''Notun Kuri'' ( bn, নতুন কুঁড়ি, lit=New Bud) is a Bangladeshi

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competition series for child artistes created by

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. The show debuted in 1966 which ran on

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from 1966 to 1971. After the independence of Bangladesh, the competition was relaunched and ran on

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from 1976 to 2006. The name of the show comes from a poem named "Kishor (Teenager)" by Golam Mostofa.

Judges

* Anil Kishon Sinha

Talented Children raised from Notun Kuri

Winners of the show were child artists like Tarana Halim,

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, Tarin Ahmed,

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, Sabrin Saka Meem and

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(dance) *

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(singing) 1977 *

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(Acting)

References

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