On one of the evening highlights, the festival drama “Dashabhuja”, written and directed by Shaurya Dipto Surjo and featuring Nazia Haque Orsha, Sabbir Ahmed, Naresh Bhuiya and Mahmudul Islam Mithu, will be broadcast on Wednesday at 10:50pm. A dance special, “Dhaker Tale”, is scheduled for Thursday at 1:20pm, offering a programme rooted in the drum-driven rhythms of the puja season.

Bangladeshi filmmaker Adnan Al Rajeev’s acclaimed short film “Ali” has secured a nomination in the Best Short Form (Scripted) category at the upcoming Asian Academy Creative Awards 2025.

Superstar Shah Rukh Khan is set to return as host of the Filmfare Awards in 2025, marking his first time taking on the role since 2008. According to the organisers’ announcement on Tuesday, he will be joined by Maniesh Paul and Karan Johar in co-hosting the prestigious ceremony.

A new travel-adventure comedy, “Bachelor in Trip”, is heading to theaters on October 3, director Nasim Sahnic confirmed to Glitz. Produced by Ammajaan Films, the movie blends travel, romance, and comedy while exploring themes of friendship, adventure, and the renewed urge to enjoy life in the post-Covid era.

In most historical Korean dramas, royal food appears simply as decoration, a way to make period settings feel authentic. “Bon Appétit, Your Majesty” does something different. It makes cooking the central to the story itself.

The winners came together under one roof at The Daily Star office, not just to share a meal, but also to relive those unforgettable award moments through the newly released OTT supplement.

First aired in 1989, Matt Groening’s “The Simpsons” remains the longest-running primetime scripted series in US television history, launching its 37th season on Sunday. The voice cast—Dan Castellaneta (Homer), Julie Kavner (Marge), Nancy Cartwright (Bart) and Yeardley Smith (Lisa)—will once again reprise their iconic roles.

Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman and country music star Keith Urban have separated after 19 years of marriage, various news outlets reported on Monday, citing unidentified sources.

What remains fascinating is how the aesthetics of Durga Puja on screen often mirror the aesthetics of cinema itself. Both are public spectacles designed to overwhelm the senses, to invite immersion and disbelief. A pandal is not unlike a film set, meticulously crafted, temporary, and destined to dissolve after a few days.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” opened to a massive $48.5 million global box office weekend, marking the strongest debut of the filmmaker’s career. The Warner Bros release, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, earned $26.1M across 74 international markets, surpassing early forecasts.

Fokira, who portrayed villainous roles in nearly seven hundred films in smaller parts, is now struggling with deteriorating health.

At its centre is a hard, human tale, the life of an unnamed child found abandoned in a filthy dustbin, a narrative that the makers promise is both emotionally exacting and socially urgent.

Duronto will also air “Sharadiyo Adda”, a storytelling session that captures the spirit of Puja through intergenerational conversation.

Before moving on to a photoshoot, Dhallywood’s ‘King Khan’ had a request for the journalists at The Daily Star, “Our film industry is a treasure-trove of possibilities. Even foreigners are watching subtitled Bangla films with utmost eagerness. Please, talk about our dwindling halls and how our infrastructure needs to improve. We need to raise our voices.”

Sixteen years after his Oscar-winning screenplay for “The Social Network” dissected the messy origins of the world’s biggest social media platform, Sorkin will release a follow-up — “The Social Reckoning” — on October 9, 2026, Sony Pictures announced Friday.

Prabir Mitra, who died on January 5 after a period of illness, was one of Bangladesh’s most acclaimed character actors. Over a career spanning decades, he appeared in hundreds of films and was widely admired for his versatility on screen. Mitra’s death prompted tributes across the country and a renewed interest in preserving his work.

Hollywood star Jennifer Lawrence has broken her silence on Israel’s war in Gaza, describing it as “nothing short of genocide” and expressing concern over the state of free speech in the United States.

"The Ba***ds of Bollywood" arrives like a party that knows it is both entertaining and dangerous to attend. It is gleefully loud, crammed with cameos and inside jokes, and built out of the familiar ingredients of commercial Hindi cinema. At the same time, it repeatedly lets loose sharp, uncomfortable flashes that refuse to be smoothed over. Watch it as a satire and you will laugh often. Watch it as an indictment and you will feel the edges. The series wants to do both things at once, and that ambition is its central thrill and also its chief flaw.

In Bangladesh, the hardest thing for many women to own is not a dream; it’s placing her name on a deed. Barir Naam Shahana begins there, with the stubborn courage it takes to write a woman’s name into a house, a life, a future. That stubbornness has carried writer-director Leesa Gazi from a 2011 novella to an Oscar journey she still calls “unexpected.” 

After disappearing from the industry following her 2020 film “Direct Action”, Popy cited personal reasons for her long absence. In an interview with Prothom Alo, she revealed that filmmaking has always been her true passion and that production offers her deeper fulfillment than acting.