Top 10 Supernatural Films
February 3, 2011
To celebrate the DVD release of supernatural thriller Mirrors 2 we have compiled a list of our top 10 supernatural films.
1. The Omen (1976) – 1 of 2 demonic children films within our list The Omen tells the tale of an American Ambassador and the revelations that his son is actually the antichrist. As an ambassador that totally can’t be good for your kudos right Read more
Forging ahead
November 6, 2010
In conversation with Moushumi
The Daily Star recently caught up with popular movie actress Moushumi at FDC. Here are highlights from the conversation.
“I’m coming to FDC after an eight month break to act in “Ek Cup Cha” — a film which marks the debut of my good friend and fellow actor Ferdous as a producer. Shooting for the film is on at floor number nine, Read more
A return to the silver screen
October 27, 2010
Apart from her successful innings in “Notun Kuri”, Tomalika Kormokar has proved her versatility by winning the National Film Award for her performance in “Kitton Khola”. And there’s more. After a long hiatus the brilliant artiste is all set to hit the silver screen again, appearing in Humayun Ahmed’s latest directorial venture “Ghetu Putro Komola”.
It’s great to be back on celluloid, says Read more
Abu Sayeed’s “Rupantar” to be screened at Mumbai film fest
October 15, 2010
Director Abu Sayeed’s award-winning film “Rupantar” will be screened at the Third Eye Asian Film Festival to be held in Mumbai later this month.
“Rupantar”, starring Jayanta Chattodpadhyay, Ferdaus and Shakiba among others, will be shown in the Spectrum section of the festival and is the only entry from Bangladesh.
Sayeed told The Daily Star that Read more
Tareque Masud’s Runway takes off soon
September 30, 2010
Acclaimed director Tareque Masud’s latest movie ‘Runway’ has recently received an uncut certificate from the Bangladesh Film Censor Board. The movie, produced by Catherine Masud, is expected to be released across the country in November.
Set against the backdrop of the national events in the country—specially the rise of violent activities of extremist groups — ‘Runway’, Read more
Bangladeshi short film “The Professionals” to be screened at three int’l fests
September 30, 2010
Bangladeshi short film “The Professionals” has been selected to participate at three international film festivals — two in the USA and the other in the UK. “The Professionals” will be screened at Chicago South Asian Film Festival, USA; 25th Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, USA and 18th Raindance Film Festival, UK.
The film, by emerging filmmaker Oniket Alam, will have Read more
MNIK conquers new territories for Bollywood!
March 7, 2010
It is old news that Karan Johar’s MY NAME IS KHAN is re-writing history and creating box-office records in the Overseas market, wherever it has opened. And we will not give the details about how MNIK has broken all the records held by previous SRK movies in US or state that MNIK has already set a new high for UK by grossing £2,307,067 so far and Read more
Karthik Calling Karthik Review
February 28, 2010
Movie Review: Karthik Calling Karthik; Star cast: Farhan Akhtar, Deepika Padukone, Ram Kapoor and Vivan Bathena; Director: Vijay Lalwani; Rating: ** 1/2 – Stylish thriller with a tame end.
Karthik (Farhan) is timid fellow forever bullied by his boss Kamath (Ram Kapoor) and his workmates. Even his landlord spares no opportunity in pestering him. Karthik is silently in love with the Read more
3 Idiots rakes in Rs 315 crore in 19 days
January 13, 2010
While ‘Avatar’ continues to plunder America, Bollywood’s mammoth tentacled monster ’3 Idiots’ keeps hogging copious amounts of moolah worldwide. The film has grossed an astonishing Rs 315 crore in a space of 19 days, quoted india.com .
According to box office analysts, more than 60 million people in the world have watched 3 Idiots in theatres. As a result the film has become the biggest Bollywood hit of all time, beating Aamir’s own ‘Ghajini’ which arrived a year ago. 3 Idiots’ run is quite like The Dark Knight when it released in 2008. The caped crusader opened with a bang and continued to Read more
Review Of The Year – Blockbusters
January 3, 2010
As this year in cinema draws to a close, FemaleFirst takes a look back over the years films. This time out, it’s the turn of blockbusters.
This summer saw the launch of more blockbusters than ever seen before, filling the summer months with gorgeous touch guys, mind blowing special effects and more explosions than you can shake a stick at. And they say we’re in a recession….
Not all those films lived up to their promise, with trailers deceiving and letting us down with the final product.
As the winter nights close in, FemaleFirst takes a look back and Read more