solaiman
Theatre activists paid tribute to SM Solaiman on his sixth death anniversary by staging plays, music and dance on September 28.
To observe the day, Theatrewala, a monthly magazine on theatre organised a day-long programme titled Rangamaton Solaiman Mela at the National Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.
A large number of theatre enthusiasts gathered at the premises to pay their homage to SM Solaiman, a multifaceted theatre personality. Solaiman was a noted playwright, director, actor, music composer, singer and an organiser.
He was a trendsetter, who had re-introduced music as an important tool in the neo-theatre movement in Bangladesh.
The convenor of the fair and actor Azad Abul Kalam inaugurated the fair while veteran playwright Sayeed Ahmad, actor and director Mamunur Rashid, editor of Theatrewala and a good number of theatre personalities were present at the inaugural session, which was followed by an interesting presentation of gambhira, a traditional music-drama in the north-western region of the country. n
BC invites application for IYFEA
British Council Dhaka invites application from the Bangladeshi fashion entrepreneurs to compete at the International Young Fashion Entrepreneur Award for 2008.
The competition will be held in London and the last date for submission of application is October 11.
The winner will receive a prize worth £7500 to be spent on a project in collaboration with the British Council on promoting links in fashion industry between Bangladesh and the UK.
The winner will also compete with winners from Pakistan and Uzbekistan to win a 10-12 day trip to London. The tour will comprise visits, meetings, seminars, events and shows as part of London Fashion Week.
To know more about the competition, award, selection process and download application forms, interested designers aged between 25 and 35 years can log onto www.britishcouncil.org/bangladesh. n
Four-day theatre fest ends
A four-day theatre festival, organised by the People's Repertory Theatre Association, ended on October 1 staging Swapner Bhuban.
The festival kicked off at the Theatre Lab at Banani in the city on September 28 with Rastar Chhele, directed by Liaquat Ali Lucky while Lalu was staged on Saturday.
The play titled Abak Jalpan, scripted by Sukumar Roy, was staged on September 30.
Different roles were played by Ziauddin Sipan, Zebunnessa Sobhan, Masud Suman, Zakir Hossain, Manira Ferdousi, Mehedi Hassan, Sraban Haider, Atiqur Rahman, Amit Barman, Shyamali Akter, Umme Shayla, Anisur Rahman and Salma Akter. n
Khapchhara launches
The publication of the first T-shirt magazine Khapchhara was launched at the Aziz Super Market at Shahbagh in the city last week.
Poet Asad Chowdhury inaugurated the event as chief guest by signing his name in the magazine while rhyme writers including Subal Kumar Banik and Faruque Hossain were present as guests.
It is encouraging that a magazine on T-Shirt is being published, said Asad Chowdhury. 'I hope, the paper will be a hit in the market.'
Editor of the magazine Ashraful Alam Pintu claimed that this would be for the first time in the world that a magazine on T-Shirt is being published.
“We have a plan to publish the magazine every”month,' he added. n
-- Shawkat Khan
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