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Runa Laila
Runa Laila ( bn, রুনা লায়লা, ur, ; born 17 November 1952) is a Bangladeshi playback singer and composer. She started her career in Pakistan film industry in the late 1960s. Her style of singing is inspired by Pakistani playback singer Ahmed Rushdi and she also made a pair with him after replacing another singer Mala. Her playback singing in films – ''The Rain'' (1976), '' Jadur Banshi'' (1977), ''Accident'' (1989), ''Ontore Ontore'' (1994), ''Devdas'' (2013) and ''Priya Tumi Shukhi Hou'' (2014) - earned her seven Bangladesh National Film Awards for Best Female Playback Singer. She won the Best Music Composer award for the film ''Ekti Cinemar Golpo'' (2018). Early life Laila was born in Sylhet to Syed Mohammed Imdad Ali, a civil servant posted in Karachi, and Amina Laila. She started taking dance lessons of Kathak and Bharatanatyam genre. In those days, Ahmed Rushdi was the leading film singer who introduced rock n roll, disco and other modern genres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sylhet
Sylhet ( bn, সিলেট) is a metropolitan city in northeastern Bangladesh. It is the administrative seat of the Sylhet Division. Located on the north bank of the Surma River at the eastern tip of Bengal, Sylhet has a subtropical climate and lush highland terrain. The city has a population of more than half a million and is one of the largest cities in Bangladesh after Dhaka, Chittagong and Khulna. Sylhet is one of Bangladesh's most important spiritual and cultural centres. Furthermore, it is one of the most economically important cities after Dhaka and Chittagong. The city produces the highest amount of tea and natural gas. The hinterland of the Sylhet valley is the largest oil and gas-producing region in Bangladesh. It is also the largest hub of tea production in Bangladesh. It is notable for its high-quality cane and agarwood. The city is served by the Osmani International Airport, named after General Bangabir M A G Osmani, the Commander-in-Chief of the Mukti Bahini duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladeshi
Bangladeshis ( bn, বাংলাদেশী ) are the citizens of Bangladesh, a South Asian country centered on the transnational historical region of Bengal along the eponymous bay. Bangladeshi citizenship was formed in 1971, when the permanent residents of the former East Pakistan were transformed into citizens of a new republic. Bangladesh is the world's eighth most populous nation. The vast majority of Bangladeshis are ethnolingustically Bengalis, an Indo-Aryan people. The population of Bangladesh is concentrated in the fertile Bengal delta, which has been the center of urban and agrarian civilizations for millennia. The country's highlands, including the Chittagong Hill Tracts and parts of the Sylhet Division, are home to various tribal minorities. Bengali Muslims are the predominant ethnoreligious group of Bangladesh with a population of 150.36 million, which makes up 91.04% of the country's population as of 2022. The minority Bengali Hindu population made up app ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disco
Disco is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970s from the United States' urban nightlife scene. Its sound is typified by four-on-the-floor beats, syncopated basslines, string sections, brass and horns, electric piano, synthesizers, and electric rhythm guitars. Disco started as a mixture of music from venues popular with Italian Americans, Hispanic and Latino Americans and Black Americans "'Broadly speaking, the typical New York discothèque DJ is young (between 18 and 30) and Italian,' journalist Vince Lettie declared in 1975. ..Remarkably, almost all of the important early DJs were of Italian extraction .. Italian Americans have played a significant role in America's dance music culture .. While Italian Americans mostly from Brooklyn largely created disco from scratch .." in Philadelphia and New York City during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Disco can be seen as a reaction by the 1960s counterculture to both the dominance of rock music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock N Roll
Rock and roll (often written as rock & roll, rock 'n' roll, or rock 'n roll) is a genre of popular music that evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It originated from African-American music such as jazz, rhythm and blues, boogie woogie, gospel, as well as country music. While rock and roll's formative elements can be heard in blues records from the 1920s and in country records of the 1930s,Peterson, Richard A. ''Creating Country Music: Fabricating Authenticity'' (1999), p. 9, . the genre did not acquire its name until 1954. According to journalist Greg Kot, "rock and roll" refers to a style of popular music originating in the United States in the 1950s. By the mid-1960s, rock and roll had developed into "the more encompassing international style known as rock music, though the latter also continued to be known in many circles as rock and roll."Kot, Greg"Rock and roll", in the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', published online 17 June 2008 and also in p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bharatanatyam
Bharatanatyam () is a major form of Indian classical dance that originated in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the eight widely recognized Indian classical dance forms, and expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas, particularly of Shaivism and in general of Hinduism.Bharata-natyam ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. 2007 A description of Bharatanatyam from the 2nd century CE can be found in the ancient Tamil epic ''Silappatikaram'', while temple sculptures of the 6th to 9th century CE suggest it was a highly refined performance art by the mid-1st millennium CE. Bharatanatyam is the oldest classical dance tradition in India. Bharatanatyam is the state dance form of Tamil Nadu. Bharatanatyam contains different types of ''baanis''. ''Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kathak
Kathak ( hi, कथक; ur, کتھک) is one of the eight major forms of Indian classical dance. It is the classical dance from of Uttar Pradesh. The origin of Kathak is traditionally attributed to the traveling bards in ancient northern India known as Kathakars or storytellers. The term Kathak is derived from the Vedic Sanskrit word which means "story", and ''Kathakar'' which means "the one who tells a story", or "to do with stories". Wandering Kathakars communicated stories from the great epics and ancient mythology through dance, songs and music. Kathak dancers tell various stories through their hand movements and extensive footwork, their body movements and flexibility but most importantly through their facial expressions. Kathak evolved during the Bhakti movement, particularly by incorporating the childhood and stories of the Hindu god Krishna, as well as independently in the courts of north Indian kingdoms. During the period of Mughal rule, the emperors were patrons of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karachi
Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former capital of Pakistan and capital of the province of Sindh. Ranked as a beta-global city, it is Pakistan's premier industrial and financial centre, with an estimated GDP of over $200 billion ( PPP) . Karachi paid $9billion (25% of whole country) as tax during fiscal year July 2021 to May 2022 according to FBR report. Karachi is Pakistan's most cosmopolitan city, linguistically, ethnically, and religiously diverse, as well as one of Pakistan's most secular and socially liberal cities. Karachi serves as a transport hub, and contains Pakistan’s two largest seaports, the Port of Karachi and Port Qasim, as well as Pakistan's busiest airport, Jinnah International Airport. Karachi is also a media center, home to news channels, film and fashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ekti Cinemar Golpo
''Ekti Cinemar Golpo'' ( bn, একটি সিনেমার গল্প, lit=Story of a film) is a 2018 Bangladeshi film starring Indian actress Rituparna Sengupta and Bangladeshi stars Alamgir, Champa and Arifin Shuvoo. Alamgir produced and directed the film. The film was released on April 13, 2018. This movie is about the people involved with the film industry. The story revolves around the life of a film director his wife is an actress and an inspiring actor. Cast * Alamgir as Akash * Arifin Shuvoo as Sajib * Rituparna Sengupta as Kabita Banerjee * Champa as Mitali * Chand as Mita, the child artist * Syed Hasan Imam as Dr. Sumon Chowdhury * Sadek Bachchu * Saberi Alam * Wahida Mollick Jolly * Boby Boby is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Pułtusk, within Pułtusk County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately north of Pułtusk and north of Warsaw Warsaw ( pl, Warszawa, ), officially th ... * Jacky Alamgir * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh National Film Award For Best Music Composer
The Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Composition is the highest award for music composition in Bangladeshi film. History Azad Rahman became the first recipient in this category for '' Jadur Banshi'' (1977). But the category wasn't continued the next two decades. In 1997, it was given to Khan Ataur Rahman. From 2000 onward it has been given regularly alongside the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Direction. Records *Emon Saha is the most awarded music composer with three wins. * Alauddin Ali, Alam Khan, Emon Saha, and Satya Saha are the only composers who have won National Awards in both the composer and music director categories. List of winners ;Key See also * Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director * Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Lyrics * Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer * Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer Notes References Sources * * * * * * {{Bangl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devdas (2013 Film)
''Devdas'' is a Bangladeshi Bengali romantic film based on the Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay novel ''Devdas''. It is the second Bangladeshi and fifth Bengali version of the story. It was directed by Chashi Nazrul Islam, who also directed the 1982 version, and stars Shakib Khan as Devdas, alongside Moushumi and Apu Biswas in the leading roles. It was released on 15 February 2013 to positive response from critics, and a good opening at the box office. Plot Devdas is a young man from a wealthy Bengali Brahmin family in Bangladesh in the early 1900s. Paro (Parvati) is a young woman from a middle class Bengali family belonging to the merchant caste. The two families lived in a village in Bengal, and Devdas and Paro were childhood friends. Devdas goes away for thirteen years to live and study in a boarding school in the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata). When, after finishing school, he returns to his village, Paro looks forward to their childhood love blossoming into their lifelong jou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jadur Banshi
''Jadur Bashi'' ( bn, যাদুর বাঁশি) is a 1977 Bengali romantic film directed by Abdul Latif Bachchu. Story, screenplay and dialogue written by Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury. Apu Sarwar has played the main character in the film. Along with Suchorita, Razzak, Bulbul Ahmed, ATM Shamsuzzaman in the supporting roles. The film won the Bangladesh National Film Awards in three categories. Cast * Apu Sarwar – Jadu * Suchorita – Pakhi * Razzak – Mohar Ali * Bulbul Ahmed – Doctor Yusuf * Olivia – Amena * Shabana – Najma * Inam Ahmed – Tamiz Ali, the father of the Pakhi * Sultana Zaman – Mother of Jadu * Sumita Devi – The grandmother of the Pakhi * ATM Shamsuzzaman – The uncle of the Pakhi * Ariful Haque * Tele Samad – Pair Ali * Dildera * Sharwari * Supriya * Parab Babu – Madhu Moyra * Zia Uddin * Abdul Malek Music Jadur Bashi film's music was directed by Azad Rahman. The soundtrack for the film was composed by Ahmed Zaman Chowdhury. The film's sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mala (Pakistani Singer)
Naseem Begum ( Punjabi, ur, ; 9 November 1942 – 5 March 1990), known professionally as Mala ( ur, ), was a Pakistani playback singer of Urdu and Punjabi films. In the 1960s, Mala was a 'hit pair for singing duet film songs' with famous playback singer Ahmed Rushdi and they gave numerous hits to Pakistan film industry. She was also called ''Princess Mala Begum'' as she provided the singing voice for actresses who portrayed roles of royal and upper-class families in films. She sang many popular film songs spanning almost three decades of her singing career in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Mala's career suffered a setback with the arrival of Runa Laila in the Pakistani film industry. Early life Mala's given name was Naseem Begum. She was born on 9 November 1942 in Faisalabad, Punjab. She was the younger sister of music composer ''Shamim Nazli''. Career Mala was interested in singing and music from a young age. Her elder sister happened to be her first music teacher a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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